Flynn Improves the Truckers Hitch
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- Опубліковано 22 сер 2024
- This is clever improvement to the auto locking trucker's hitch. Flynn from the Philippines sent me his video and gave me permission to use post it. This is a great know modification for repeated. It works great for hand trucks, dollys, and trolleys.
Thank you everyone for your kind words. I wasn't expecting the credit and just wanted to share Brent this accidental innovation to help others who may find this knot useful. As my 3 year old always say: "Sharing is caring!"
I would like to give back the credit to Brent/First Class Amateur for the inspiration from his original in-line auto trucker's hitch video. You may notice from the video that the black wall hitch we used is similar. (ua-cam.com/video/1J8MuOWO0Qs/v-deo.html). I just modified the midline anchor and how to tie the actual knot to make it more efficient for my personal use. I use this hitch with my trolley to carry grocery, laundry and other things. I find this knot to be very tight, secured and quick when mastered.
Not even sure if this knot is unique or new, but if it is, maybe we can call it FLYNT AUTOMATIC HITCH (flynn+brent) for easy reference LOL!
Cheers and God bless you guys!
no you may not call it a flying hitch.......it is called a Kobe hitch that is what i called it and i really would like it to stay that way as i shared it with another youtuber and it was named through our friendship and sharing of knowledge and to rename it is a insult to that, i do understand that it may not have been known what it was called and to remember it you have to call it something but it is out there with its given neme......sorry if i seem a little angry about this but i have had to defend this knot for many months and had many many arguments with others around the world as to why it is different and i am very protective of its name.
Kobe Flynt Hitch, final offer!
@@myew8238 not a prayer lol
@@myew8238 the amount of abuse my friend and I had to suffer for this before others said it was better was not worth it personally, and at the time I wished I had kept it to myself.
@david lacey Yeah, that is quite demoralizing
I really like this format. Showcasing other people's innovations and then going in with a more detailed explanation on how it works
I agree. He makes better tutorials. Easier to understand
I love understanding how a knot does what it does. makes it much easier to know when to apply it, and to remember how it works.
Yea FCA explains everything so clearly nice channel
I love that there are people capable of discovering new methods of working with something so ancient as knots in rope. I also love that you're the type of person to pass credit along to someone less prominent than yourself. I have an appreciation for people with that sort of integrity. Especially when they are not only creative and insightful, but also gifted as a teacher. I have always had trouble working with knots. Discovering your channel and learning from you has "cured" me of that particular affliction. I can now safely transport lumber on the roof of my car! :) Thank you.
well said!
Likewise, this channel is awesome for the same reasons.
As someone who has seen their work used without credit, I really appreciate your comment. Thank you
You're welcome. I can only imagine the frustration and I hope it's not too discouraging for you.
@@First_Class_Amateur you have a fantastic channel and I enjoy your videos greatly, but this has really rattled my cage, boiled my piss and annoyed the hell out of me..... Your integrity is solid and give credit to others....but on this one I am furious as I am the creator of said knot and its been viewed nearly 2 million times all over Asia.....it has a name I my friend and I gave it...Mr Flynn improved nothing and only copied...that is insulting to both of us that took the flack for this hitch and my friend had to defend his UA-cam post for months and the abuse I received was bad and resulted in him making another video to explain the difference between an autotruckers hitch and the Kobe hitch.
I have broad knowledge of knots(sailing, outdoor
sman etc) would consider myself slightly above average in knots... but FCA's brain is wired for knots on another level.,and then this guy Flynn comes along and reinvents the wheel..lol..super cool and great that FCA is humble enough to recognize and showcase another persons skill :)
Congratulations to Flynn on a great new idea
Thank you
Spread the word ppl. Share this video and let’s get this channel to the 200k it deserves. 👍🏻🇨🇦
Thanks Lee 👍🏼🇺🇸
"That's not going anywhere" in Tagalog is "Hindi ito gagalaw."
