How to tie down 2x4s without a roof rack.
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- Visit my shop at awesomeforsale.com. Note: This is not a sponsored video, I do like Lowe's though. I picked up couple 2x4 Douglas Fir studs. Instead of lowering the back seat and leaving my trunk open, I tied it to my roof. This improvised roof rack worked great on my Honda Civic, but make sure you have a proper understanding of knots before you attempt this. You can tie down a Christmas tree the same way.
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Does your wife know you're using the nice bathroom towels? 😆. Thank you for sharing these knot tips and the explanation and seeing you actually do them helps immensely, so yeah, thanks 👍!
The anchor points from paracord are genius
Your knot knowledge is great and your teaching style is easy to understand. I’ve been into knots for well over 40 years and somehow you have ideas that are new to me.
Thanks Mark!
top timber tip: next time orient the timbers resting on their shorter edge, next to each other instead of on top of each other. That will dramatically reduce flex and bounce on longer timbers.
That is a great tip. If you have to stack them could you alternate? One layer wide, next layer tall? That way the stack wouldn't get tall as quickly but you still reduce flex?
A 2x4 measures 1.5"x3.5" so they wouldn't line up very well. Maybe a couple rows high. I do like your thinking
@@steelonius Better not to stack them up on a car roof. Better to lay them out across the roof to spread the load, instead of putting all the load in one spot.
There needs to be a superhero comic book made with your character. The amount of stuff I’ve learned from you....it’s amazing. I’ve tied my kayaks to my car with just rope. Ropes and knots can really make a difference in this world. Thank you.
Bruh, you are the BEAST of creative rope work! And the tip about using locking snap pins was ingenious. Great video.
Thanks Robert!
This is quickly becoming my favorite knot channel.
Thanks Skip!
First... Love these quick , practical video's on ropping! Since TH-cam suggested your panic knot some weeks I have been hooked on learning knots and bought hundreds of metres of paracord. Ive even built a swing based on constrictor knots angler bends and Bowline. Thanks to you mate 👍
Jake, thanks for taking the time to comment. I’m glad it’s been a good time for you. Good work on the swing!
Nicely done, I've seen knots where a person knot knowing just tie a lot of randomness, then take forever untieing or resort to cutting the cord off. I like using a bowlin for anchoring then an engenieers knot to tension against my end point. I like learning better ways of doing common things. Keep up the good work.
I probably won't ever use this specifically but those anchor points are simply genius.
This might be the best knot channel in the whole YT!
I like how you address different real life scenarios and then you show a bit of engineering to solve tricky issues.
Easily one of the best channels on TH-cam. Thank you for sharing your knowledge
The anchor points used here look like they'll keep the side airbags clear as well (vs. tieing through the windows), excellent!
"Your hands are in the way" (as her finger is taking up 1/3 of the shot) 😂
Great instruction! Keep up the great content!
SO HELPFUL!!! i need exactly two fourteen-foot 2x4s and Home Depot charges $89 to deliver. (no thanks!) I have a car similar to yours. THIS VIDEO IS AWESOME!!!
That's virtually exactly the same way I do the same job.
Only a couple of slight variations.... in short, I have to love your video.
Sorry, the first upload has some issues I had to fix.
Very slick. I don't know why I never thought of making shackles to loop around the hinges like that!
Wife: "Honey, have you seen my best towels?" 😁
Nah he won’t care.
I love your videos. They are demostrated well and share very useful knowledge, which I appreciate. That being said...if a cop stops me I am definitely using that "I saw it on TH-cam" defense 😉
I’m telling him JRR got the good stuff.
Nice looking Knots!!! (Crappy 2x4, LOWES) lol
Thanks for your patient way!
That's another AWESOME and Super Useful one, as usual! Thank You very much Sir for sharing it with us for free. Definitely learning a lot on Your channel. Take care, catch You on the next one. Greetings from France ^_^
I have a smart car and I’m going to see if I can use your method. Really like the detail in this.
Best knot channel on TH-cam
Not only are your videos amazing, so is that Ashley book of knots shirt!!!
I love the pins for quick releases.
Love those lock pins where did you source them?
Very nice. Just a thought though; might consider going through the anchor points, back up to a truckers hitch loop and then tighten by pulling downward. 2:1 mechanical advantage plus easier than pushing upwards. That's how we would tighten down loads on the farm.
Good thinking. I’ll have to do that one next time. Thanks!
This is also how I learned to tie small boats to a roof. One question - what’s the purpose of the two half hitch loop at the end?
@UnderstatementJones1 The Blackmail Hitch can slip and the half-hitches prevent that. The Blackball is used to hold tension while you tie off the line but isn't secure enough to be the final tie-off.potential.
Hope that helps.
Brilliant!
Nice camera work too 👍🏼
Me: I need me a marlin spike!
Wife: WTF?!?
Brilliant, love your channel. Keep it up.
