Tite-Tie is truckies hitch on steroids
Submitted: Saturday, Jul 05, 2008 at 14:17
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Rubin
Bought a Tite-Tie yesterday and this thing is like the truckies hitch on steroids. I downloaded some of the tying methods from the web site home page
http://www.tite-tie.com.au
and there's one there called "Double Hitch Power" which basically is two truckies hitches together to increase your tension by 4 times. But what's so great about the Tite Tie is you can take out the second hitch (because the first one is holding the rope) and slide it up and pull again. Its hard to explain but on the web site there's diagrams that are easy to follow.
This thing is brilliant, I can't believe how simple and effective it is and all the stuff it can do. You can even use it to hoist like a block n tackle that doesn't slip back. Anyway, just wanted to thank everyone who answered my thread, I'll continue to play with the titetie and post any new uses.
Reply By: Member - Porl - Saturday, Jul 05, 2008 at 14:20
Saturday, Jul 05, 2008 at 14:20
I want one, people are envious of my knots, but it's really only my confidence, I have no idea what I'm doing and am surprised I haven't lost something ... bit like a lot of people I spose.
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Reply By: Member - Mark G (NSW) - Saturday, Jul 05, 2008 at 14:23
Saturday, Jul 05, 2008 at 14:23
yes it works
well but knots are free
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Follow Up By: Rubin - Saturday, Jul 05, 2008 at 17:50
Saturday, Jul 05, 2008 at 17:50
Knots may be free, but they are also a pain in the a@# when they get wet or vibrate loose. I've been testing this Tite-Tie out on all sorts of ropes I'v got laying around, and it works a treat, and only takes about 5 seconds to tie and untie. Knots may be free but for just under $10 this thing's worth every cent.
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Follow Up By: Member - Andrew (QLD) - Saturday, Jul 05, 2008 at 19:54
Saturday, Jul 05, 2008 at 19:54
That should be "$10 per knot" :-)
Andrew
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Reply By: SPRINT-GTO - Saturday, Jul 05, 2008 at 15:22
Saturday, Jul 05, 2008 at 15:22
Rubin
Where did you end up buying your "Tite-Tie"?????
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Follow Up By: Rubin - Saturday, Jul 05, 2008 at 15:37
Saturday, Jul 05, 2008 at 15:37
I got it at Bunnings, Altona store in
Melbourne. It was $9.98 and was hanging near all the other tie downs and rope. I tried looking at some Mitre 10 stores but couldn't see it, so just went directly to Bunnings.
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Reply By: Member - Glenn G (QLD) - Saturday, Jul 05, 2008 at 19:48
Saturday, Jul 05, 2008 at 19:48
I'm with Mark G.I drove trucks for years and tied thousands of knots and none let go,they were only hard to untie when wet if it was back in the sisal or hemp(no you cant smoke it ) rope days ! Uh Oh showing age.
Cheers
Giffo
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Follow Up By: Member - Mark G (NSW) - Sunday, Jul 06, 2008 at 08:43
Sunday, Jul 06, 2008 at 08:43
thats right GLENN G , if RUBANS knots are vibrating loose his knots are not done rite. trouble with all these new dodads is where do you keep or store them when not in use? you dont have to woory about storing knots.
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Follow Up By: Rubin - Sunday, Jul 06, 2008 at 11:19
Sunday, Jul 06, 2008 at 11:19
Mark G, you can store the TiteTie in the same place you store the rope, that's what I do anyway.
Look don't get me wrong here, I've been tying the truckies hitch for years and know about 5 or 6 different ways to tie it and in some cases I'll still tie it, but this new "dodad" is much better than a truckies hitch:
1. it uses less rope (handy to have extra rope sometimes)
2. when doing a double hitch, the second hitch can be taken out
3. you don't have to tie it off
4. works really
well on nylon rope (tying a truckies hitch in nylon can be a real bitch)
5. takes about 1 second to completely undo and remove from rope
The more and more I play around with it the more it continues to impress me
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Follow Up By: Member - Mark G (NSW) - Sunday, Jul 06, 2008 at 11:44
Sunday, Jul 06, 2008 at 11:44
yep, no probs RUBIN , horses for courses, if you like using it go for it. in the end as long as you can keep stuff tied where its sposed to be thats all that matters,cheers.
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Reply By: Member - Bucky (VIC) - Sunday, Jul 06, 2008 at 03:55
Sunday, Jul 06, 2008 at 03:55
No thanks guy's
I'll stick to the old fashioned "truckies knot"
Easy as, and free...and I use heaps of them, to tie things down..
Never an issue
Cheers
Bucky
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Reply By: Patrol22 - Sunday, Jul 06, 2008 at 08:53
Sunday, Jul 06, 2008 at 08:53
There's a great mugs guide to tying knots at this
Tying Knots site.
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Reply By: rumpig - Sunday, Jul 06, 2008 at 10:35
Sunday, Jul 06, 2008 at 10:35
whilst i don't have a problem tieing truckies knots (never had any come undone), these days i use heavy duty ratchet straps, not the cheap pack of 4 ones but ones that retail for atleast a pack of 4 price each. the ratchetson the cheap ones end up bending once you get a big load on them, good for light duty tiedown, but no good when you really want to crank them up tight.
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Reply By: austastar - Monday, Jul 07, 2008 at 16:21
Monday, Jul 07, 2008 at 16:21
Put a loop of shock cord in your rope bag. Use it to start or finish the tie down job. It will keep the tension on the rope all the time.
Want more tension - use two loops
cheers
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