5-Simple everday RV CAMPER Knots.

[momdoc]

Brings back my boy scout days

[van-gogh]

Here is a much simpler view on youTube teing a TRUCKERS KNOT.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=raTYwsfnsXg

[Ray,IN]

Originally Posted by Arch Hoagland

Dogman were you in the Navy?

I learned knot tying in bootcamp.

I learned them reading Dad's bluejackets manual when I was a kid.What is the name of the half-hitch looking loop used to store a long line?

[Arch Hoagland]

Originally Posted by Ray,IN

I learned them reading Dad's bluejackets manual when I was a kid.What is the name of the half-hitch looking loop used to store a long line?

Beats me. That was 53 years ago.

[W4KMA]

My sailor friend says if you can't tie the right knot, tie a "lotsa" knot.

[van-gogh]

Originally Posted by Ray,IN

I learned them reading Dad's bluejackets manual when I was a kid.What is the name of the half-hitch looking loop used to store a long line?

Is this what your asking?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYcxlprsD0M

or is it this one?

http://www.prodogschool.co.uk/how-to...dog-long-line/

[momdoc]

Reminds me of the Boy Scouts where i learned a lot about CAMPING!

[johns1959]

I second adding the clove hitch and would also add the taut line hitch (rolling hitch if you are a sailor). The TLH is an adjustable knot invaluable for tensioning or loosening lines that need to be adjusted occasionally (like the lines holding out the corners of a dining fly for instance).

Regards,

John

[Tim-n-Gina]

I was in the boy scouts and the Navy. But learned most of the knots that I currently use at my father's knee. He was a boy scout, boater, camper and Marine.

Although I do love knots (my go-to's are clove hitch, square, bowline, taut-line) I'll admit to not knowing as many as I would like to. So thank you for this post!

Whenever the subject of knots comes up I am reminded of a former coworker. We were cable TV repair techs and each of us had our own van with lots of different equipment; ladders cable reels etc all organized and stored inside our van in our own unique ways. I mostly used wire to tie things to the inside roof and sides of the van. It worked for me.
One evening I was working with another experienced tech who I had not worked with before, and opened the door of his van to pull some wire and was stunned to find that everything in his van was secured with multiple different weights and colors of rope using many many different well tied knots. I was so impressed that I stopped in my tracks and asked him if he was a boy scout or a sailor, his reply? Stagehand!

[mrboyer]

My remember and most used knots are: square or reef knot, 2 half hitches, bowline, sheet bend, taut line hitch, and clove hitch. If you have to secure a heavy pull on a rope, the wet weather hitch is great. You can untie it even when the rope is wet. A circus would use this to hold the main polls upright and easy to strike the big top.

Probably the most authoritative book of knots is “Ashley’s Book of Knots”. The book contains knots from simple scout or sailor knots to very complex ones used as decorative or macromay, which the queen of England enjoyed. Probably was taught to her by sailors that did “square knotting”. While Ashleys is out of print, I have found copies in book stores.

I may have misspelled some of the names above, but I can tie them.

[Arch Hoagland]

The Navy also had "Fancy Work" which is Rope used for decorative display.

[Ray,IN]

Originally Posted by Dogman635UT

Is this what your asking?

or is it this one?

How to store a dog long line - Pro Dog School

Yep, that's it! I remember seeing and reading about it in Dad's manual, but forget the name. We always stored our 100' hay ropes this way. The rope/line cannot tangle. When needed, you held to the loose end, threw the bundle up over the hay wagon, and the rope undid itself as it went.

[FL420]

Originally Posted by Dogman635UT

Is this what your asking?

or is it this one?

http://www.prodogschool.co.uk/how-to...dog-long-line/

That's how I coiled my 100 foot 10/3 construction electrical cord. Folded the coiled cord in half, picked it up and threw it over my shoulder to carry to my truck. That thing gets heavier every year.
I think the bowline is the most important knot to know as it's a lifesaver. Slip it over your head and under your armpits with the knot in front of your face so you don't fall out as someone pulls you out of a canyon or the middle of a frozen lake.
I taught many Boy Scouts how to tie that knot with both hands and then with one or the other hand behind their back in case they had a broken arm.
The other knot I use all the time is the truckers' hitch.