Flynn Improves the Truckers Hitch

[@daemn22]

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. (kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z3ubfqiFjLRjh9U). 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!

[@zchuss1]

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.

[@myew8238]

Kobe Flynt Hitch, final offer!

[@zchuss1]

@@myew8238 not a prayer lol

[@zchuss1]

@@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.

[@myew8238]

@david lacey Yeah, that is quite demoralizing

[@tagalogkurt]

"That's not going anywhere" in Tagalog is "Hindi ito gagalaw." Hin-deh eh-to guh-guh-law (law rhymes with wow)

[@daemn22]

Tama bro :D

[@InevitableTruth.]

Tite

[@grahamohea2424]

I really like this format. Showcasing other people's innovations and then going in with a more detailed explanation on how it works

[@pappysproductions]

I agree. He makes better tutorials. Easier to understand

[@jadefalcon001]

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.

[@mixedmartialnutrition1746]

Yea FCA explains everything so clearly nice channel

[@deviousrooster136]

After all these years you are still my favorite knot tying channel on KZbin. You explain each step so well and provide multiple examples. Thanks!!

[@davebullard]

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.

[@BakerMikeRomeo]

well said!

[@daemn22]

Likewise, this channel is awesome for the same reasons.

[@First_Class_Amateur]

As someone who has seen their work used without credit, I really appreciate your comment. Thank you

[@davebullard]

You're welcome. I can only imagine the frustration and I hope it's not too discouraging for you.

[@zchuss1]

@@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 KZbin 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.

[@brrrt6666]

This worked out to become my favourite knot, love to tie this one on a slip as well!

[@JaydubyaX]

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 :)

[@deviousrooster136]

What I like about this truckers hitch is you can tie it without having to pull the standing end completely through which yields two quick releases as well!

[@leehunter1967]

Spread the word ppl. Share this video and let’s get this channel to the 200k it deserves. 👍🏻🇨🇦

[@First_Class_Amateur]

Thanks Lee 👍🏼🇺🇸

[@J123G]

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.

[@jimt3336]

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 !

[@stephenhampshire6772]

Wow, thanks Flynn for the simple yet excellent improvement one of my favorite knots!

[@ruggedrickrude1946]

Friend works for food supply service in bulk….uses hand truck a lot will send him this TY GUYS

[@algodonrabo]

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.

[@ralphhighlights4081]

Awesome tutorial! Love 💕 from the Philippines 🇵🇭

[@joshwarner5676]

Genius. Makes it even easier to remember how to keep all the tension

[@donkpow]

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.

[@mateusz-grochowski]

MOst usefull knot tying channel ever found.

[@designerd77]

Flynt Automatic Hitch! Love it

[@floridasaltlife]

Congratulations to Flynn on a great new idea

[@daemn22]

Thank you

[@rbt_lzo]

Works great for keeping things on my bicycle rack! Thank you!

[@lrntmercier]

This video is very helpful because I transport things all the time with a dolly, Thank you to the both of you!

[@jomamma1750]

Flynn, you're a genius! Thanks for the share.

[@word2thewise447]

Cool knot back feed a bite on your Angler and it becomes a quick release

[@ianrickey208]

Simple genius that has the ability to change lives. Bravo Flynn!

[@billblount2285]

Love the bonus knot tut at the end. Great stuff, thanks Flynn!!

[@travelinganvil5711]

This solves my only gripe with the locking truckers hitch. Thanks to you and Flynn! Great job

[@puregsr]

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!

[@Nanchantress]

He has a video on this channel of a Spanish bowline through a ladder that might work for you: kzbin.info/www/bejne/iH-kioyDg6ihaa8 . Also there is a video on another channel of a Portuguese bowline that I find easier to remember how to tie: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qZ7HY2aIe7N8ntU

[@puregsr]

Wow, Portuguese bowline, that's it!

[@stephanddd]

This is awesome!! And thanks for showing how to unlock it under tension, it wasn't obvious at first

[@Zendukai]

That works really, really well, cheers.

[@pappysproductions]

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

[@Jedi_Jed]

Thank you guys! This is one of the most useful things I’ve seen in a knot.

[@carpecanem611]

That's knot going anywhere!

[@Giroux68]

Nothing beats good knots!!

[@marcchrys]

Great enhancement..yet so simple

[@curtwhite876]

Simple and brilliant! Nice improvement, Flynn!!

[@b.griffin317]

Brilliant work Flynn. 👍

[@GBV1436]

Cool knot work

[@arthurkimpel4758]

Great knot!! Also works well with an in-line figure 8 loop.

[@rong1924]

When you go through the loop the second time you still need to remember to go inside the working end, not around it.

[@keeblem1]

Brilliant. Thank you all for sharing!

[@arthurkimpel4758]

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.

[@johnsullivan6560]

Very nice. Thank you for bringing this to us.

[@jadefalcon001]

This is BRILLIANT!!

[@BenNatsarim]

Contextual translation: "Di na gagalaw yan."

[@alk555]

Knew somebody would have a suggestion already.

[@cathmar7394]

*The Filipina Flynn* Excellent knot

[@WaschyNumber1]

Very cool 👍🖖 people from the Philippines have Manny cool ideas not only with Knots. 👏

[@zchuss1]

Plagiarism is one of them

[@prebaned]

I found the magic in a $7 ratchet strap.

[@salimufari]

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.

[@atomicsmith]

This is so simple and so brilliant.

[@meanwileinthedesert..2320]

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..

