timber hitch

This can also prevent the timber hitch from rolling.

Make three full horizontal turns around both poles and over the Timber Hitch.

Start with a clove or timber hitch around both spars near the end of the overlap.

He used a timber hitch to get started, followed by square lashings to secure the basic framework.

A timber hitch works well as it stays better with wire than with rope.

The timber hitch is an old knot.

The timber hitch is a knot used to attach a single length of rope to a cylindrical object.

When the tide was right, the columns were rolled off the barge using its huge derrick, a timber hitch and an inclined plane.

Traditionally this knot is known as the archer's knot, but is a form of the timber hitch.

Scotty fastened one end of the small rope to the sapling, about halfway up, and secured it with a timber hitch.

The string may be secured to the bow by a knot at each end, usually a timber hitch, also known as the bowyer's knot.

Timber Hitch This is a quickly made temporary knot used to secure a rope to a spar, plank or pole.

In this instance, the half hitch combined with a timber hitch is known as a killick hitch or kelleg hitch.

Timber Hitch operated in the intercontinental ballistic missile re-entry area near Ascension Island, and was home-ported out of Recife, Brazil.

TIMBER HITCH Used to secure a rope to a spar or bale.

One instance where a half hitch stands on its own without additional embellishment is when added to a timber hitch to help stabilize a load in the direction of pull.

A timber hitch of six figure-of-eight turns and a finishing clove hitch lash the crutch but not too tight because the cheeks need some room to spread their heels.

A timber hitch is tied on the far end of the load to bind it securely and a half hitch made at the forward end to serve as a guide for the rope.

Timber Hitch operated under an Air Force contract with Pan American Airways Guided Missile Range Division headquartered in Cocoa Beach, Florida.

The following small diesel-powered ships were instrumented with tracking equipment: Sword Knot, Rose Knot, Timber Hitch, Coastal Crusader, Coastal Sentry, and Sampam Hitch.

Timber Hitch, assigned to the South Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean area, provided the Air Force with metric data on intercontinental ballistic missiles launched from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (CCAFS) in Florida.

For stability when towing or lowering long items, the addition of a half-hitch in front of the timber hitch creates a timber hitch and a half hitch, or known as a killick hitch when at sea.

Once these posts and bracing have been erected, the wire is wrapped around one corner post, held with a hitch (a timber hitch works well for this) often using a staple to hold the height and then reeled out along the span of the fence replacing the role every 400 m.

Pioneering: Demonstrate square, sheer and diagonal lashing; be able to type the clove hitch, timber hitch and bowline knot (this in addition to learning the square knot for the Scout Badge, and two half-hitches and the tautline hitch for Tenderfoot).

It’s true that some of America’s most enterprising youths spend many years arduously sweating over their Boy Scout knots — the humble square knot, the bowline, the half hitch, the clove hitch, the timber hitch and the rest — and then seldom find a reason to ever use them again.