Editing Trucker's hitch (section)

{{Short description|Type of knot}}
{{Infobox knot
| image=TruckersHitchUsingAlpineButterfly2.jpg
| caption= Trucker's hitch with [[alpine butterfly loop]]
| name=Trucker's hitch
| names=dolly knot, Wakos transport knot,<ref name="wakos">{{Citation|author=Lofty Wiseman|title=The Sas Survival Handbook}}</ref> lorry driver's hitch,<ref name="pawpock">{{Citation|author=Des Pawson|title=Pocket Guide to Knots & Splices|location=Edison, NJ|publisher=Chartwell Books, Inc.|year=2002|page=142}}</ref> harvester's hitch,<ref name="pawpock"/> hay knot,<ref name="aksday">{{citation|author=Cyrus Lawrence Day|title=The Art of Knotting and Splicing|edition=4th|location=Annapolis|publisher=Naval Institute Press|year=1986|page=116}}</ref> sheepshank cinch,<ref name="aksday"/> trucker's dolly,<ref name="perryknots">{{Citation|author=Gordon Perry|title=Knots|location=North Vancouver|publisher=Quantum Publishing|year=2006|pages=134–135}}</ref> wagoner's hitch,<ref name="perryknots"/> power cinch,<ref name="jacobson">{{Citation|title=Wilderness Canoeing & Camping|author=Cliff Jacobson|year=1977|publisher=Dutton|page=118|quote=...there seems to be no widely accepted name for this hitch, so I took the liberty of naming it the power-cinch}}</ref> rope tackle<ref name="riley1912">{{cite journal|last=Riley|first=Howard W.|journal=The Cornell Reading-Courses|title=Knots, Hitches, and Splices|series=Rural Engineering Series No. 1|volume=1|issue=8|publisher=New York State College of Agriculture at Cornell University|location=Ithaca, NY|date=January 1912|page=1428|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bNNKAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA1428|access-date=2011-11-08}} As collected in ''Documents of the Assembly of the State of New York'', 136th Session, 1913, Vol. 19, No. 29, Part 5.</ref>
| type=hitch
| strength=
| origin=
| uses=Making a rope very tight, such as to secure an object to a vehicle
| releasing=
| related= [[versatackle knot]], [[sheepshank]]
| caveat=Can produce excessive wear on rope, especially if tied repeatedly in the same spot<ref name="riley1912"/>
| abok_number=#1514, #2124, #2125, #2126
| instructions= [http://www.animatedknots.com/truckers/]
}}
{{For|the Ylvis song|Trucker's Hitch}}

The '''trucker's hitch''' is a compound [[knot]] commonly used for securing loads on [[truck]]s<ref name="nzroadcode">{{Citation|title=Heavy Vehicle Road Code|location=New Zealand|year=2016|url=https://www.nzta.govt.nz/resources/roadcode/heavy-vehicle-road-code/tlc-general-requirements/load-securing-equipment/=}}</ref> or [[Trailer (vehicle)|trailers]]. The general arrangement, using [[loop (knot)|loops]] and [[Turn (knot)|turn]]s in the [[rope]] itself to form a crude [[block and tackle]], has long been used to tension lines and is known by multiple names.<ref name="pawpock"/><ref name="aksday"/>  Knot author Geoffrey Budworth claims the knot can be traced back to the days when [[wikt:carter|carter]]s and [[Hawker (trade)|hawker]]s used horse-drawn conveyances to move their wares from place to place.<ref name="budult">{{Citation|title=The Ultimate Encyclopedia of Knots|author=Geoffrey Budworth|location=London|publisher=Hermes House|year=1999|pages=224–225}}</ref>