You are talented and resourceful. I really enjoy how you demonstrate your knots and process, very clear and descriptive. The best on TH-cam!
Best wishes, thank you!
you make it look so easy. if i was doing that it would be way to big rope and knots everywhere. then probably have to cut the rope when i get home. lol
You would make a great chess player. Great video. Thanks for taking the time to make it.
I often have seen people struggling to tie things to their roof at hardware stores. You see them wrap things very tightly, then the knot adds a bunch of slack. These friction knots are what most second class armatures are missing. :-)
I don’t have a roof rack…now I know what to do if needed. I always have a paracord in my car…
It’s because your common sense was kicking in.
I was half expecting you to do it with one piece of cord haha
He could never do that with 1 piece, never.
Know nots ever wood dew that in 1 peace
Or you can open the trunk, put the rear seat down and stick them in…
I could fit up to 10’ boards in my Ford Focus with the trunk closed
I love your videos
Master at work 👍👍👍
Curious to see how one would tie down bars from a roof rack using towels or even those foam block kits for strapping down canoes without a rack. Well, I had to do that today, to transport SUP, but what I did definitely has room for improvement. I used 1k/lb kevlar cord.
And there is a way to fold the towers where you form a pocket and feed the free ends in so you can toss them around and they stay folded. This way a fella could use old towels, fold them, and keep them in a trunk or box as a kit for frequent use.
Enjoyed this video and the one one tying down steel square tube in the bed of a truck... But I just got a 24' long trailer so I can haul 24' stock from the steel yard, so part of me is sad that I don't really /need/ to do this. Ordered some paracord and going to practice knots. Maybe try a sling, etc.
This is really cool 👍👍😁 think I'll stick with the good ol straps and roof racks tho 😅
We appreciate you.
Please do a video of how you'd secure a 10.5 foot paddleboard 🙏 if you do, I'd really really appreciate it! 🤗
Ratchet straps are my go to.
Love that you showed us the 275 cord, might have to get some. What other types of cordage do you use and what are some pros and cons of different kinds?
1/4” paramax is my favorite. I use it for almost everything. I also just picked up a smaller cord called “micro 90”. I’ll make a video on it soon. I stay away from twisted rope and prefer braided.
@@First_Class_Amateur would Paracord work reliably in this use case too, if that's all you have? What are the pros/cons of fewer but thicker inner strands?
Beautiful. Let us know how the timber flexes based on the orientation you tied them down in.
excellent
Sheep shank got hung up on door jamb . But heck I love a good clove hitch...
😂 12:05 "your hands are in the way" with her finger in front of the lense
I'm surprised you didn't use angler's loop or a figure 8 knot for anchor loop but I suppose overhand knot is secure enough.
Thanks for the great video! Would you mind showing some ideas similar to what you doing here for how to tie a 8'x10' tarp against an SUV when there is no trees around? I would like to just use my hiking poles and set up a dining area next to the car in rain and wind. Thank you!!❤
275 NYLON TACTICAL × 100 FT. HANK NEON GREEN W/ YELLOW STRIPES
If you could do a video on tying down 4x8 sheets of plywood, I would REALLY appreciate it.
Genius
nice man! that's very handy. i'm sure a lot of people can use this, if they perfect it.
also, you even put a camera on the 2x4 and drove it. how did you set that up?
Thanks. I tied a GoPro to the 2x4 with an auto truckers hitch.
If caught in the rain (obviously not much of a problem for you 😏) would those paracord anchor points wick water past the door seals and into the car?
Nice work. I need just this application. But some questions: what is a "foot" and a "bite?" I don't understand those terms in this scenario.
Put your store website in the description.
Thanks, done!
Brent, What is it, with the "auto truckers hitch." Happy Thanksgiving BRO...
Love your channel. However, it’s called a “Larks head” not a “Larks foot”. This misnomer started due to a French to English translation error from a mountaineering book back in 1973.
automatic trucker's hitch does not look safe by itself without additional control hitch. It does not work with my rope (not paracord) Probably, it works only with soft type of ropes
Can you demonstrate how to do a tie down to mount on a trunk top, like a convertible?
Ahhhh Yes, it's a "Blackwall hitch" Dude! Brent you Gotta quit making up different words for these knot variations. I have followed you on TH-cam literally for years, but it drives me Crazy when you keep switching back and forth, so which is it a "Larksfoot" or a "Larkshead"?
I don't care anymore I just call it a "COWS" hitch.. please please Keep It Stupid Simple!
KISS it just for me...
Amazing video as usual ! Yes I do know that's how an "engineer's mind works".
But mine not so much! I'm just looking at it from EVERY ANGLE!
I just lower the passenger seat and the rear seat back and load all the 2x4x8 inside from the back to front... in a small nissan sentra ... roof rack is only for 4x8 plywood or bigger sticks and legally the stick can be up to 2ft pass the bumper with a red flag at the end... I would not trust knots because I am bad at them so I rather use ratchet straps and loop it all around the top and bottom of the roof , beat any knot any time.
