Really liked the stop motion for showing the knots and I appreciated adding in the know variations as well. I've shifted to using the trucker's hitch over the taut line most of the time, but the taut line works great when you don't have the extra line to work with. Thanks for the video!
This might be coming three years after, but you did that demonstration and explained it so well that kids could easily understand that lesson and enjoy their camping experience more. Thank you
I went to a beginner wilderness class & watched 3 different videos & could tie this d!$# knot. I watched your video 1 time through & got it instantly!! You were quite clear & I think showing it from you viewpoint made it easy. THANK YOU!!
i thing last step was wrong an many video on youtube post it, tautline hitch just look like prusik knot somehow, even with wrong last step it still work like tautline
Thank you for the video. I actually found it by searching for taut line knot in slippery rope. You correctly point out that bigger/slippery ropes are not well-suited to the taut line knot, but did not mention what knot should be used when you need the features of a taut line knot, but your rope is slippery. Any pointers?
@@UntamedScience Most importantly, it needs to not come loose. I am tying guy-lines for a 40 ft mast with a phased-array satellite dish (Starlink) on top. Ideally, the taut line knot was going to give me the ability to fine-adjust the lines to get the mast erected and adjusted by myself. I found that my anchor points not being frictionless causes the "adjusting side" (for lack of a better term) of my loop to become less-than-tight when the wind load on the mast is toward the knot in question. This, in turn, causes the locking feature of the loop to instantly disappear. When the wind shifts and causes the rope to get tight again, it eventually overcomes the friction of the anchor point, lightening the adjusting side of the loop, and locks the loop again. But in the interim it has slipped a tiny bit (when it was loose, or just as it tightened). Worse yet, the knot itself loosens each time, causing the "tail" to get shorter and shorter. It will all come crashing down soon with this setup. Interestingly, I did indeed accidentally end up with midshipmen's knots on some of these, due simply to the taut-line knots loosening (as described above, presumably due in large part to the slipperiness of the rope used), and my re-tightening the knots carelessly. Though that resulted in a slight improvement in slipping of the loop, especially when under load, the knot itself still loosens quickly. It really all seems to hinge on my anchor points preventing the tension on the rope from equalizing on the two halves of the loop, due to friction/binding at the anchor point (where the lines overlap one another a bit. (3 guy lines all using the same anchor point (eye-bolt)
@@jimbo1231969 As I was reading your comment I was thinking... truckers hitch seems to be the key here. Now that I'm done reading, I think we agree on the knot. I think that's your best bet. I've tied many a truckers hitch to tighten loads and they're fairly easy to undue. :)
Simply add another (2nd) half-hitch on the outside of the standing-line! I do this when using the "slick rope" type. AND do not put too much tension on the loop when tying. You could also use 3 loops on the inside and 1 on the outside. I tested this with the type of rope shown here. I tension guy wires around my property using DIY tensioners and taut-line hitches using my modified knot. I am sure it has a name and someone else has come up with this, but I cannot find it.
@@UntamedScience To make it easier to add half-hitches when securing the end, pass the working end through the in line loop a second time and pull to add tension. It will get squeezed/friction from the loop and the first pass through line. It will stay put on its own until you add other knots to secure it. To loosen, simply yank upward and the rope will be pulled out from in between the loop and working line. I add at least one half-hitch for static load, two or three when the load will be moving.
If only all knot videos were produced this well. Well done
Really liked the stop motion for showing the knots and I appreciated adding in the know variations as well. I've shifted to using the trucker's hitch over the taut line most of the time, but the taut line works great when you don't have the extra line to work with. Thanks for the video!
The clearest demo of a taut line hitch that I've seen.
This might be coming three years after, but you did that demonstration and explained it so well that kids could easily understand that lesson and enjoy their camping experience more. Thank you
this video was so informative with knowing which ropes to not use and how to not tie
That takes me back decades. :)
I went to a beginner wilderness class & watched 3 different videos & could tie this d!$# knot. I watched your video 1 time through & got it instantly!! You were quite clear & I think showing it from you viewpoint made it easy. THANK YOU!!
