Tie a really tight ridgeline for tarps and banners

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Bill is from Illinois. On a weekly basis he uses rope to display banners for his church. He needs a knot that will not come loose while hanging two banners, but also easy to set up and take down. Here I use a carabiner to make an automatic truckers hitch, a stopper knot, timber hitch, and a soft shackle. It is a great way to hang a banner or even a trap while camping.

[@allegiencelies6610]

I’m a commercial diver. Offshore. Working with rope is what I do. And that was a master class. I definitely learned a couple things. WOW.

[@First_Class_Amateur]

Thank you for the kind words.

[@zacandmillie]

I was a rigger in construction for many years but have learnt so much in just 11 minutes of your video. This is getting bookmarked for later reference. Thanks

[@arsenvokrug4198]

Your channel is the 21st Century’s answer to the Ashley Book Of Knots - but so much more interesting, instructive and colorful! (Sorry Mr Ashley!)

[@Pittybullygirl]

Thank you for showing the different knots. I like that you use the proper terminology that way there is no misunderstanding what you are referring to making the knot. Impressive.

[@rosaryrally]

I cannot thank Brent enough for this! He is the knot Guru!

[@ToddNZMTB]

I'd appreciate a dedicated video on stopper knots, it seems like such a simple thing but they are not all equal it seems.

[@DiabloOutdoors]

A figure of eight is one of the best and most used stopper knots. Look it up, it's very simple, effective, and easy to undo.

[@samhain9394]

There's many on here... Just search the term.

[@jakemccoy]

The stopper he tied near the beginning is called the Ashley Stopper Knot.

[@elliotbrittain2064]

Your channel made me think of this: naughty knotty knot naught not knot. May you never encounter the naughty knotty knot naught not knot. 👍🏻 Also you remind me of an awesome friend who also resides in Las Vegas. Many similarities between you and him, and he is someone I hold in highest regard.

[@jcmartinez7527]

I need a knot to secure something like a lantern on a line that is tied on both ends, keeping the lantern in place along the line. And assume you can't undo the handle on the lantern. Great videos btw 👍

[@wgray8231]

how tight is your line? if there's slack or you can create some, an alpine butterfly would be good

[@Gowaduv]

I just tried this so it works, and I hope I explain this well enough. Make a "soft shackle" like he shows for linking the tarp to the ridgeline. Put the shackle through the lantern handle then around the ridgeline - do exactly what he shows in the video, but with a lantern instead of a tarp grommet. Instead of going through the loop of the shackle once go through two or three times, then secure the loop over the knot in the shackle. You're making something that uses the same friction principles as a Prusik knot. The lantern will stay put on its own but if you lift the lantern (release tension on the Prusik) you can slide it along the ridgeline.

[@lukeschollmeyer8811]

I sold some furniture and the guy who bought the pieces loaded them in his truck. Neither one of us had any idea how to secure it with rope. The result was a rat's next of overhand knots. I've since found this channel and upped my rigging abilities a thousand-fold!

[@jakemccoy]

15 years ago, my then girlfriend lost respect for me over that same situation. I am now a knot expert.

[@cathmar7394]

Excellent tutorial. Making knotting easy. Practical knots needed daily in various applications. I get frustrated seeing stuff on YT thats just sooooo wrong yet passes as legit. Well done and thanks for your efforts.

[@diegocasati]

Amazing! You’re a natural teacher. Starting a Friday morning with some coffee and this video is knot only awesome but knot easy to beat (pun!)

[@mysss29]

As always you fascinate me with simple, practical knots that aren't in any of the books I've read. some notes: - the description has "trap" instead of "tarp" - the stopper knot is Ashley's Stopper Knot. I tie it by looking for the side of the loop that has a single part (the opposite has the crossing) and then it's easy to check by looking along the standing part to see that it's symmetrical. - I most often see "fisherman's bend" for that second one. It seems like "True Lovers Knot" is used for a few different bends involving two overhand knots. But of course that's way less important than just knowing what knot we're talking about, which you demonstrate very clearly. Thanks! I'll have to try all of these.

[@exodeus7959]

Are you reading books about knots? I would ask for your money back. Because these should be in there.

[@samhain9394]

Lol apparently Ashley's Book of Knots is knot good enough for this guy 💀

[@kenahoo]

The Knot Whisperer strikes again!

[@getsmart3701]

Amazing, even considering your incredible library of tutorials, this was for me one of the best. Like a lot of men sir, I love your channel and recognize Jedi level when I see it.

