Tiedown Ropes

All the hay haulers out here in the southwest only use rope

 

Times 2, use rope for mostly everything on pallet loads and sometimes use V-boards. All those days are long gone. I still carry 5/8 white rope for something misc but rarely use it.

 

I used this type of knot. I know there are others but this one was my one to go too.

 

I had a coworker who never could figure out how to use a ratchet strap, but my Scotts he could knot a rope! Never lost anything he "tied" on either.

 

We used rope all day everyday when I was a young punk in the oil fields in Midland/Odessa approx 81ish timeframe on flatbed trucks and sometimes we delivered with a 1 ton pulling a hotshot trailer. All oilfield chemicals.

I could not tie the knot again today if you paid me but it was very similar to the knot @Diesel Dave posted if not the exact same. You could make them crazy tight and release it very easy.

We did some really dumb stuff back then and I don’t remember the half of it. I had barely gotten my license and was running and gunning and if not for two older brothers to keep me out of trouble my life would have surely ended up completely different Lolol.

 

The site says wll is between 200-800lbs for that rope at only 5-20% of its tensile strength, which is 4000lbs. I’m looking to move away from using bungees cause I’m tired of wearing holes in tarps which are getting too expensive to keep replacing and patching.

 

Sailors have used ropes for literally centuries to tie down freight, moor ships, and adjust sails. As a result, a sailor had to know dozens of different knots, and use the correct knot for the situation. The only problem with ropes for tying down freight is that you need a LOT of them, and you have to keep checking on them....

 

That’s very true. I still only use poly rope to secure things on my personal utility trailer and with the right hitches everything works just fine