I never leave reviews. Watched first 2:30 minutes of this video and called BS.... Got a block of wood and a my rubber hammer, 2 minutes later a knot that was in my rope for years is out. Holy moly by brother from down under, Heck yeah... BRAVO and Thank you...
I was getting ready to just buy a new tow strap that had a knot that was so tight it was like a blob of hard plastic. I followed MadMatt's video and put a wooden block on the back of my vise and started hitting it with my rubber mallet. Right away you could see it loosening up. Thank you so much for this. I will pass this trick along with your name on it!
One way to keep these knots from happening is NEVER use an overhand knot for anything. Always use a figure-8 knot instead. Figure-8 knots are much easier to untie.
Not sure what I was looking up but came across this video . Got a knot in some braided line on my boat . Been there at least 5 years , never been able to even move it . Bugger me !!!!! Subscribe , done
That’s probably the most amazing thing I’ve ever learned!! I had a strap that I’ve been trying to get the knot out of sitting in my laundry room for over a year. I used this method and within 4 minutes I had the knot out!! Thanks
I had a tree saver and recovery strap linked by some idiot (it’s not important I’m the idiot). This got them separated. You’ve earned a subscribe from me, sir.
My sincere thanks for sharing this! I thought I'd never get the knot out of a strap used to tow my 1955 Bedford S-Type lorry (loaded with a Cropmaster tractor) out of some soft ground with a David Brown 1594 tractor. Lots of weight, lots of pulling, significant knot. But less than five minutes of work with a rubber mallet had it free. Excellent advice, thank you! John (West Yorkshire, UK).
I had a tow strap that I had a knot in. The knot has been in there for at least 15 years and used for towing countless times with the knot in it. With this technique that knot came out in about two minutes! This works...Thanks
Works great! A 4x4 friend didn't undo the loop when strapping the rig up, didn't think I'd ever get it out.. especially since it's synthetic! Soaked it with water and a couple whacks on smooth concrete and good as new, thanks for this
You saved me a ton of work Dan the man!!! Excellent information! I had 4 bad knots and had no idea what to do to get them undone. I looked it up and you were the first one I found and it worked even better than you showed!! 😊
Aussie man for the win. I'm a Florida resident barreling down for Milton. I'm native, we don't leave normally. They're not as bad as people make it out to be this one. Possibly not as bad as they say. It's gonna be, but just in case I'm wrapping some stuff down with straps, and what not. My veteran dad used my straps to tow a vehicle. Useless straps. Now the hurricane is upon us in neeeeeeeed them lol. This saved me a trampoline and few others yard items that can't be moved.
Thanks a bunch Matt! Had an overhand follow-through knot on a rock climbing sling which had been tied since the mid 90's and I thought it was never moving. A few choice taps with a cabinet-maker's mallet and it loosened right up
I have had many knots and tow straps stuck together always managed to get them out soaked in water or pried them apart, but I had two thirty footers stuck extremely bad, so I came to you tube and watched your video. Got a piece of cross tie and a big rubber mallet and ten minutes later I had those straps apart. Thanks for the video!
WOW, I have a canoe, raft , kayak and boat rental business here in Alaska and I have thrown away many many straps in the last 33 years in this business. For some reason renters like to put a knot in your rachet straps. If I would have known... What a great job for the NEW guy every year.. thank you so very much Come see me in Alaska
Had two knots in a rachet strap. I have been cussing about them to myself for years. I though they would never come out. They are gone, thanks to this video. Thank You.
Omg, thank you for this video! You just saved me from having to buy new hammock straps. I used a regular hammer and after a few seconds of gentle tapping, the seemingly impossible knot was out!
My brother, I needed to use a strap that had a filthy knot in it. Mind you, it was double strap, double knot and had been underload. Now I was on the road and a strap had snapped so that's why I had to use this knotted up one with no choice. I googled how to undo it and found your UA-cam video. You bloody legend it worked, had it undone within 30 seconds of hitting it with a malette 👍 The load safe. I'm safe and so are the public. Thanks again
Great video! I had nylon slings that had a clevis and a ring cinched on tight. You can see the knots work loose from the rubber mallet and block of wood. Thanks for posting!
