A sliding trucker is a motorists nightmare but a Sliding Trucker could be a hammockers dream. I use a continuous ridge line and I like it tight so it does not sag much when I use it as a place to store my gear. To get a tight ridge line I use a truckers hitch. I have used Zingit but it hurts my hand so I went back to 1/8 nylon rope. I have made Sliding Truckers for both.
The Sliding trucker
With no tension on the line they can be slid back and forth on the line.
Pull it good and tight with a 3 to 1 mechanical advantage.
Wrap the line around the 2 other lines then through the slots in the Sliding Trucker and tie in single bow knot. It works like a binder buckle. The line leaving the slider to the left has twice the pull on it as the one going to the right. This causes the slider to slide to the left pinching the rope.
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