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Old 10-10-2013, 08:34 AM   #422
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Re: GM Semis

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Originally Posted by watahyahknow View Post
when i was learning for my commercial licence one of the teachers showed me a trick that pulled half inch thick rope so tight across a load it snapped the rope in half
seemed they didnt need rathetstraps to get the load to sit tight ...... they needed stronger rope though
I forgot to mention Rope. We also had fancy Knots we learned to hold certain loads tight. I was kind of like a 4-Loop Knot. Two Loops at the top and two on the bottom. Then another guy taught me to have a second Knot off of the first one and that could had probably broke the Rope if we applied enough pressure to it, or a third set anyway.

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