You sir are freaking AWESOME!!!! I've Tried a lot of things and have a lot of life experiences but have not heard of nor would I have thought of this trick in a million years!! Just got a tight knot out of my favorite ratchet strap that was tighter than a bulls butt in fly season and it only took 2 minutes! Thanks again for the video. Liked and subscribed!
Thanks Matt, You can always tell if someone is a motor mechanic or not when something is tight and that’s when the first thing they go for is the trusty old hammer. I also refer to it as a “persuaders “, or a “knockrometer”. People always look at me as if to say “what the hell are you going to do with that??” I just smile and say “watch and learn.” Great tip thanks for sharing. Cheers, Jon
Matt!! Once again you prove the adage that "a hammer is the most valuable tool I'm the toolbox". Had a 7 yr old not in a medium duty strap. Actually used the ratchet body to pound it atop a plastic dumpster. Five Minutes of whacking and rolling and out it came!!! Bravo!!!!
This worked a treat, unbelievably easy. Took 4 knots out of 2 straps in about 20mins after pulling a half-fallen Gumtree with a ute, was well and truly knotted. Thanks mate
OMG THANKS SO MUCH! I had a massive knot after doing 3 sand recoveries today, I thought I had to buy a new snatch strap but thanks to you I saved at least $70 for a new snatch strap
I just want to say thank you my son was over and he cut down a tree and we had to use a winch and he tied a knot and it's his climbing gear he's going to school to be a lineman. We were pulling down a tree needless to say the knot got very tight and he could not get it undone. I felt really bad because it was his good rope 100 ft. So I found your video and we were able to get it undone
Thanks for this excellent video. I was hand-knotting a pearl necklace and accidentally dropped a knot in the wrong spot and it was pulled tight. I didn't want to damage the silk cord by picking at it so when I found your video and watched it I got my solution. Many thanks because it worked perfectly. The silk wasn't damaged at all.
Mad Matt, thanks a lot! I had stabbed my thumb with an awl, put oil on the knot, all to no avail! In desperation, I googled "removing a knot" and got your video. This knot was a 1"wide nylon strap that had been wrenched down tight. I couldn't budge it. Watched your video, went and got my rubber mallet and in 15 seconds, I got that knot loose! Thanks again!!! Happy New Year!!!
Thanks so much for this video! I🎉 did not believe it would work but we hit the knots with a big stick a few times and now we got our hammock down instead of cutting the rope.
I've had a seriously impossible knot in a pair of pajama pants for YEARS now and it didn't occur to me until today to look up a video on how to undo impossible knots. So glad I found this because I immediately took the pants outside and started hammering away. Glad to say the knot came undone. The fabric of the tie ended up ripping due to years of being stuck like that and washed and dried and whatnot, but I just tied the ends back on (a bit messy looking but whatever, they're pajamas!) and I'm able to tighten my pants again! Thank you for this video!!! -Eastern Sierra Nevada, California
Pulled a 300lb tree branch on my property with some poly rope and got some serious knots in it, said I bet there’s a a better way to get them out besides a screwdriver and damage to the rope, sure enough e few minutes with a rubber mallet on a peice of scrap limber and boom, untied! Thanks brother, what a tip!
Thanks a ton! Or a metric ton lol I had a guy with a decent hitch and two recovery points broken down at an intersection, so I figured he knew what he was doing and gave him my never used tow strap to set up while I swapped my trailer hitch ball for a proper recovery hook. Instead of just placing the two hooks on the PERFECT recovery points in 1.5 seconds, he tied my brand new tow strap into 5 knots and wrapped it around is frking axle!!?? I got most out today but the couldn't get the last one!! You earned a subscription with this knowledge, thanks again!!
Thanks! Saw this yesterday, tried it today. Rarely does a fix you see on UA-cam work as perfectly as this one. Really only took a couple minutes to get a super tight knot out of a strap!
Brilliant, just tried this on a strap that had been knotted to go over a tow hitch and used to try and drag a heavy cast iron pot out of the frozen ground, it worked a treat!
Had a strap that was knotted tight then frozen. This absolutely did the trick! Thanks very much for sharing this useful bit of info. Much appreciated. Cheers from Canada.
Thank you so much. I tried your method on a very tight 6mm diameter nylon rope stop knot from a generator recoil pull mechanism and it worked beautifully with no visible damage to the rope after about 80 hits with a rubber mallet on a block of wood.
