I’ve done this multiple times, why is it an issue ?
You didn’t specify what kind of trailer, so I’ve decided it’s an enclosed trailer with a locking door. I just throw the load in, throw the rope in after it, and then lock up normally. 🚛
Not at all. Assuming I have enough rope, knowing the clove hitch, two half hitches and taut-line hitch means I can secure most loads without worry.
Do I have access to the internet?
I am a rock climber so I’ll tie a double figure eight knot and hope for the best.
Uuuuh not my job
Oh it’ll hold. It won’t be pretty or conventional by any means but it’ll hold.
I kept reading this like you were using the rope to tie the trailer to your tow vehicle and thought I was losing my mind when everyone was saying it was ok, just tying stuff ONTO a trailer though? Yeah that’s a perfectly normal way to do it
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.
The ending was worth it.
You gotta love an Ylvis reference.
This deserves a post in YouTubeClassics
Timber and truckers is what I was originally taught. I remember it taking a while to get the truckers hitch down then out of no where it was like ‘snap’, had it ever since lol
That knot comes in handy so often.
Years ago, my clothesline came apart (it had pinch clamps that failed to grab the line tight enough) and I used a Trucker’s Hitch along with Prusik knots to pull the clothesline close enough together to reattach it.
I now only buy clotheslines that come with the mini winch.
This is the correct answer.
Glad to be of service.
Super screwed!
This always happens when I touch rope! (NSFW)
I was guessing Oglaf before I even showed the spoiler. Never seen that one, either.
Oglaf is so ridiculous in the best possible ways.
No problem. Clove hitch and a truckie’s hitch is all you need. Super easy to learn. You can even get away with just a clove hitch and a figure of eight.
I’d also recommend learning a bowline, because it’s super useful, and if you figure out how it works, it makes other knots easier to understand and learn.
Highwaymans hitch is super useful too
Yeah, that’s a cool knot. I don’t think I’d use it for a load that needed to be properly secure though. I’d worry about it vibrating loose
I’m offended that you expect me to cut the rope at the end
Same. I don’t know knots very well but I’ve never met one I couldn’t undo.
You litterally just asked a community of deviants how comfortable we are with rope.
Just utter the sacred spell after tying the knot “This ain’t going nowhere”
don’t forget, you also have to slap it a couple times too.
All those hours learning knots for merit badges will finally pay off!
