everyone Brandon Nelson and in one
minute I'm gonna show you the two knots
you need to know to tie down any load
here's how most people tie the first
knot they put the rope through and then
they just start making tangles until it
looks like something that won't come
undone and they hope for the best
now here's how you should be doing it
this knot is called a GE now watch what
I do here I'm gonna come from underneath
bring some of the rope back then pinch
it with my fingers
fold this end over now I'm gonna wrap it
twice around those two lines and put a
loop through and that's it then I'm
gonna pull it tight against the trailer
we've got our hitch over there so we
come across the top of the load and then
again what most people do is pull as
tight as they can and then make some new
tangles and hope for the best all right
but here's what we're gonna do we're
gonna tie what's called a trucker's
hitch all right take the end of the rope
and pass it underneath again and then
we're going to come back up to real
close to the load grab some of this rope
make three twists okay then we're gonna
pull a loop through that loop is now
like a pulley for us and we take the end
of our rope and come through that loop
we've got a three two one mechanical
advantage where we can really pull it
tight we've got it super tight I'm just
gonna pinch right here and make a half
hitch and the last step is to take that
end and put another half hitch on it to
lock it now here's the best part when
you're all done watch how smoothly these
knots come apart for the trucker's hitch
we take that lock off then we pull the
first loop pull our rope through pull
the second loop back to our first knot
same thing you just take that tail pull
it knot comes right out this has been
Brendan Nelson for one minute I'll see
you next time
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