I had a knot in a strap and couldn't get it out. Something told me search youtube and this was the first video that popped up. Hit it with a rubber mallet and it came loose in a couple of minutes! Thank you!
Works great. Thanks. Had 3 knots in a herc strap and was going to chuck it. Got all 3 out in short order with your method. Used a pointed screwdriver to some advantage too.
Brilliant ....you just saved me a whole lot of grief getting a knot out of a recovery rope that we ooppps on today....couple minutes of working it and good to go again THANKS!!!!
Amazing! I’ve had a strap with a knot in it for years (never did know how it happened) it has been used as a log choke, anchor point for snatch blocks and for winching out stumps with a 3.5 ton tirfor winch, I thought that knot was there forever (or until the strap broke) but a few whacks with a heavy rubber mallet on a stump and it began to undo, a few more whacks and I had a knot free strap!! Wow, thank you 👍🏻
I was skeptical and was ready to throw out two brand new 30 ft straps that were stuck together, and after trying this method I had them unknotted in less than 10 seconds. I appreciate you and your share. Thanks.
Question. When hitting the strap with the hammer do I repeatedly say naughty? Or is it personal preference? Or should I ask the strap what it prefers to be called? This will be my first time trying this and I would like for it to be a special experience for both the strap and I.
Look my strap said it was gender neutral and wanted to be called a rope. That’s why I had to call it naughty. Usually strap behave themselves and you can show it great care and sympathy. Say things like hang in there sweetie we’ll get you out of here in a sec. Maybe a cuddle would be good to. 😂😂😂I do t think we should hang out it would be a laugh.
This is great! I have rope that I strapped on to a tube to pull behind a boat. All the multiple hours of towing mixed with the water turned it into stone practically and I couldn't get the rope off. Tried hammering it after this video, had it off in 10 seconds. Who knew?!
Excellent video with the best part being the kookaburra hollering in the background! A real treat for an American birder :-) great tip on the untying too tho!
This worked so freaking well, man! I work at Costco and often have to push carts. I use a CAT ratchet strap to tie the carts together while I do, and my coworkers kept making fun of me for letting my "rope" get 10+ knots in it and not dealing with it. Well I finally did. I used a regular claw hammer and a kettlebell as the anvil and hammered out each one, then used an iron to straighten out the gnarled strap afterwards -- now it's as good as new. Best thing about doing it is the unga bunga feeling of beating the crap out the knots with a hammer. Thank you so much!
Excellent video. I had a situation once pulling bushes using a tow strap. It knotted so tight around the trunk, I cut the wood and left it later to work it out. I ended up pulverizing the wood to get the knot loose.
This worked for me I used a tow rope today to tow my dads truck to my mechanic who btw works miracles and the tow rope was looking like it belonged 😮to my rear tow hitch etc ---but this tapping with rubber mallet worked wonders!!! Thank you and love your candor and style Much appreciated Romans 15:13
This works so well thank you so much i had a strap that was yanked quite hard between an 03 chevy 2500 and an 03 jeep liberty v6 4wd and that thing seemed like a rock and this trick got it undone in like 2 minutes
I never leave reviews. Watched first 2:30 minutes of this video and called BS.... Got a block of wood and a my rubber hammer, 2 minutes later a knot that was in my rope for years is out. Holy moly by brother from down under, Heck yeah... BRAVO and Thank you...
Lol that makes me laugh. 😂😂😂
I was getting ready to just buy a new tow strap that had a knot that was so tight it was like a blob of hard plastic. I followed MadMatt's video and put a wooden block on the back of my vise and started hitting it with my rubber mallet. Right away you could see it loosening up. Thank you so much for this. I will pass this trick along with your name on it!
That’s awesome. Be aware the strap is somewhat compromised now so use it with caution.
That is awesome. I've thrown away straps in the past from all the have knots and what knots and now i know what knot to do.
LOL. love ya work
@@MadMatt4WD a
One way to keep these knots from happening is NEVER use an overhand knot for anything. Always use a figure-8 knot instead. Figure-8 knots are much easier to untie.
Not sure what I was looking up but came across this video . Got a knot in some braided line on my boat . Been there at least 5 years , never been able to even move it . Bugger me !!!!! Subscribe , done
Lol. Fantastic. Not sure you’ll get much boating action here but you may start enjoying 4wds.
Holy shit, this worked.
I love the niche technical sections of the internet. Straightaway helpful. Many thanks man.
