Need a Knot To Secure a Load? Try My Modified Trucker’s Hitch.

My favorite means of securing a load in a truck or trailer is to fashion rope into what I call a modified trucker's hitch. I qualify it with "modified" because it uses principles of the time-tested trucker's hitch but isn't exactly the same version that you see published all over the web and in books about sailing and knot-making.

I've used this home-brewed version for years. It's fast, easy, quick to untie, and so simple that I've made it by feel in the dark. What's more, it's so versatile that I've used it hundreds of times to secure everything in the bed of my truck from a pile of groceries to lawn mowers to an unwieldy pile of boxes. And it's very strong; I've never had a load come loose.

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