[@ПустиПавалюся]

Super !!! Thanks!!! 🙏🙏🙏

[@Keelsman]

Amazing! Thanks to you both for sharing 🥰

[@BigMacSam]

*Thanks for sharing this!* 👊

[@MyTube4Utoo]

A wynn, for Flynn.

[@roadrunner3867]

Pretty clever.

[@billgleeson1059]

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.

[@larryenglish8900]

or larks head

[@markmillenium438]

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?

[@paulha2998]

so great, can´t wait to use this knot for my tarp ridge line!

[@iwanderanderrdthroughlife2914]

"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. 😊

[@vicholm1000]

Sige na 🇵🇭

[@lawrencefederico2112]

Thanks for sharing. I'll certainly be using this one.

[@threeriversforge1997]

Very nice adaptation. Looks like it'd be just a hair easier to remember or not screw up.....

[@juggernaut316]

I like the 3 point bowline

[@bujiknits]

is there a video somewhere a bit closer to see? I'm a newby at knots & was totally lost. thank you

[@mrchams]

Awesome Flynn!

[@timmykang1]

Thank you, very useful info, you guys are awesome.

[@mrdavemo]

Groovy! Would it work as well with a loop end at the final tightening, so you could undo it with one easy pull??

[@zchuss1]

Yes, I did this on video years ago kzbin.info5qCS1FwN_JA?feature=share4

[@christopherforsyth5284]

I'm going to USE THIS KNOTT !!!! THANKS FOR SHARING IT !!!

[@denisewildfortune4058]

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!

[@gcdcpakmbs]

can't possibly sit through this many commercials just to learn a knot

[@nelsonsoaresusa]

This is called automatic trucker's hitch

[@ChristopherLien]

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.)

[@boxiedog]

Genius

[@jeremykemp3782]

Very good

[@justinjones9255]

Ah, nice modification and classy to give him proper credit. BTW like that particular paracord. Where can I get it?

[@ZigaZagu]

Nice!

[@garycort7997]

Useful and clean to tie.

[@suzibikerbabe8073]

That's awesome!

[@Jack42Frost]

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.

[@ДмитрийГлущенко-г3х]

genius!❤!

[@seanohaimheirgin1047]

Very nice! Thank you 🙂

[@truthmatters1950]

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?

[@TheBrandicus]

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.

[@daemn22]

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.

[@topgunm]

See the video: "BEST all around Ridgeline for anyone FULL VIDEO AND DETAILS" by David Canterbury. By far the easiest version of an auto-locking Truckers hitch and you don't need to pull the tail end all the way through.

[@yurchik7916]

Красавчик)))👍👍👍

[@HellVedaKa]

interesting! it sort of reminds me of a demo knot i was shown for load securing

[@LO-dp5ee]

not going anywhere = walang pupuntahan or not going to move = hindi gagalaw. sure or secured = sigurado.

[@Mark--Todd]

Perfection

[@phonophilia9095]

love it

[@InjectedImages]

WOW

[@edithflood631]

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.

[@jefffriedman6942]

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: kzbin.info/www/bejne/mavYgYJ9p7Kqrpo

[@daemn22]

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.

[@zchuss1]

I used the zeppelin loop and I still do, but honestly you use what your happy with.

[@davidtmiller56]

Excellent.

[@larryenglish8900]

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?

[@DarrylMiglio]

Thanks for sharing.

[@raymondjurado9203]

brilliant

[@timonix2]

I have trouble getting enough tension on the line. I crank down with just bout my entire body weight and the line feels good. But as soon as I let go all the tension just disappear.

[@TrainingWheelTrucker]

Masikip!!!

[@garrysekelli6776]

Nice. Could you explain how to tie shoelaces? İ think that might be on my level.

[@bloodgain]

Ironically, you're probably doing that wrong, too -- most people were taught wrong! Here's a 3-minute TED talk about it: kzbin.info/www/bejne/sHKplIltr9qIeqM TLDW: If your shoes keep coming untied, try starting right-over-left instead of left-over-right, so you get a looped square knot instead of a granny knot. It matters most when you have stiff, round laces, like on fancy leather shoes.

[@garrysekelli6776]

@@bloodgain yes I rewatched that. Still can't understand it. Anyhow as a strange coincidence of fate I have always tied the proper way. Probably a 50 % luck because I never put any thought into it until that fateful Ted talk.

[@garrysekelli6776]

@@bloodgain what I have really been thinking though is that the right shoe should be tied as such but the left shoe in the mirror image. If that is understandable.

[@bloodgain]

@@garrysekelli6776 My ex couldn't tie a knot intentionally to save her life and manages to tangle every necklace she's ever owned in ways that have taken me half an hour to sort out. Yet somehow, she's been tying her shoes with the correct knot her entire life. I told her she should teach our daughter so she never learns the wrong way. 😆

[@daemn22]

I only use 2 methods of tying shoelaces: Ian’s knot- if i need to tie my laces super quick. after mastering it, it takes 1-2 seconds to tie. I like how the laces are perfectly horizontal too. Ian’s secure knot- i use this if i need extra tight and secure laces like in rubber shoes, slippery laces in leather shoes or slip-ons that i just tie once and never bother again. Tying this will take a few seconds though both of these tutorials are found online. cheers kzbin.info/www/bejne/lYCQqZSAp8aiZ9k

[@davebrown6552]

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. .

[@edithflood631]

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.

[@davebrown6552]

@@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'