Glad to help.
That’s probably the most amazing thing I’ve ever learned!! I had a strap that I’ve been trying to get the knot out of sitting in my laundry room for over a year. I used this method and within 4 minutes I had the knot out!!
Thanks
That is awesome! :)
I had a tree saver and recovery strap linked by some idiot (it’s not important I’m the idiot). This got them separated. You’ve earned a subscribe from me, sir.
Ha ha ha. Welcome my fellow idiot. 😂
My sincere thanks for sharing this! I thought I'd never get the knot out of a strap used to tow my 1955 Bedford S-Type lorry (loaded with a Cropmaster tractor) out of some soft ground with a David Brown 1594 tractor. Lots of weight, lots of pulling, significant knot. But less than five minutes of work with a rubber mallet had it free. Excellent advice, thank you! John (West Yorkshire, UK).
Glad I could help!
Amazingly simple! I've had a knot in one strap for years that was able to get out in under a minute with this technique! Love it
You're so welcome!
EXCELLENT. You saved me from tossing 2 thick tow ropes. Cheers buddy!!!
Fantastic
Thank you!
Pleasure
I had a tow strap that I had a knot in. The knot has been in there for at least 15 years and used for towing countless times with the knot in it. With this technique that knot came out in about two minutes! This works...Thanks
That’s awesome.
Works great! A 4x4 friend didn't undo the loop when strapping the rig up, didn't think I'd ever get it out.. especially since it's synthetic! Soaked it with water and a couple whacks on smooth concrete and good as new, thanks for this
My pleasure
You saved me a ton of work Dan the man!!! Excellent information! I had 4 bad knots and had no idea what to do to get them undone. I looked it up and you were the first one I found and it worked even better than you showed!! 😊
Glad I could help!
Aussie man for the win. I'm a Florida resident barreling down for Milton. I'm native, we don't leave normally. They're not as bad as people make it out to be this one. Possibly not as bad as they say. It's gonna be, but just in case I'm wrapping some stuff down with straps, and what not. My veteran dad used my straps to tow a vehicle. Useless straps. Now the hurricane is upon us in neeeeeeeed them lol. This saved me a trampoline and few others yard items that can't be moved.
Dude worked like a charm!!! Thanks a bunch from Virginia USA!!!
Ha ha ha. That’s so good
Thanks a bunch Matt! Had an overhand follow-through knot on a rock climbing sling which had been tied since the mid 90's and I thought it was never moving. A few choice taps with a cabinet-maker's mallet and it loosened right up
Wow. That’s cool
I have had many knots and tow straps stuck together always managed to get them out soaked in water or pried them apart, but I had two thirty footers stuck extremely bad, so I came to you tube and watched your video. Got a piece of cross tie and a big rubber mallet and ten minutes later I had those straps apart. Thanks for the video!
That’s so cool.
WOW, I have a canoe, raft , kayak and boat rental business here in Alaska and I have thrown away many many straps in the last 33 years in this business. For some reason renters like to put a knot in your rachet straps. If I would have known... What a great job for the NEW guy every year.. thank you so very much Come see me in Alaska
That’s awesome.
Had two knots in a rachet strap. I have been cussing about them to myself for years. I though they would never come out. They are gone, thanks to this video. Thank You.
Oh wow! That awesome
Omg, thank you for this video! You just saved me from having to buy new hammock straps. I used a regular hammer and after a few seconds of gentle tapping, the seemingly impossible knot was out!
Glad I could help!
Nice trick, thanks.
My brother, I needed to use a strap that had a filthy knot in it. Mind you, it was double strap, double knot and had been underload. Now I was on the road and a strap had snapped so that's why I had to use this knotted up one with no choice. I googled how to undo it and found your UA-cam video. You bloody legend it worked, had it undone within 30 seconds of hitting it with a malette 👍 The load safe. I'm safe and so are the public. Thanks again
Still in amazement of how well this works. Been using a 6ft tie down as a 3ft for two year because of a knot. Came right out. Thanks!
I know what you mean.
Great video! I had nylon slings that had a clevis and a ring cinched on tight. You can see the knots work loose from the rubber mallet and block of wood. Thanks for posting!
I did ti and still can not believe it works. God Bless you friend!
Great job!
You Rock !
