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kiteguy
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Joined: 15 Sep 2003
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Location: USA - Kansas, Overland Park - Near Kansas City
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Wow, Squid, Hope that I get to see the new thingy you are planning on showing to Ronda. i will be at the fort Thursday, early evening. Unless I get lost. 
I do not use a Purssic to fasten the lines to the spars on my Rocs. I use a Double Larks Head know. (Yes, Gary, a double larks head!) 
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Gary
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Location: Rhode Island, USA
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| Posted: Wed Mar 17, 2004 6:57 pm Post subject: |
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| kiteguy wrote: | | I use a Double Larks Head know. (Yes, Gary, a double larks head!) |
Oh, sure, Dave! 
Wind me up, and then leave!
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cbl527
Joined: 18 Dec 2003
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Location: Middletown, RI
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| Posted: Thu Mar 18, 2004 9:58 pm Post subject: |
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Gary, You showed me the trucker's hitch, but I didn't repeat it enough times to truly learn it. Couldn't find it on your web site. Is there an example online?
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Dennist3
Joined: 20 Feb 2004
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Location: USA, Virginia, HAMPTON ROADS
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| Posted: Thu Apr 08, 2004 5:26 pm Post subject: |
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Truckers Hitch?
not to sure on that one
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knotronda
Kite Builder II
Joined: 22 Jan 2004
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Location: Lincoln City, OR USA
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| Posted: Tue Apr 13, 2004 1:15 am Post subject: |
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A Midshipman's hitch, or Taut Line hitch would be good ones to use for tensioning your bowlines.
Just thought I would toss this in. Where's Gary?
knot(tier)ronda
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kiteguy
Kite Builder II
Joined: 15 Sep 2003
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Location: USA - Kansas, Overland Park - Near Kansas City
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| Posted: Tue Apr 13, 2004 3:17 am Post subject: |
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| cbl527 wrote: | | Gary, You showed me the trucker's hitch, but I didn't repeat it enough times to truly learn it. Couldn't find it on your web site. Is there an example online? |
Dunno what Gary showed you. Maybe it was this one???
http://www.troop1185.50megs.com/scouting_info/knots/truckers_hitch_knot.htm
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knotronda
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Joined: 22 Jan 2004
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Location: Lincoln City, OR USA
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Nope! This one's way too complicated. I know Gary has a link but I'm not sure where it is at. Gary, where are you? Please help this man. He is pleading for some assistance.?!? If you are off just having fun and ignoring us, then that's not nice.
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KiteSquid
Master Kite Builder
Joined: 29 Aug 2003
Posts: 2830
Location: USA Virginia King George
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| Posted: Wed Apr 14, 2004 7:38 am Post subject: |
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HERE is Gary's knot page, but the truckers hitch is not addressed.
Ashley's book of knots (page 344) has some truck lashings... Look at knot 2124 it is imular to the knot I use but use a overhand loop to start it and use a slipped overhand knot to end it insted of the lashing turns...
If you look at the mechanics of the knot the kiteguy provided or the ones I did, they are a 2:1 deadeye (pulley without a rolling wheel) so you can compress loads up to twice your body weight. Just make a temporay loop and step in it.....
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AKA TakoIka
AKA Harold
King George VA
P.S. Yet another post by the Squid.....  Doesent he ever shut up???
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