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Old 29th Jan 2009, 06:54
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SAS, a bowline is good if you can do, and undo it without tension being applied.

The nice thing about the truckies hitch is that you can apply a lot of tension (three times your own weight, if you do it properly) and then tie it off. But that tension will usually be there (unless you've had a load shift, which is what you're trying to prevent) so it has to be undone under tension as well.
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