[@MarkMcCartney]

Always good to add a few more knots to the collection 👍🏻

[@kjrbst]

Bro made the Earth into a sail ship

[@Lazarus-aap]

I was wondering why days and nights got longer...

[@user-qw9ro4ov8b]

This is awesome. 👍 I watch your channel with great interest. Very much like the techniques that use almost nothing but the rope.

[@3pipper]

~ R E S P E C T ~ … Excellent Demonstration, good to see you still using rope and knots / hitches…refreshing as hell…

[@threeriversforge1997]

Fantastic, as always. It's a real joy to see examples of how folks can use rope in their everyday lives when so many channels are focused only on camping or the like. Keep up the great work.

[@meowwl]

The friction hitch looks like a variant on a knot I know as the "clinging Clara" knot. The one you called the lover's knot isn't a lover's knot, but a grinner knot, or, if wrapped figure eight style, a barrel knot or fisherman's knot. A lover's knot has the overhand knots intertwined, not just butted against one another.

[@donaldcharlong9586]

I love your knots. However there is a better way to tie a bowline. The standing part should go around the "tree" in the other direction. That way the bight tightens up against the dead end instead of the running part, making the knot less likely to fail under tension. I would love to see you test this assertion.

[@LKDesign]

I like the idea of using a soft-shackle to grab the tarp, the ridgeline and the tension hitch at the same time.

[@rays9033]

Yeah, this guy is really good with ropes and knots!

[@andreaslied7077]

Fishermans's knot for the one you called "lover's knot" over here in Norway at least. The system you display is similar to, but more advanced than the standard ridge line with prussik that countless backpackers, hammockers and campers use. It's well explained by David Canterbury in his video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/h4qmpZhqmJV1oJY

[@markkNL]

Fishermans knot is with two barrel knots instead of two overhands as far as I know

[@gensam6631]

@@markkNL that's the double fisherman's knot, the basic one is with just tho overhand knots

[@DiabloOutdoors]

That video from Dave Canterbury is MUCH better than this video here which is total crap. Corporal Corner made the same video as Dave, but a better video.

[@dhayes907]

I have heard this called the marriage knot, fisherman's knot, ax knot, hatchet knot and love knot.

[@DiabloOutdoors]

@@dhayes907 LOL good one

[@mastheadmike]

Omg I love those unreasonable shackles. Never seen one before. Just stumbled on this video. Thanks.

[@Zenobeus]

It's like a series of useful, magic tricks, good stuff sir.

[@keithcronk7980]

Everything you teach is HELP FULL so we can pass it along 2 others. Thank you sir.

[@atmosumartowismurti5495]

Love to learn from you... thanks

[@steveschlobohm5793]

Loved the video, thanks for all you do

[@terrysouthwell2165]

Hi, great instructional video. That loop you put around the post with the two stopper knots, we call a fisherman’s knot.

[@marcchrys]

My first acquaintance with the term "unreasonable shackle" :-)

[@Mark--Todd]

Another great video. The only thing I'd do different is I like to use the Farrimond hitch to tension the ends. That way I can leave a straight piece of cordage on the 'banner' or tarp ready to go.

[@niceguy191]

This is exactly how I hang my tarps while hiking; little tails with stopper knots through the eyelets tied with Farrimond hitches to the ridge line. I use the Farrimond for the ridge line and all other tensioning lines too because you don't need to feed the end of the rope through like with a tautline or trucker's hitch which makes taking it down so much easier

[@steelonius]

This channel, as well as some others, have very elegant versions of the trucker's hitch where you don't need to reeve the end of the rope through any loop or object. You create your 'pulley loop' around the end of the line that you'll be applying tension to, as opposed to creating a loop and then putting the end through. Your method sounds great too. Just FYI in case you want to check them out. @@niceguy191

[@jakemccoy]

@@steelonius OK, but he created that loop to protect the tree, which makes sense.

[@steelonius]

​@@jakemccoy​ You could still put a loop around the tree and work off that. Protecting trees is worthwhile. In this video "Version 2" at 2:55 shows how to tie a hitch with mechanical advantage that doesn't require feeding then end of your line through. I think that is what my original comment was getting at. It could go around any anchor or cord. kzbin.info/www/bejne/nKfNoHhjraaZqtU

[@jakemccoy]

@@steelonius Yes, I was just making to highlight that a standard trucker hitch is irresponsible here.

[@parappathekappa]

I just love your videos. My wife gets a good laugh at me while we're laying in bed. Couldn't you just use your soft shackles to make a prussic along the ridge line?

