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  • Tying knots in rope

    One of the most frustrating things is trying to make a long rope out of all sorts of short pieces, especially when they are different thickness. So here is the splicing knot for different sized ropes.Make a loop with the larger rope. Run the end of the smaller rope through the loop. Wrap it...
  • Weather Restrictions: Crack Sealer for Asphalt Driveways

    Connect to your favourite weather forecaster and look for the following conditions:   Category: Asphalt     Product: Crack Sealer for Asphalt Driveways Temperature Limitations: Asphalt based: Use above -40 C (-40 F) and below +76 C (+170 F) -- Thermoplastic based: use above +10 C (+50 F) below...
  • How to tie a Trucker's Hitch -- attaching with rope

    The trucker's hitch is one of the most useful of rope knots because it is quick, easy to set-up, easy to take down and allows you to sinch the load up tight. For those of you who missed the TV show, we tried to grab a few still shots to give you the step by step set-up for a trucker's hitch. You...
  • Tying Knots -- Joining two different sized ropes

    Boy Scout, Shawn Carter came on my TV show to teach me some useful knots. The one in the photo is how to get two very different ropes to tie together. Make a loop in the end of one of the ropes. Thread the other rope into the loop, around the two pieces of the first rope and back out through th...