Glad to help
You sir are freaking AWESOME!!!! I've Tried a lot of things and have a lot of life experiences but have not heard of nor would I have thought of this trick in a million years!! Just got a tight knot out of my favorite ratchet strap that was tighter than a bulls butt in fly season and it only took 2 minutes! Thanks again for the video. Liked and subscribed!
Ha ha ha. Daniel. Glad to help. I love the analogy.
Thanks Matt,
You can always tell if someone is a motor mechanic or not when something is tight and that’s when the first thing they go for is the trusty old hammer. I also refer to it as a “persuaders “, or a “knockrometer”.
People always look at me as if to say “what the hell are you going to do with that??” I just smile and say “watch and learn.”
Great tip thanks for sharing.
Cheers, Jon
Nice
Matt!! Once again you prove the adage that "a hammer is the most valuable tool I'm the toolbox". Had a 7 yr old not in a medium duty strap. Actually used the ratchet body to pound it atop a plastic dumpster. Five Minutes of whacking and rolling and out it came!!! Bravo!!!!
That’s fantastic. I’m amazed at what the technique can achieve.
Awesome
Unbelievable. Worked in no time and made my knotted strap usable again. Thank you
Fantastic!
This worked a treat, unbelievably easy. Took 4 knots out of 2 straps in about 20mins after pulling a half-fallen Gumtree with a ute, was well and truly knotted. Thanks mate
Pleasure
Glad to help
Thank you! I have been trying to un knot a towing strap for one year!
So good.
OMG THANKS SO MUCH! I had a massive knot after doing 3 sand recoveries today, I thought I had to buy a new snatch strap but thanks to you I saved at least $70 for a new snatch strap
Just use those for tow recoveries not kinetic recoveries now as they will be slightly weaker.
Thanks!
I just want to say thank you my son was over and he cut down a tree and we had to use a winch and he tied a knot and it's his climbing gear he's going to school to be a lineman. We were pulling down a tree needless to say the knot got very tight and he could not get it undone. I felt really bad because it was his good rope 100 ft. So I found your video and we were able to get it undone
That’s the best. Thanks.
Worked just as you described. Saved my strap from the trash can.
Another satified customer! Pound with rubber hammer, 5 minutes later, success!😅
It’s crazy it works ay
Matt, you stud!!!! Less than 5 minutes and kept me from throwing away my tow strap. Thanks!!!
Fantastic. I’ve always wanted to reach Stud status. 😂😂😂
Thanks for this excellent video. I was hand-knotting a pearl necklace and accidentally dropped a knot in the wrong spot and it was pulled tight. I didn't want to damage the silk cord by picking at it so when I found your video and watched it I got my solution. Many thanks because it worked perfectly. The silk wasn't damaged at all.
Wow. That’s not an application I ever thought this video would be used for.
Once again mate, you bring super tips to the masses. Thanks.
Happy to help
Mad Matt, thanks a lot! I had stabbed my thumb with an awl, put oil on the knot, all to no avail! In desperation, I googled "removing a knot" and got your video. This knot was a 1"wide nylon strap that had been wrenched down tight. I couldn't budge it. Watched your video, went and got my rubber mallet and in 15 seconds, I got that knot loose! Thanks again!!! Happy New Year!!!
It crazy how well it works.
I just took my strap with knot out of truck to try and undo it,in garage.went to y.t.saw you 5 min later my huskey ratchet is usable!bravo dude!
How good is that ay.
Thanks so much for this video! I🎉 did not believe it would work but we hit the knots with a big stick a few times and now we got our hammock down instead of cutting the rope.
Fantastic!
gotta say, not an outback bloke, but these techniques are gonna see a lot of use in my sewing and braiding projects. Great video
Awesome
I've had a seriously impossible knot in a pair of pajama pants for YEARS now and it didn't occur to me until today to look up a video on how to undo impossible knots. So glad I found this because I immediately took the pants outside and started hammering away. Glad to say the knot came undone. The fabric of the tie ended up ripping due to years of being stuck like that and washed and dried and whatnot, but I just tied the ends back on (a bit messy looking but whatever, they're pajamas!) and I'm able to tighten my pants again! Thank you for this video!!!
-Eastern Sierra Nevada, California
That’s fantastic. You must have wondered what am I watching a 4wd guy for. Lol. Glad to help
Omg, I’m so glad I found this video. Knots are one of my pet peeve’s and with 3 boys at home it seems like everything gets a knot in it.
