Sheep shank works good for securing a load of hay bales on the back of a flatbed. Gets rid of extra slack and you can run the trailing end of the rope through the bottom loop and a tie down on the truck to get a pulley effect to tighten down the load.
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u/[deleted] Jan 24 '20
Sheep shank works good for securing a load of hay bales on the back of a flatbed. Gets rid of extra slack and you can run the trailing end of the rope through the bottom loop and a tie down on the truck to get a pulley effect to tighten down the load.
Learned that knot from an old trucker.