The Truckers’ Hitch - tied 3 different ways

The Trucker’s Hitch demonstrated three different ways for light, moderate and extreme loads. Shows several uses for the knot ranging from securing loads to felling dangerous trees. Transcript provided for the hearing impaired: Today on Repairs101 I thought I ’d show you three different versions of the Trucker’s Hitch, otherwise known as the Trucker’s Knot or the Wagoneer’s Hitch or the Wagoneer’s Knot or the Wagon Hitch or the Wagon Knot or... You know, when I was a young man my first real job was at Cedarvale Tree Experts Ltd. and I was an apprentice Arborist and I eventually became a Climber and Foreman. They were the oldest tree company in Canada at the time. I was fortunate enough that when I started there it was still owned by Mr. F. Earle Martin, who was the first and -- certainly at the time -- foremost Arborist in Canadian history. Mr. Martin told me about how when he started there were no trucks and there were no hydraulic lifts. He had a horse-drawn cart and lots