Timber hitch

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Timber hitch
Names	Timber hitch, Lumberman's Knot, Countryman's Knot
Typical use	To attach a rope to a piece of wood.
Caveat
Releasing
Category	Hitch knots
Related

“ The timber hitch is the knot to use for dragging a log across the ground. It is also the knot that starts a diagonal lashing. ”

— Boy Scout Handbook p. 138

“ The Timber Hitch is described by as much used for handling cargo "... for which it is very convenient, as it practically falls apart when pull ceases." It is also useful when towing a spar or log either afloat or on land. When used for this purpose, the Timber Hitch is often placed near the center of the spar and a separate half-hitch is dropped over the end of the spar to act as a guide. ”

— Grog

See The Ashley Book of Knots #1665, p. 290.

Required for

• First Class #7b.

Instructions

1. Pass the end of the rope around the log.
2. Loop the end around the starting part of the rope, then wrap the end around itself three or more times.
3. Tighten the hitch against the log.

Lesson Videos

• Grog's Animated Knots: Timber Hitch
• Wonder How To Video: Timber Hitch (Lumberman's Or Countryman's Knot
• Wonder How To Video: Timber Hitch Boy Scout Knot
• Video: Timber Hitch
• Video: Tying a Timber Hitch

Notes

• The Timber hitch is one of the Forty Knots.

See also

Knots by Use
Basic knots	Overhand knot · Square knot · Granny knot · Two half-hitches · Taut-line hitch · Bowline · Sheet bend · Slip knot · Clove hitch · Timber hitch
Advanced knots	Constrictor Knot · Monkey's Fist · Ocean Plait · Trucker's Hitch · Turk's Head
Special knots	Braiding · Carrick Bend · Chain Sinnet · Cow Hitch · Double Sheet Bend · Sheep Shank
Fishing knots	Arbor Backing Knot · Barrel Knot · Blood Knot · Blood Loop · Clinch Knot · Fisherman's Knot · Improved Clinch Knot · Nail Knot · Needle Knot · Palomar Knot · Surgeon's Loop · Turle Knot
Sailing knots	Bowline on a Bight · Cleat Hitch · Double Bowline · Figure Eight · Marline Hitch · Midshipman's Hitch · Rolling Hitch · Stevedores Knot
Climbing knots	Alpine Butterfly knot · Double fisherman's knot (Grapevine) · Figure eight follow-through · Figure eight on a bight · Figure eight on bend · Figure eight knot · Prusik knot · Safety knot · Water knot
Forty knots	[[]] · [[]]