Knots for stakes

[Gqgeek81]

OK Just tried the pile hitch with some scrap mason line and my stake.
I think I'm a convert.
VERY easy to get undone.

[scottpash]

+1 Taught line hitch one of the first knots I learned in Boy Scouts many many years ago

[CamoNut]

I use a fixed loop on the stake, and a prusik loop on the tarp end. That way, if it is raining and I need to adjust the tension, I can do it from inside my tarp.

[NMardin]

I use a fixed loop on the stake, and a prusik loop on the tarp end. That way, if it is raining and I need to adjust the tension, I can do it from inside my tarp.

+1 on this.

[sliver]

I tie a loop in one end, run the line/cord around the stake, and tie the free end back to the loop using a slipped half hitch.

Just to be fancy, I attach the loops to the d-ring using a lark's head. That way, I can leave them attached when I pack up the tarp. When I set up, I loosen the lark's head enough to tie the slipped half hitch to the loop.

If I'm feeling really lazy, I pull the line/cord off of the stake when I pack up and leave everything tied. Then, when I set up, I stick a stake in the loop, pull it out taut, and pound the stake in. That way, I only tie them once.

[nothermark]

With nice rope a taut line hitch. With slippery rope a trucker hitch. I do not like to depend on placing the stake in the proper position. It seldom cooperates.

[swoody126]

i don't hitch to the stake, itself

i loop around it & go back up the line to a simplified HAY HAULER'S HITCH(same as i use to secure my canoe to the roof top rack on the truck), finished off w/ a SLIPPERY HALF HITCH, instead of 2 half hitches(i use double slippery half hitches for the canoe)

adjustment is easily accomplished by pulling the tail, snugging & re-tieing the slippery half hitch

removal only requires pulling the tail & it's free

the whole knot is removed by pulling the tail again

this system/method raises the adjustment method off the ground, making it easier for this old fat man to reach

if i have enough line, i just loop around the stake & go back up to the eye on the tarp & secure it w/ a slippery half hitch

anything i can do, to KEEP ME OFF THE GROUND(pun intended) makes me happier

sw

[Jhb627]

I go line from tarp around stake back to line using a farrimond hitch. Works great and easy to untie as you never are having to deal with the end of the bitter end of the line. You tube search it

[Klaussinator]

Why am I always the weird one?!?

I never even thought of using any kind of knot on my guy lines. I've always used those little plastic slider locks, like on most t*nts, just a flat plastic tab with three holes in it. Weighs nothing, and when matched with the proper size line, works perfectly. It gives me a long loop around the stake that's easy to adjust and I've never had them move or slip on me - EVER.

If I'm going to a tree instead of a stake, I just throw the loop around it and then use a trail stick to lock the loop-end into the lines. Even so, I can still use the sliding lock to adjust tension.

Oh well, just my $.02

-Klauss

[Mountnman]

Ever since Detail man told me to try the taught line hitch on my stakes that is all I use, Thanks Dman!! I did use marlin hitch before