Hin-deh eh-to guh-guh-law (law rhymes with wow)
Tama bro :D
Tite
Wow, thanks Flynn for the simple yet excellent improvement one of my favorite knots!
This is fantastic, not only the chap from the Philippine’s locking truckers hitch but also your self centred knot. I need to practice this one !
Wow. I didn't think I'd ever find an improved version of the truckers hitch but this will probably be my prefered twist on this extremely useful knot going forward. Thank you.
Genius. Makes it even easier to remember how to keep all the tension
MOst usefull knot tying channel ever found.
Hmm, Brent, because you asked; How do you say 'that's not going anywhere in Tagalog?' Here it is: 'Hindi yan pupunta kahit saan.'
Nice video. Very humble of you to credit Flynn for the idea. Thank you both for a useful tip many of us can put to good use.
Flynn, you're a genius! Thanks for the share.
Omg, that 3 point bowline needs a separate video. I've been trying to find or invent a way to have my kids tow in front of me with their kayaks and needed that very knot!
He has a video on this channel of a Spanish bowline through a ladder that might work for you: ua-cam.com/video/RNAYYMNCn3M/v-deo.html . Also there is a video on another channel of a Portuguese bowline that I find easier to remember how to tie: ua-cam.com/video/smd23RFNIhs/v-deo.html
Wow, Portuguese bowline, that's it!
This video is very helpful because I transport things all the time with a dolly, Thank you to the both of you!
Better for this application because it tensions uniformly at the top to keep the small boxes better secured. Big anchor point. Won’t matter which version you do for small anchor point. I’ve ran into this issue before. This solves it. Thanks guys!
Awesome tutorial! Love 💕 from the Philippines 🇵🇭
This worked out to become my favourite knot, love to tie this one on a slip as well!
Love the bonus knot tut at the end. Great stuff, thanks Flynn!!
I think it is a good improvement. I do enjoy this channel. When I first saw the concepts explored here, I was definitely fascinated. What makes this improvement so important is that it reduces the hazard of not laying your ropes just right. The application of traditional knots depend less on the understanding of the dynamics of the rope work and simply allow the user to "install" a knot. I am looking at these concepts and have only come to partially understand the nature. I am seeing the use of a 'button' in anchor positions and the crossing of ropes to hold the work. This is very much outside the way I understand working with ropes. I see this in comparison between a clove hitch and an icicle hitch. Don't get me wrong, I use a clove hitch all the time but an icicle hitch is something I can have more confidence in.
This solves my only gripe with the locking truckers hitch. Thanks to you and Flynn! Great job
This is awesome!! And thanks for showing how to unlock it under tension, it wasn't obvious at first
That's awesome. We should just tell you what we're trying to do and you make a video with the best knot to use. I want to tie a cardboard sign to a 🌴, showing our lot number in our camp ground. I made a hole in each corner and in going to try your latest tarp on the roof knot video
Very cool 👍🖖 people from the Philippines have Manny cool ideas not only with Knots. 👏
Plagiarism is one of them
Simple and brilliant! Nice improvement, Flynn!!
Nothing beats good knots!!
Contextual translation: "Di na gagalaw yan."
Knew somebody would have a suggestion already.
Thank you guys! This is one of the most useful things I’ve seen in a knot.
Great enhancement..yet so simple
Friend works for food supply service in bulk….uses hand truck a lot will send him this TY GUYS
Simple genius that has the ability to change lives. Bravo Flynn!
Very nice. Thank you for bringing this to us.
Brilliant. Thank you all for sharing!
Brilliant work Flynn. 👍
When you go through the loop the second time you still need to remember to go inside the working end, not around it.
*Thanks for sharing this!* 👊
Great knot!! Also works well with an in-line figure 8 loop.
Near the end of video, making double anchor-point bowline; you can use the tail of the bowline to capture the midpoint of loop and then bring end of tail back up thru
bowline (nipping point and eye), as in the Scott's locked bowline method.