Thank you so much.This was an awesome video and extremely helpful and totally understandable.I really appreciate it
Thankyou so much, you taught me that knot very fast.
getting close to that silver TH-cam button :)
Yep. Very close!
This is a very interesting knot, although when would it be better than the auto locking version of the trucker's hitch, if ever?
Excellent job....thank you.
Great channel man!
I am not certain, but i think if you add an extra loop around that last loop/hitch the taut line will not slip so easily on the slick rope
hi. planning to replace my tent's outer guy line. Seems this knot suitable to be used, is it?
Thanks, mr. Rob:) for this video tutorial!!👍👌
10/10 for explanations and demonstrations. 12/10 for host attractiveness. 😏
i thing last step was wrong an many video on youtube post it, tautline hitch just look like prusik knot somehow, even with wrong last step it still work like tautline
Thank you for the video. I actually found it by searching for taut line knot in slippery rope. You correctly point out that bigger/slippery ropes are not well-suited to the taut line knot, but did not mention what knot should be used when you need the features of a taut line knot, but your rope is slippery. Any pointers?
What features do you need? Maybe you'd want to tie a midshipmen.
@@UntamedScience Most importantly, it needs to not come loose. I am tying guy-lines for a 40 ft mast with a phased-array satellite dish (Starlink) on top. Ideally, the taut line knot was going to give me the ability to fine-adjust the lines to get the mast erected and adjusted by myself. I found that my anchor points not being frictionless causes the "adjusting side" (for lack of a better term) of my loop to become less-than-tight when the wind load on the mast is toward the knot in question. This, in turn, causes the locking feature of the loop to instantly disappear. When the wind shifts and causes the rope to get tight again, it eventually overcomes the friction of the anchor point, lightening the adjusting side of the loop, and locks the loop again. But in the interim it has slipped a tiny bit (when it was loose, or just as it tightened). Worse yet, the knot itself loosens each time, causing the "tail" to get shorter and shorter. It will all come crashing down soon with this setup.
Interestingly, I did indeed accidentally end up with midshipmen's knots on some of these, due simply to the taut-line knots loosening (as described above, presumably due in large part to the slipperiness of the rope used), and my re-tightening the knots carelessly. Though that resulted in a slight improvement in slipping of the loop, especially when under load, the knot itself still loosens quickly. It really all seems to hinge on my anchor points preventing the tension on the rope from equalizing on the two halves of the loop, due to friction/binding at the anchor point (where the lines overlap one another a bit. (3 guy lines all using the same anchor point (eye-bolt)
@@jimbo1231969 As I was reading your comment I was thinking... truckers hitch seems to be the key here. Now that I'm done reading, I think we agree on the knot. I think that's your best bet. I've tied many a truckers hitch to tighten loads and they're fairly easy to undue. :)
Simply add another (2nd) half-hitch on the outside of the standing-line! I do this when using the "slick rope" type. AND do not put too much tension on the loop when tying.
You could also use 3 loops on the inside and 1 on the outside. I tested this with the type of rope shown here. I tension guy wires around my property using DIY tensioners and taut-line hitches using my modified knot. I am sure it has a name and someone else has come up with this, but I cannot find it.
@@UntamedScience To make it easier to add half-hitches when securing the end, pass the working end through the in line loop a second time and pull to add tension. It will get squeezed/friction from the loop and the first pass through line. It will stay put on its own until you add other knots to secure it. To loosen, simply yank upward and the rope will be pulled out from in between the loop and working line. I add at least one half-hitch for static load, two or three when the load will be moving.
Brilliant knot video!
IT is known as prusik knot in mountaneering. A way to get out of a crevasse in a glacier with foot loops.
So Clos to a hundred k subs
Great video. Thanks!
Can’t do it complicated instructions inside , outside , mine dosent work so impossible to a layman ok for you pros
Shout plsss next Vid
Ty 😃
I bet you can do this without talking...
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Video could be longer.