Thread: Ropes illegal to tie a load

Hey Eevo

Show how you shorten a rope

Originally Posted by p38arover

My wife laughs at me as I tie my shoelaces (which regularly come undone).

I don't think it's anything to do with shoelaces.

Originally Posted by p38arover

Crikey! How does one remember how to do that? Even with pictures I couldn't tie that.

I find very few people that i try to teach can pick that method up. There are easier ways to learn, easier done than said tho.
If we ever meet Ron ill take up the challenge

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Originally Posted by UncleHo

Hey Eevo

Show how you shorten a rope

sheepshank or a pair of snips

Ron. It is not hard to learn, but if you do not do it regularly, especially early on after learning, it would be easy to forget.

When I learned the truckies hitch I practiced it regulary, sometimes sitting at the table. My lifestyle also has me doing it often, so to me it is now like ridding a bike.

Originally Posted by Scouse

I have some of the thin blue & yellow rope too but I'd never use it to secure a proper load though. I find it's too thin & slippery to use with a decent truckies hitch & the loop doesn't hold well.

If the loop that the arrow is going through in the first pic is made into a double loop, the rope won't pull through / slip off.

Originally Posted by BigJon

If the loop that the arrow is going through in the first pic is made into a double loop, the rope won't pull through / slip off.

It will with some synthetic ropes.

Originally Posted by SSmith

There are easier ways to learn, easier done than said tho.
If we ever meet Ron ill take up the challenge

Sapp

I've heard that Ron has a penchant for buying faulty goods, so he's more than likely been sold some faulty rope .....