This is BRILLIANT!!
Works great for keeping things on my bicycle rack! Thank you!
That works really, really well, cheers.
Amazing! Thanks to you both for sharing 🥰
Cool knot back feed a bite on your Angler and it becomes a quick release
Which ever side you twist your first loop doesn't matter if you pull the running end through. I also always put more than one twist in my loop form so the moving part doesn't bind as it does in that single overhand style.
Pretty clever.
so great, can´t wait to use this knot for my tarp ridge line!
Flynt Automatic Hitch! Love it
Thank you, very useful info, you guys are awesome.
This is so simple and so brilliant.
That's a good improvement to the truckers hitch except for the slip knot. Slip knots can jam really tightly. Better to use an alpine butterfly loop.
or larks head
can't possibly sit through this many commercials just to learn a knot
I wanted to know why he chose the angler's knot (aka perfection loop?) instead of bowline, and he actually has a video for that question: ua-cam.com/video/czuPOGrMwx8/v-deo.html
I think angler's knot generally looks prettier as the loop runs aligned with the running end. I personally used bowline because it creates a rounder loop rather than a tear shaped loop. It goes down to your personal preference.
I used the zeppelin loop and I still do, but honestly you use what your happy with.
Awesome Flynn!
This new knot or Blackwall hitch variation has one big problem - it seizes and is devilishly hard to undo. The method given to undo does not work. I found one solution: make it a slipped Blackwall hitch, ie put a bight of rope through, for the final pass through the eye. Then it holds well and undoes readily by merely pulling the very end. Thank you for adding a new knot to my repertoire.
Nice!
Love the channel man. I've learned so many new useful knots thank you. I was wondering if you would evaluate a knot I've been using for years. I've never seen it anywhere I did it by accident a long time ago and have used it ever since. It's a slip hitch combination of a eskimo hitch and moors hitch. Would you mind if sent you a quick vid on it?. Don't know if it exists or knot..
Thanks for sharing. I'll certainly be using this one.
"That's not going anywhere."
Literally translated:
"Wala iyan pupuntahan."
Contextually translated:
"Hindi na iyan matatangal/maaalis."
From a Filipino whom you have taught how to make a trucker's hitch eons ago. 😊
*The Filipina Flynn*
Excellent knot
I hauled freight as a local pick-up and delivery driver for 20 years and very rarely used the truckers hitch because we had 25 & 50 ft hanks of rope and our trailers had wooden slats to tie our loads to and most of us would use a sheep shank to shorten the rope then half hitch to secure it for easy removal later, any more I think the truckers hitch is used on smaller loads with shorter rope.
Very good
Brent, while we are on the subject of knots and cargo boxes, can you show us a good and secure way to tie rope around a cargo box, one that will not slip off at the corners, etc... and a good knot with which to secure it and undo easily at airports?
I like the 3 point bowline
That's awesome!
I found the magic in a $7 ratchet strap.
Genius
Very nice adaptation. Looks like it'd be just a hair easier to remember or not screw up.....
I'm going to USE THIS KNOTT !!!! THANKS FOR SHARING IT !!!
Very nice! Thank you 🙂
WOW
genius!❤!
Try laying the loop over the other cord then pass working end through the loop from the top then under the cord and then back up through the loop.
love it
The whole point of the original truckers hitch was that you should not have to feed the end of the rope through any loops. truckers have (had) very long ropes and feeding the line through a loop was a waste of time and a pain to undo. use a bite through a twist instead of the loop, however it is much easier on a truck than a little trolley and if tying to a rub rail you could double or triple the knot for much tighter ropes. .
