Thanks for describing the SHAPE of a “v-notch”, that’s the kind of clarity that sets Coalcracker above other bushcraft channels. 😂

"Let's make a happy little v-notch right here and maybe another one right over here...". Dan is the Bob Ross of Bushcraft!! 😂

@bryankinney6025

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i felt that vibe too!

@valstarkgraf

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Well if you make a SAD v-notch it will be upside down and shaped like a happy tree, and it won't hold your stuff.😉

I did this on Aspen trees once. Depending on the tree you may need more sticks to go around the tree to avoid tree damage from your cordage

@brianthesnail3815

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Good point. Wedging another stick up the back side of the rope and a couple down the sides is a way of tightening the lashing which is easier than trying to pull it tight enough around the tree.

Thanks Dan, always use that style hook to hang my gravity feed water bladder but never thought to flatten the back side to keep it from spinnning around. Thanx again!

I’m recently retired from western Pa . Love your videos because I learn things ,even at my age 😁, that are handy. God Bless

I love your charisma and enthusiasm.

Great tip! I’ve got a few of these around my camp. Almost as valuable as a flat surface. 😂👍🏻

Thanks for sharing again. When you use the smaller ""y"" branch you can actually use 2 or 3 for hooks tied in a semi-circle around the tree with the same 2 pieces of cordage, if they are spread out not more than 120° from center of the tree & cordage is tight. Thanks again.

Hair ya been Dan! 🤣🤣 have fun with your hair adventure, I began growing mine as well just to see what I naturally look like. Everything on our body has a purpose!

I love how many ways there are to skin this particular cat.

nailed/screwed but Gramp's of WW1 era..old digs, hallway to basement has a few of those for hanging rakes, saws, etc. (200 acre 1950 purchase old digs) ~ Just the concept gets me pondering again how he and other(s) live-in loved using the woods when could. Heck, when double edged razors came out, they re-honed the blades swishing with finger inside a drink glass. ~ Tough old guys I couldn't hold a patch to to be honest. Happy Mother's Day mutha.

I love these little projects.

Nice project🔥 The hook could also be integrated into the ridgeline setup for a tarp to have all your stuff close by but away from the ground

Enabling me to live vicariously. Fun little project. Thank you!

Great quick tip. I've done this, or similar versions, for years. I know you said use any knot you want but my go-to is the Canadian Jam Knot for tightness and easy removal. Keep 'em coming, Dan!

@thomasmusso1147

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Yep, the Jam Knot came to mind while watching.

I eventually started cutting 3 five foot sticks for a tripod everywhere i go. Leave the short branches, stickers, everything on all of them. You can hang your whole pack on the tripod under the tarp and have little hangers for about everything in your pack (if the sticks are accommodating)

You taught this more than 2 years ago in another video. Always nice to have a reminder.

Good afternoon from Syracuse NY brother and thank you for sharing your wood lore

Going to a mountain man rendezvous next month will definitely be trying out the hook 👍👍👍👍

Just be advised; some of the National Forests out west do not allow you to tie things to trees without some sort of padding between the tree's bark and the object. You have to use something like cardboard as a filler. If you don't, you are subject to fines. And of course every National Forest has different rules, so check on their Leave No Trace policy.

This is one of the better bushcraft small projects that really is useful in saving your back ! Thanks Dan,see you in the woods !cheers

Remember to remove the strings so that they won't cut into the bark as the tree grows.

@bernielamont825

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Recently stayed at a primitive camp site and had to spend about 30 minutes cutting off cordage from around the trees at the site. Ended up with over 50 feet of cordage . I could hear the trees sighing in relief when I was done! LOL

Great quick and simple project. Even good for the kids to try (with lots of supervision, of course).

I use a toggled jungle knots. Fling it around the tree and position it to the height you need. I keep one in my pocket and I’ll walk into an area I decide to camp then attach it to the tree then lower my backpack and attach it to the hanging toggle and I don’t even need to bend down. It’s takes about a minute to hang my backpack

Love your tips and tricks!! So quick and easy a child could do it.

Brilliant idea, thanks for sharing.

just tie the cordage around the tree, leave enough for a tail. Use a marlin-spike hitch to secure a limb about the width of your pack and hang your pack by the shoulder straps. It will be much easier to get in and out while at your site.

Ingenious! Great - many thanks for this super tip!

Great tip and easy to apply in use 👌

Slick idea that is very simple to do.

I did this tons around the tree that fell in my yard last year. It gave me great places to hang my gear on breaks from breaking it down... Slightly disabled, so the 4-5 hour job took _me_ two months.

