Disaster Rescue - Australian Emergency Manual (Natural Disaster Organization, 183 p.): CHAPTER THREE - ROPES, CHAINS AND SLINGS: Knots: Timber Hitch (Figures 3:26 & 3:27)

Disaster Rescue - Australian Emergency Manual (Natural Disaster Organization, 183 p.)

CHAPTER THREE - ROPES, CHAINS AND SLINGS

Knots

		(introduction...)
		Thumb Knot (Figure 3:16)
		Figure of Eight Knot (Figure 3:17)
		Double Sheet Bend (Figure 3:18)
		Buntline Hitch (Figure 3:19)
		Fisherman's Bend (Figure 3:20)
		Double Fisherman's Knot (Figure 3:21)
		Half Hitch (Figure 3:22)
		Clove Hitch (Figures 3:23 & 3:24)
		Round Turn and Two Half Hitches (Figure 3:25)
		Timber Hitch (Figures 3:26 & 3:27)
		Figure of Eight Loop/Figure of Eight On the Bight (Figures 3:28 & 3:29)
		Bowline (Figure 3:30)
		Bowline on the Bight (Figure 3:31)
		Chair Knot (Figures 3:32 & 3:33)
		Portuguese Bowline (Figure 3:34)

Timber Hitch (Figures 3:26 & 3:27)

3.36 Timber Hitch (Figures 3:26 & 3:27)

This is a quickly made hitch used to secure a rope to a plank or pole.

It is formed by making a half hitch on the standing part of the rope, leaving a long end which is twisted with the lay for a minimum of 3 turns around its own part of the hitch.

When used for lifting spars, planks or poles, this hitch should be used in conjunction with a Half Hitch at the upper end of the spar (Figure 3:27).

Fig 3:26 Timber Hitch

Fig 3:27 Timber Hitch and Half Hitch for lifting spars