It’s a cool trick ay.
Pulled a 300lb tree branch on my property with some poly rope and got some serious knots in it, said I bet there’s a a better way to get them out besides a screwdriver and damage to the rope, sure enough e few minutes with a rubber mallet on a peice of scrap limber and boom, untied! Thanks brother, what a tip!
My pleasure
You rock sir, that absolutely works as it should, I just took out a knot my brother put in pulling 1,500 to 2,000 lb hay big bales around.
How good is that ay
Thanks a ton! Or a metric ton lol I had a guy with a decent hitch and two recovery points broken down at an intersection, so I figured he knew what he was doing and gave him my never used tow strap to set up while I swapped my trailer hitch ball for a proper recovery hook. Instead of just placing the two hooks on the PERFECT recovery points in 1.5 seconds, he tied my brand new tow strap into 5 knots and wrapped it around is frking axle!!?? I got most out today but the couldn't get the last one!! You earned a subscription with this knowledge, thanks again!!
Wow. I’m always reluctant to lend my gear for these reason. I’m glad I could help you.
Thanks! Saw this yesterday, tried it today. Rarely does a fix you see on UA-cam work as perfectly as this one. Really only took a couple minutes to get a super tight knot out of a strap!
This 100% worked. About 30 solid hits from a dead blow hammer had my straps apart. Thanks much!
Pleasure
Brilliant, just tried this on a strap that had been knotted to go over a tow hitch and used to try and drag a heavy cast iron pot out of the frozen ground, it worked a treat!
Fantastic!
Thanks! Just got a stubborn knot out of a truck strap. Saved me.
Excellent!
Had a strap that was knotted tight then frozen. This absolutely did the trick! Thanks very much for sharing this useful bit of info. Much appreciated. Cheers from Canada.
That is so cool.
Handy for relieving stress when your mrs has her knickers in a knot too 😂
HA HA HA
Thank you so much. I tried your method on a very tight 6mm diameter nylon rope stop knot from a generator recoil pull mechanism and it worked beautifully with no visible damage to the rope after about 80 hits with a rubber mallet on a block of wood.
It’s a cool method ay
Just tried it . Worked like a charm . Thanks for posting .
Fantastic
I had a knot in a strap and couldn't get it out. Something told me search youtube and this was the first video that popped up. Hit it with a rubber mallet and it came loose in a couple of minutes! Thank you!
I love hearing that.
That will be used to try to get apart some old climbing webbing- thanks:)
Works great. Thanks. Had 3 knots in a herc strap and was going to chuck it. Got all 3 out in short order with your method. Used a pointed screwdriver to some advantage too.
That’s so cool. Glad to help
You just saved me the cost of 3 straps. I had knife in hand and thought I wonder if UA-cam could help. Thanks
Ha ha. That’s awesome
Thank you! After watching your video last night , I untied 3 straps (all strapped together)
Fantastic ay.
You sir are the GOAT. I just did this and it worked on my straps. Thank you!!!!
🙏 so what does GOAT stand for. Here in australia it would be taken As you fool but I don’t think that’s what your saying.
@@MadMatt4WD it means Greatest Of All Time. G.O.A.T
I've done this before on smaller ropes. Once tried with a bench vise, it helped.
cool
Thank you so much...i was able to undo my snatch knot thanks to this video😍
How good is that
@@MadMatt4WD very effective, i really thought I was gonna have to sacrifice one but this strategy worked great
Worked like a charm, thanks buddy
Amazing! I had all but given up on untangling a knot out of a strap. I cannot believe how easy it was to get the knots out using these techniques.
Ha ha. Fantastic.
I tried it at work tonight. Works great. Thanks for the video!
Glad to help
Brilliant ....you just saved me a whole lot of grief getting a knot out of a recovery rope that we ooppps on today....couple minutes of working it and good to go again THANKS!!!!
It crazy how it works you think this won’t work and then it does.
Amazing! I’ve had a strap with a knot in it for years (never did know how it happened) it has been used as a log choke, anchor point for snatch blocks and for winching out stumps with a 3.5 ton tirfor winch, I thought that knot was there forever (or until the strap broke) but a few whacks with a heavy rubber mallet on a stump and it began to undo, a few more whacks and I had a knot free strap!! Wow, thank you 👍🏻
Fantastic. Now just be careful with how you use it as the structure of the strap will be compromised.