Drill a 3/8” holes in roof
Drill corresponding holes in 2x4
Use 5” bolts & washers & locktite
Silicone the holes
Tighten that bitch
You forgot to say “This ain’t going nowhere!”
So now that we can tie a few knots with paracord and we have a good supply of it. What are your tips on coiling and storing it?
Thanks for the comment! I’ll make a video on it.
I like your ABOK shirt.
Now do twelve 2x4s in 12, 14 or 16 foot lengths! And for good measure a mattress on top.
How did u tie those ancor points how did u tie those loops
It is better to rope both towels and 2x4 togehter You can wrap towels around the lumbers before lasso ropes . so towles cannot slip away due to errorenous roping.
(2 boards per trip)
If you're building a whole house, it's going to take a while using this method. 😏
This woulda been really handy before I bought my truck hhaa
Open the trunk, lay down the back and passenger seat. Place 2x4's inside the vehicle
The cord is nice, but it's the shirt I'm after :) Any details on that?
You should see it as merchandise under the video. It’s from my YT shop. Thanks
Is the difference between the larkshead and a larksfoot the metal ring?
It’s the same knot, it just has more than one name. It’s also called a cow hitch or girth hitch
Can we have some info on how to make the knot on that marlin spike?
www.animatedknots.com/turks-head-knot
www.google.com/amp/s/www.instructables.com/38th-Marlinspike/%3famp_page=true
Thank you very much im going to make myself one :)
Nice nice but I think I will just fold the seat down and put it inside
Yea but all the cake pans and flower pots are inside duhhhhhhhh
Will this work for mattresses as well?!!! Freaking genius
No, look at every jerk on the road that tries.
Pay the $43 for delivery.
Do you have any left handed videos?
Carol just watch it in the mirror..you are welcome.
How would I tie a bicycle to the top of my geo metro? :D
Probably throw the metro on the bike oh gawd
Where did u get your marlin spike?
I made it from 3/8 aluminum bar stock.
@@First_Class_Amateur please do a video and also of the knot. Love your channel
@@First_Class_Amateur Saw your video on how to make the marlin spike and Turks head knot 🪢 thanks 🙏🏾
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can't afford a roof rack anyway, lumber costs too much these days ;)
This guy was using way too much knots for my taste. Why he didn't tie that rope only at it's two ends?
Would love to get your take on how to tie down objects to an SUV roof rack with a single length of cordage, say 50 or 100 feet long. For example, best practice on how to tie two kyacks to a roof rack with a single length of rope.
Have you seen this? th-cam.com/video/X1TBzXPVoAE/w-d-xo.html
if the towel slides ur in trouble. cant believe 1100 people liked this
Simple answer, but a truck amd be a real man…… 😁
Realizing youre making money on youtube for making videos on knots. 😂 I appreciate your videos though 👍👌
I always see folks who use duct tape to hold a freaking mattress on a 2 door honda.
I don't think it complies to standard transportation regulations
So the part where you say you're putting a "lark's foot" on the 2x4s, it's more commonly called a girth hitch in that configuration. Obviously there are millions of different names and you're not exactly "wrong", but in this comment I'm going to be using the most common names in case anyone else reads this and wants to do their own research.
Now your girth hitch in that spot isn't bad per se, but a better one might be a clove hitch. Not only would a clove hitch tighten more effectively, it would also allow you to adjust the position of the 2x4 more easily with the tension removed.
Also, I think you'd be fine using only one line on three attachment points, as long as you used the middle attachment point that was farthest from the boards. The one line actually does give you tension from both sides; even tho the trucker's hitch is on one end of each leg, the tension equalizes when the board moves slightly. Of course it's great to use two lines, but I wouldn't bother myself.
So you could carry two two by fours one on each side. I prefer to call them 1.5 by 3.5 s.
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I can’t find the link to your web store?
I just added it. Thanks!
Or you could pay 20 bucks to get it delivered safely :)
Oh yeah, that's not going anywhere
Wow smh up to a 12 footer you can run our back riverside window to passenger floorboard so you dont have to risk that stupid shit
Step 1……buy a truck like a real man.
Step 2……throw 2x4’s in the back like a real man
Step 3…….go home and build stuff like a real man
Step 4……..drink a beer to reward yourself for being a real man
I love that your definition of a real man is basically; have money to buy stuff and do things that require 0 thought.
All the while implying that the creator here isn’t a real man, funny stuff
@@swayback7375 yeah, I guess you’re right……. Real men use the wrong tool for the job and put other drivers in danger. Cuz F-it……
‘Creator’ huh? All he did was make a video on how to tie wood to his roof……pretty liberal usage on the term, creator, huh?
Lol