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2. Adjustable grip hitch - Wikipedia

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   The adjustable grip hitch is a simple and useful friction hitch which may easily be shifted up and down the rope while slack. It will hold fast when loaded, but slip when shock loaded until tension is relieved enough for it to again hold fast. It serves the same purpose as the taut-line hitch, e.g. tensioning a tent's guy line.

3. List of friction hitch knots - Wikipedia

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   A friction hitch is a kind of knot used to attach one rope to another in a way that is easily adjusted. These knots are commonly used in climbing as part of single-rope technique , doubled-rope technique and as "ratchets" to capture progress on a moving rope, most typically in a mechanical advantage system such as a Z-drag .

4. Taut-line hitch - Wikipedia

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   The adjustable loop forms of the rolling hitch and Magnus hitch, in addition to being called either of those two names, have also come to be known variously as the taut-line hitch, [3] tent-line hitch, [3] rigger's hitch, [3] adjustable hitch, [5] or midshipman's hitch. [5]

5. Hitch (knot) - Wikipedia

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   A hitch is a type of knot used to secure a rope to an object or another rope. Hitches are used in a variety of situations, including climbing , sailing , and securing loads . They are classified based on their ability to be tightened or released , their resistance to slipping , and their strength .

6. Fifth-wheel coupling - Wikipedia

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   A wheel would be placed on the rear frame section of the truck, which at the time had only four wheels, making the additional wheel the "fifth wheel". The trailer needed to be raised so that the trailer's pin would be able to drop into the central hole of the fifth wheel. Fifth wheels were originally not a complete circle and were hand forged.

7. Three-point hitch - Wikipedia

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   The three-point hitch (British English: three-point linkage) is a widely used type of hitch for attaching ploughs and other implements to an agricultural or industrial tractor. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The three points resemble either a triangle, or the letter A.