[@First_Class_Amateur]

Yes! That would work

[@BEDavisBrown]

I always like watching different ways to keep tension on lines that's easy to undo, but I gotta ask what your budget is for all the different types of cordage you buy cause it looks like your pulling out a new hank for every video.

[@stinkybuddydog]

Where or how did you learn all of this magic? Really creative and useful. Surely you didn't learn this in the Boy Scouts.

[@fivel256]

This is a great video. It's a single fisherman's bend. It's not a knot. Anytime you join 2 ends of a line, it's a bend. Except the square knot, which should never be used as a proper bend. A knot maintains it's form independently, and a hitch has to be wrapped around something.

[@JoshHou]

Thanks for the great video! Loved the instruction on the soft shackles and friction hitches. I'm curious when you decide to use a carabiner instead of a trucker's hitch?

[@superyamagucci]

Using a 'biner keeps it tidier, avoids tangles, is easier to untie after time passes, and you can keep an anchoring knot separate from a tensioning knot. I do river rescue and would use mostly different knots but the same principle if I had to hang a banner. Not sure whether what I would do is actually easier, or if I'm just more familiar with it, but these methods will obviously be effective, and it was clearly explained.

[@samhain9394]

​@@superyamagucciwhat would you use, and in place of which ones used here?

[@superyamagucci]

@@samhain9394 Google "3:1 Z-Drag". I'd anchor one end with a bowline or maybe just a figure-9 (easy to undo) and thread the rope through that so it self-tightens, and set up the Z using a Klemheist because they're easy to move if you need to. Aside from attaching the tarp, this can easily be done in under a minute if you're familiar with the knots.

[@ToxicGamer86454]

I prefer the bowline on one end and use a stick or tent stake to tie off the fist end. Then a truckers hitch in the other end.

[@Let_The_James_Begin]

How strong are those unreasonable shackles? I use your inline automatic truckers hitch for my camping hammock ridgeline and I wonder if these could be a viable alternative.

[@philochristos]

You made a sail!

[@ChrisLeeW00]

It sure was windy last week. I was getting 50mph+ near my place!

[@Rebelijah]

Excellent very helpful

[@jeffdege4786]

I've had no luck with the self-locking trucker's hitch you used in #3. I tried using it in tying down a tarp, and when I checked on it after a few weeks that had included some very windy weather (40+mph) half the knots had untied themselves, and the tarp had flogged itself to pieces.

[@jerrykinnin7941]

For the loop in a truckers knot I just tie an overhand knot with a loop in the rope. The pass the other end around the anchor end with the 3 loops thru the overhand loop. Finishing in a half hitch. I use Alot of what I call Chinese rope chain. Take a length of rope double it. Then about a hand width apart tie an overhand knot with both the ropes. I use it on my truck to hold up air/electric lines makes quick work with carabineers And door ties on trailers. Pretty strong stuff if your using Paracord.

[@blackwingvisuals5017]

Thank you :)

[@kfholler]

I have two ideas that I think might help many others. I’d like a “pocket anchor” of some sort to which I can attach things I carry clipped to my pocket. I am envisioning it can be attached and unattached one handed with little difficulty, but if something falls off of my pocket it would leave a big length of rope as an indicator. Basically a solution where if I am removing an item intentionally it works, but if not intentional another action happens either preventing or signaling the unintentional removal. I see a lot if applications for this in pockets and bags alone. Secondly I would like a way to attach my earbud to my ear. I am thinking something like your “pen thief prevention” knot with just enough slack to wrap around my ear. Then if the bud falls out it just dangles. But I wanted to pose the idea to you in case you thought of something better. Cheers!

[@Somebody616]

Love your videos. I was wondering if it would be the same if I used an alpine butterfly knot in line instead of using carabiners or unreasonable shackles

[@jakemccoy]

Yes, that would work. There are all-rope solutions here. Most people don't carry around that hardware, but having rope available is easy.

[@DennisCordova-zg2ij]

your lovers knot is call a fisher mans knot

[@ianrickey208]

Does the friction hitch hold fast when wet? I want to hang a solar shade in front of our RV like your tutorial. The RV is parked in a "car port" for RV's and I will tension the ridgeline about 16' above the ground. I am hoping I will not have to worry about the solar shade during every rain storm...

[@EdwinDekker71]

Awesome lesson!! Is a larks heads not secure on the soft shackle? Thanks!

[@jefff4188]

That's a different looking Klemheist knot you made to attach to the ridgeline. Going back over is overkill.

[@samhain9394]

Dude said he wanted it held tight...