I was skeptical and was ready to throw out two brand new 30 ft straps that were stuck together, and after trying this method I had them unknotted in less than 10 seconds. I appreciate you and your share. Thanks.
It’s a crazy thing that it works.
Thanks for the tips MadMatt! Could have used this a few years back mate.
Thanks. Worked perfectly to get a knot out of a boat fender. I was ready to cut and toss the line.
How good is that.
This works, thanks! My dog leash has had knots in it for years and in 10 minutes I got it out!!
Ha Ha Ha happy dog ay.
It takes a while with the mallot on the braded line but it works. Thanks for the tip.
Question. When hitting the strap with the hammer do I repeatedly say naughty? Or is it personal preference? Or should I ask the strap what it prefers to be called? This will be my first time trying this and I would like for it to be a special experience for both the strap and I.
Look my strap said it was gender neutral and wanted to be called a rope. That’s why I had to call it naughty. Usually strap behave themselves and you can show it great care and sympathy. Say things like hang in there sweetie we’ll get you out of here in a sec. Maybe a cuddle would be good to. 😂😂😂I do t think we should hang out it would be a laugh.
I use a marlin spike to help. It's like a big icepick. Nice vid.Thanks.
Amazing trick, it really works !!!
In 5 minutes I did what it looked impossible, big thanks mate
The first time I learned about it I didn’t think it would work either
Legend, never thought I'd get them apart, soaked in water and 2min of hammering = Voila!
I know it's a crazy trick.
This is great! I have rope that I strapped on to a tube to pull behind a boat. All the multiple hours of towing mixed with the water turned it into stone practically and I couldn't get the rope off. Tried hammering it after this video, had it off in 10 seconds. Who knew?!
That’s crazy and cool as. I’m amazed at how this video has helped so many people.
Worked perfectly, much appreciated!
Excellent!
Had one that looked exactly like the one you demo'd, and using your technique, had it untied in under a minute. Thank u THANK U!
Ha ha. That’s awesome.
Genuinely useful tip. This will be used next time. No screwdrivers!
Thanks
1st video I saw and straight away sorted a knot in my strap. Couple of bashes and it was free. Thanks for the info
Fantastic.
We’ll that worked a lot better than I had expected. Thank you!
Ha ha fantastic
Great technique! Still works for me.
Thank you thank you thank! You rock! You saved me finger nails. Time. And cuss words!
Lol. Glad to help
Thanks so much . I loosen a 1 year double knot.
Wonderful!
Excellent video with the best part being the kookaburra hollering in the background! A real treat for an American birder :-) great tip on the untying too tho!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Worked like a charm on my 1 inch tie down strap!! Thanks a bunch
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That’s pretty cool learn something new every day .
Thank you!! Worked perfectly.
You're welcome!
Thank you sir! You saved the day!
This worked so freaking well, man! I work at Costco and often have to push carts. I use a CAT ratchet strap to tie the carts together while I do, and my coworkers kept making fun of me for letting my "rope" get 10+ knots in it and not dealing with it. Well I finally did. I used a regular claw hammer and a kettlebell as the anvil and hammered out each one, then used an iron to straighten out the gnarled strap afterwards -- now it's as good as new. Best thing about doing it is the unga bunga feeling of beating the crap out the knots with a hammer. Thank you so much!
That’s awesome. Maybe you could tie a few knots in it just so you can have fun getting them out. 😂
Excellent video. I had a situation once pulling bushes using a tow strap. It knotted so tight around the trunk, I cut the wood and left it later to work it out. I ended up pulverizing the wood to get the knot loose.
Wow
Thank you!!! Saved a pair of linked straps that was almost in the trash!
This worked for me
I used a tow rope today to tow my dads truck to my mechanic who btw works miracles and the tow rope was looking like it belonged 😮to my rear tow hitch etc ---but this tapping with rubber mallet worked wonders!!! Thank you and love your candor and style
Much appreciated
Romans 15:13
That is awesome!
This works so well thank you so much i had a strap that was yanked quite hard between an 03 chevy 2500 and an 03 jeep liberty v6 4wd and that thing seemed like a rock and this trick got it undone in like 2 minutes
It's cool ay. Just keep in mind the strap isn't what it used to be so be careful how hard you work it going forward.