Knots - Hitches - Timber Hitch
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How to tie a Timber Hitch
![Timber Hitch Timber Hitch](../img/knots_timberhitch_002.jpg)
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Pass the end (green end) of the rope around a pole (make sure you leave a long working end - give yourself plenty of rope to play with). Cross the end over itself.
![Timber Hitch Timber Hitch](../img/knots_timberhitch_004.jpg)
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Now tuck the end under itself working back around the pole. Keep doing this until you have run out of rope and have formed a series of tucks around the pole.
![Timber Hitch Timber Hitch](../img/knots_timberhitch_006.jpg)
Pull hard on the long standing part to tighten it.
How to tie a Killick Hitch
![Timber Hitch Timber Hitch](../img/knots_timberhitch_007.jpg)
If you want to drag a log or trunk it will help immensely if you use a Killick Hitch. If you just use a Timber Hitch the log will try to swing round to bring the hitch to your end.
![Timber Hitch Timber Hitch](../img/knots_timberhitch_008.jpg)
Tie a Timber Hitch and take the rope down along the log.
![Timber Hitch Timber Hitch](../img/knots_timberhitch_009.jpg)
Take it around the log and then tuck it under itself.
![Timber Hitch Timber Hitch](../img/knots_timberhitch_010.jpg)
This forms a half-hitch. Now you can pull on the long standing end without the log swinging about.
Buntline Hitch | Clinch Knot | Clove Hitch | Constrictor Hitch | Cow Hitch | Figure of 8 Hitch | Fisherman's Bend | Killick Hitch | Klemheist Knot |
Marlinspike Hitch | Pedigree Cow Hitch | Pile Hitch | Prusik Knot | Rolling Hitch | Round Turn and 2 Half Hitches | Sheepshank | Timber Hitch | Waggoner's Hitch |