I like this type of truckers hitch for pretensioning small trees with a mechanical advantage, There are better ways to do this with less friction on the rope using pulleys. This small tree was tangled in another and wouldn’t come over with just a wedge. For extra side pull I just tie a prusik with stopper . Then an alpine butterfly for a hand loop . #knots #knot #theknot #ropes #ropework #ropes #ropeart #roperescue #ropetraining #treework #tree #arb #rescue #rigging #rigger #rigginglife #farmlif

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This Truckers Hitch hack will change the way you do them forever. I was taught this trick in the Robin Sage phase of the Special Forces Qualification Course. A crusty old Master Sergeant taught it to us for use on airdrop pallets for our resupply later. They had to be tight so the pallets wouldn't bust open on impact. I showed this to a couple of instructors at another school in the industry and a week later it was huge on YouTube, being taught around the world, and published in someone else's n