Many people and truckers hitch videos miss the key point you just made. Occasionally a trucker will chime in with it, but it’s usually ignored. This why I use one of Peter Suber’s “Six Exploding Knots” number three called the Sliding Butterfly to secure my very first anchor point for the Standing End. I am currently using the new Blackwall variant shown here to finish my truckers hitch, but with one extra variation, I make the very last part “slipped” by pushing a bight through the opening of Flynn’s knot. May I suggest that as the Blackwall Hitch has been around for a long time that the new variant be named *Flynn’s Blackwall* Hitch or *Standing Blackwall* ? My way of tying it would be as a Slipped Standing Blackwall. Finally, some people have mentioned that the slipped Marlinspike Hitch used to make the truckers loop can easily jam. Instead of that, *as you indeed suggest* “a bight through a loop”… I use the Aussie version “truckies hitch” which is two half Sheepshank loops separated by several inches. The Aussie way of tying this is, after taking a bight around the second securing point, or pickup tray rail, and then reaching through (across) that bight again to make a second bight, to use one’s l.h. to hold the second bight like grasping a rabbits ear, and to place one’s r.h. between the ear and the standing line, reach to the right *underneath* the standing line, then *up over* it, to grab the ear, and pull it *back the way you came,* lifting it forward *away from you* to form the sheepshank half. *Repeat* for the second sheepshank half, then dress the knot before proceeding with Flynn’s Blackwall variant, but slipped, to finish. The entire knot from anchor to bitter end, is tied “in the bight” and slipped, cannot jam, and explodes back into a single piece of rope upon pulling on the releases.
@@edithflood631 MY knowledge of knot terminology is woefully pathetic. I can tie the knot but I cannot translate it into a coherent verbose description, but the 'bite through a twisted loop' to catch the tail means that even if the rope is on a spool it can still be used with rails and looped anchor points. I watched an Indian truck driver demonstrate it years ago but cannot find the video now. It will never be a ratchet strap but it is great for tying down loose and odd shaped stuff. I would not recognize a sheepshank if it sat up and said 'Baaa'
not going anywhere = walang pupuntahan or not going to move = hindi gagalaw. sure or secured = sigurado.
Super !!! Thanks!!! 🙏🙏🙏
Groovy! Would it work as well with a loop end at the final tightening, so you could undo it with one easy pull??
Yes, I did this on video years ago
ua-cam.com/users/shorts5qCS1FwN_JA?feature=share4
Great video. What do you think about using an axel hitch in place of your 3-point bowline? I had never seen the 3-point method and wondered how it handles loads in other applications. Love your channel! Thanks for sharing Flynn's work!
Useful and clean to tie.
Perfection
A wynn, for Flynn.
brilliant
is there a video somewhere a bit closer to see? I'm a newby at knots & was totally lost. thank you
"That's not going anywhere" -> "Hindi na yan ma-ta-tanggal/ma-ka-kalas"
Perfect!
Cool knot work
This is called automatic trucker's hitch
An idea for the finish: instead of just passing the working end through the loop the 2nd time, pass a bight - then you have quick release. Yes?
That wouldn’t work very well cause you need to pull on the working end to get tension. Which would undo the bight. Plus it already releases fairly quick.
Thanks for suggesting. Same experience with @brandicus, i pull the running end to tighten the system so i can't seem to end with a bight for quick release.
What i do though is on the last step i insert the running end through the loop in preparation for quick release as demonstrated in this video.
5:37 walang kawala
Sige na 🇵🇭
Ah, nice modification and classy to give him proper credit. BTW like that particular paracord. Where can I get it?
Where you did your "three point bowline", I might suggest an axle hitch instead, as a slightly quicker alternative. (# 162 in Ashley's book of knots.)
Awesome !!!!
Thank you, Flynn !!!
Cheers!
Interesting, but that is not the truckers hitch I was brought up with and read in books. A true truckers hitch is made with a sheep shank, is it not (all puns intended)?
Thanks for sharing.
interesting!
it sort of reminds me of a demo knot i was shown for load securing
Quick piece of constructive criticism, if your doing a knot video try to focus the camera
how is it better? one problem i have with the usual way is, a lot of your tightening force is lost to friction, does this help that?
Nice