Iconoclast@feddit.uk to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · edit-24 months agoYou need to secure a load onto trailer using just plain rope and then untie it later without using a knife - how screwed are you?message-squaremessage-square49fedilinkarrow-up153arrow-down13
arrow-up150arrow-down1message-squareYou need to secure a load onto trailer using just plain rope and then untie it later without using a knife - how screwed are you?Iconoclast@feddit.uk to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · edit-24 months agomessage-square49fedilink
minus-squareScott 🇨🇦🏴☠️@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up43·edit-24 months agoNot screwed at all. I’d use a Bowline to secure the end of the rope to the trailer, and a Trucker’s Hitch at the other end. The Bowline is easy to untie and the Trucker’s Hitch gives a 2:1 mechanical advantage. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bowline https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trucker's_hitch Edit: Another way to secure the end of the rope to the trailer is a Timber Hitch (best for a round pipe) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timber_hitch. Super secure and can be untied very easily.
Not screwed at all.
I’d use a Bowline to secure the end of the rope to the trailer, and a Trucker’s Hitch at the other end.
The Bowline is easy to untie and the Trucker’s Hitch gives a 2:1 mechanical advantage.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bowline
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trucker's_hitch
Edit: Another way to secure the end of the rope to the trailer is a Timber Hitch (best for a round pipe) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timber_hitch. Super secure and can be untied very easily.
This is the correct answer.
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