[@chinesischesser]

You can replace the carabiner with a alpine butterfly knot. Then you'll only need rope

[@samhain9394]

I thought of this too, but you'll have to hitch the "automatic inline trucker's hitch" loop to it, though, since you cannot open it being as it has no gate. This makes it a bit more "complicated" by needing some extra slack in the trucker's hitch bight to tie a hitch around the alpine loop, or requires another small loop of separate rope. His method works pretty well for a novice and only requires one fairly inexpensive piece of readily-available hardware. The shackles can easily be replaced with alpine butterflies, though, and reduce the cost of setup.

[@viniciussouza6316]

4:53 SLIPKNOT MENTIONED!?!? WTF IS A GOOD NEW ALBUM RRRAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH 🦅🦅🦅🦅🦅🦅🦅🦅

[@AiDOS__]

I don't really have a problem with what you taught, as it will definitely help people.. but some of the knots you used were done weirdly and unnecessarily and for the most part there are MUCH faster and more efficient ways of achieving the same result in a far simpler way to explain to novices with less complicated knots to remember. However, it would be useful to people who just need the job done and you showed them start to finish how to get it done step by step in one video.. so good job 👌 not sure why i clicked on it, but as a climber and sailor i just tend to click on videos with knots 🤔😅

[@pjmccormack4954]

[@RancorRips]

This is actual wizardry. What the shit.

[@angryginger791]

I'm making a list of skills that I want to teach my son (he's 2 now) and useful knots is definitely going on it. I just have to learn them myself first. Can anyone recommend a good book to get me started?

[@samhain9394]

Ashley's Book of Knots. There are many more that have since been discovered, but it's definitely the starter tome.

[@monotremata44]

Ashley is the bible, but it's a knot encyclopedia. Try Geoffrey Budworth and Jason Dalton, The Little Book of Incredibly Useful Knots. More than 200. Also, always check to see how knot tying books show over/under. Budworth is pretty easy to follow.

[@svhuwagv2965]

I would recommend a zeppelin bend instead of those 2 kissing overhand knots. It is simple to tie, much easier to untie, very simple and very secure. The zeppelin bend, if you don't know it yet, is similar to a bowline. It is basically a symmetrical bowline or a bowline on a bowline - I don't know how to describe it. Here is a 45s video showing it: kzbin.info/www/bejne/nZC0lppnes6FpMU&ab_channel=Katamarans

[@samhain9394]

"stack a 6 and a 9 with the tag ends passed under and over, respectively."

[@Ziraya0]

How many times do you think you'd need to go back and forth to get enough mechanical advantage that you could manually snap that paramax?

[@samhain9394]

Or, alternatively, how hard would you have to pull on the line with two shackles used?

[@alexk1486]

1:25 sheet bend easy way

[@buraky16]

actually that is a bowline knot. purpose and how-to is very different.

[@grignaak9292]

@@buraky16 actually actually, the sheet bend and the bowline are the same. Try it! Cut the loop on the bowline? et viola: sheet bend

[@buraky16]

@@grignaak9292 wow just realized it. But bend sheet is when bowline 's lock stays in loop.

[@biranit50]

the second part: it is a fishermen knot

[@M0J0HAND]

Do you think those shackles would be so unreasonable if you just explained what it was you expected of them?

[@StoneE4]

What is the friction hitch that you're using to secure the banner (tarp) on the ridgeline? 5:42 Is it essentially a klemheist knot where the wrapping is going in both directions instead of just one?

[@jefff4188]

A regular Klemheist is enough. That was overkill.

[@StoneE4]

​@@jefff4188 I wasn't asking if a regular klemheist was enough. I was asking what that knot is.

[@jakemccoy]

Your description in the original post is correct. In fact, if an object starts spinning on a normal Klemheist, you will end up with that dressing in the video. It's mathematically the same as a Klemheist.

[@StoneE4]

@@jakemccoy I appreciate the reply - even after a year... Got a name or ABOK number for that knot?

[@jakemccoy]

@@StoneE4 It is just a Klemheist. I just tied a Klemheist on a slippery pole, and it twisted into that dressing before holding secure.

[@ushi120]

You forgot the name? It was Russian Bowline, or Eskimo bowline

[@darrenfalconer3267]

Do you know all these by heart or do you have to look at cheat sheets before making video? If you know them all how long did it take to become so knowledgeable?

[@DiabloOutdoors]

Don't bother, that so-called ridgeline is total crap. He just tried to show that he knows better than everyone, but this setup is a total fail.

[@johnbarragan921]

How did you tie the ends of the soft shackles???

