Taut line hitch vs Nite-ize figure 9

[jscalia]

I was playing around this week with some hammock/fly hangs in my basement and learned to tie a taut line hitch as quickly as it would take me to use a figure 9 device. So at this point, why use the figure 9 instead of the hitch?

[kohburn]

once you get the hang of knots, gadgets lose their apeal.

[GrizzlyAdams]

I was playing around this week with some hammock/fly hangs in my basement and learned to tie a taut line hitch as quickly as it would take me to use a figure 9 device. So at this point, why use the figure 9 instead of the hitch?

I find the figure 9 easier to use when I have thin line and the need for high tension. so I use them on a tarp's ridgeline, but not on the tie-outs lines.

Grizz

[BillyBob58]

I was playing around this week with some hammock/fly hangs in my basement and learned to tie a taut line hitch as quickly as it would take me to use a figure 9 device. So at this point, why use the figure 9 instead of the hitch?

I have recently asked myself the same question. To which the answer was "self, dump the fig9s for now". The fig9s worked great. But they were always a bit of a hassle to adjust their position on the line, and they tended to act like grappling hooks, grabbing all nearby lines, when I took the tarp down. This took an extra step or 2 to overcome. I used them for the last several months.

But recently, practice has made me so quick with the easily undone version of the truckers hitch, that I decided to take the 9s off and just use that. So far, it seems the right decision. But I may change my mind later, who knows.

[GrizzlyAdams]

I have recently asked myself the same question. To which the answer was "self, dump the fig9s for now". The fig9s worked great. But they were always a bit of a hassle to adjust their position on the line, and they tended to act like grappling hooks, grabbing all nearby lines, when I took the tarp down. This took an extra step or 2 to overcomem. I used them for the last several months.

But recently, practice has made me so quick with the easily undone version of the truckers hitch, that I decided to take the 9s off and just use that. So far, it seems the right decision. But I may change my mind later, who knows.

Anyone know of a pointer to the "easily undone" version of the trucker's hitch?

Thanks
Grizz

[Take-a-knee]

Anyone know of a pointer to the "easily undone" version of the trucker's hitch?

Thanks
Grizz

http://www.animatedknots.com/truckers/index.php

[GrizzlyAdams]

Take-a-knee - thanks. The animated knots site is my favorite go-to place for knots. Before posting the question I didn't read the fine print well enough to see that the animated one is the "easy to undo" one, versus the classical. I just saw one loop going through another and wondered "how easy is to to undo if I've had W/(2 sin theta) on this rope all night long?"

I'm a big fan of mechanical advantage though. Trucker's hitch here I come.

Grizz

[Rat]

Another convert, LONG LIVE THE KNOT!!!

[southmark]

Anyone know of a pointer to the "easily undone" version of the trucker's hitch?

Thanks
Grizz

Not sure where online you can find it but Colin Fletcher used and illustrated a version of a trucker's hitch in his book "The Complete Walker" that can be undone with a single pull in the end of the line.

[jscalia]

You can quick release a truckers hitch by putting a loop into the last half hitch .