[@threeriversforge1997]

Any bulky knot will do so long as you weave the loop end over it like he did. Under tension, the loop constricts pretty hard, so even a simple overhand knot is enough to lock the whole thing up tight.

[@samhain9394]

He says he used an overhand when instructing how to secure them. 5:16

[@user-nn2yr1oy9s]

!!!

[@johnstrelow2533]

Is that in NM?

[@First_Class_Amateur]

Las Vegas, NV

[@koonelos]

What is this wizardry?

[@adventureswithfrodo2721]

Just tie a truckes hitch with out the carabiner. Yo have made every knot wY more complicated then it needs to be.

[@tinytoons2517]

The knot around the tree looks like a sheep bend . . or are my old eyes deceiving me.

[@21trips]

I believe you tired a fisherman’s knot, not a true lover’s knot.

[@tonyhawksunderground2]

why are there always angry people in this guys comments lol

[@monokheros5373]

you opened with a Marlin Stopper Knot

[@billgleeson1059]

Ashley stopper knot.

[@leehunter1967]

🪢👍🏻🇨🇦

[@69adrummer]

Dang it's pretty there. Is that California?! i'ts 19 where I'm at!! haha ugh

[@DennisCordova-zg2ij]

all you are doing is putting up two ridge line and the banner in between

[@JECKORWALKINGVLOG]

THATS PRUSIK KNOT RIGHT?

[@jefff4188]

Modified Klemheist knot, similar to Prusik

[@dorianmccarthy7602]

An other, rather than a nutha

[@Venom-nk8nd]

🇵🇬,.,.

[@BlackthornBetty]

That rope is not thick enough to protect trees.

[@DennisCordova-zg2ij]

why not just use a truckers hitch

[@jakemccoy]

That will work, and it is an all rope solution. However, his idea about protecting the tree is good. A truck hitch digging straight into the tree is not good.

[@mymobile5014]

I'm new to this but it seems like countless steps and loads of knots to remember just to tie a line up?

[@DiabloOutdoors]

Exact. And the first knot around the tree is not secure. And the carabiner is NOT used the way it was designed for. I strongly suggest you to avoid doing that kind of setup. Instead, look for Dave Canterbury and Corporal Corner. They have the best ridgeline setup, super safe and 10,000 times easier and faster sto set.

[@thejoetandy]

It doesn't matter for this use, and a non climbing rated beena, how you use it. The extra steps are about creating a lot of tension that is extremely easy to teardown. Lots of knots are easy and quick to tie, not many combinations untie this easily without slipping during use. Don't forget the instruction is slow but the practiced user isn't. Go give them a try

[@michaeltaylor9080]

Over complicated it

[@f.c232]

to much to remember and to much to carry (extra carabiners) not to mention having to cut rope because of stopper knots 👎👎👎

[@DiabloOutdoors]

Slow, complicated, tons of unnecessary hardware, and NOT not secure. The ridgeline, as done by Dave Canterbury and Corporal Corner, is much, much, MUCH better. Also, this is a very dangerous setup as you are using the carabiner the WRONG way. They are not designed to hold a load the way you've set it up. This one is a total failure.

[@obitime1994]

The carabiner will hold 2-4 thousand pounds easy, way stronger than the rope in any orientation

[@thejoetandy]

Even the worst possible carabiner orientation (open and nose hooked) is likely to hold 250+kg of force, how is that insufficient for a damn banner?

[@DiabloOutdoors]

@@obitime1994 You obviously don't know what you are talking about. There is a way to use them and if not, their strength is very diminished, and by a LOT. Every mountaineer and rock climber knows that. And the way he used it on one end is very wrong. Lots of conscious people are doing their best to educate people on how to properly use gear. This, to avoid accidents, but this guy does the total opposite thing. Besides that the first knot on the tree is NOT secure, he's using way too many useless gadgets, knots are used the wrong way, etc, etc... The system from Dave Canterbury is much better, and safer, with no gadgets, no complicated MODIFIED knots, no knots that will jam, and...it can be set in less than 30 seconds. This is how you do it when you know: kzbin.info/www/bejne/h4qmpZhqmJV1oJY kzbin.info/www/bejne/iZrTqZZqn6t8b9U

[@techheck3358]

@@DiabloOutdoors "every rock climber knows that" surprise brother, this isnt a rock climbing video. you could bend a hair tie and it whould be plenty strong for this

[@DiabloOutdoors]

@@techheck3358 No carabiner in this world was designed to take that load that way. Get it now? My god, some people... Another one talking about things he doesn't know...