Love your tips Dan. Thank you

Thanks Dan! 👊👍 Appreciate you my friend 🙏

Love it. Going to try it out in my backyard : )))) Thank you.

Good idea you could also drill 2 holes with a reamer ahl in the branch

Simple and sweet .

You always have original ideas. Always doing what everybody else isn't doing. 👍

Such a great project. I just did this a few weeks ago on a backpacking trip! This is one of those easy bushcraft tips that really extends over to people who just like to go day hiking or even the long distance hiking community. I wish I had known this ten years ago on the Pacfic Crest Trail. I probably would have rocked the camp hook every night for 5 months...hahah. Kind regards

@stephenmcguire7331

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Yes, a good idea. I assume you were a through hiker on the PCT, since you mention 5 months. I was 2018 "bible" , 6 months straight through. I just used tree branches and a carabiners. But coalcrakers idea would be much better.

love these hooks and I fully admit to breaking one of the benches by the yurt last October when I sat on it

Make that same hook but leave the hook portion a foot or so long, it makes a good lantern hanger. cut small notch on top to keep it from sliding down.

I have an old belt that carry around while i go camping and this is one the reasons i bring it

Great idea

Really great idea and like all your ideas it works

Little things go a long way

Here in the Deep South, I grab small vines to use for projects like this. I save my cordage for more substantial projects.

I really enjoy your channel. Correct me if I am wrong but I think you did almost the same video a couple years back. You could also accomplish hanging your back pack on any available tree twig or even hanging your pack with a two foot stick around a 5-10 inch tree. No work no haste just quick.

Thank you! 👍👍👌

How would we survive without You!! 😎🤙

Classic y branch action 🎬 👍🏻

I use one on my Civil War dog tent to hang my candle lantern. Works great.

Dan, I never thought of hanging stuff up🧐🤔🥴. As an over 60 person I too always did things from the ground. Like Storm said, the ground is for those UNDER 60.👍🏻

Starting with the backyard trees. Seems like it could be adapted to support hummingbird feeders, etc.

Another good idea 💡

Great vid dude!

Cool idea Again love the videos

Nice idea for a multi-day camp (I'd probably be lazy and put the bottom tie under the branch and just use the upper tie to keep the top from moving), but I'm super lazy so I have a version of a soft shackle (Oysterman's knot or if you have time, a diamond knot) (soft shackle is basically a loop with a knot on the end, the bigger the knot, the better)(always make the shackle about 4 times bigger than you think you need, trust me) that I just use it to secure my pack (or anything) to a tree. If you don't know what size tree you will use, make a soft shackle about 16" long -or longer- (with the loop flat/closed - measuring from the knot to the tip of the flat loop), tie a piece of twine or rope (about as long as you want your largest dimension/diameter to be and a little longer) to the other side of your pack attachment point (or attach it to your soft shackle) and attach your soft shackle to the attachment point of your pack (or other item) so that you have a plain loop sticking out (stick the knot into your loop, then pull on the plain loop or bight). Now wrapt the end of your loose twine/rope around your tree, and then pass the end through the plain loop of your soft shackle twice, then pull tight in the direction the standing line just came from and pull tight...throw in a half hitch to lock your trucker's hitch/knot in place, or don't... your pack will stay in place until you give one pull on the loose tag end (after you remove the locking half-hitch of course). If you're worried (and bored) about abrasion, you can take the outer sheath of a larger diameter paracord and put it around the single line that you wrap around the tree... or just replace it as needed. Guess what? This works for hammocks and tarps and ridgelines also. If you want to get really fancy you can make (or buy) a toggle and use the stopper knot on your soft shackle as a stopper knot (put the soft shackle through the hole in the toggle), or fix it in place without a hole in the toggle. I also throw an second smaller soft shackle made of bungee cord on the knot end of the first soft shackle so that I can quickly secure my jacket or fleece top when I start to overheat, or my rain shell when I don't need it for the moment...use 2 (+2) soft shackle setups if you don't like your jacket to flop around...I don't mind the flop. You can skip the 2nd, elastic soft shackle and just use the original soft shackle but I pre-wrap the longer soft shackle, then lock it in place and I play around with the tightness so that it doesn't come loose when I manhandle my pack...the 2nd elastic loop just means that I don't have to spend as much time (an extra 2 seconds?) unwrapping the larger soft shackle to get the right length to secure my jacket...and I was bored. Pre-wrapping the larger soft shackle, and making it so that I unwrap it to the length I need just means that I never end up short...and the way I pre-wrap it, if the knot works it's way loose (it never has), the next level of the wrap just catches the knot and locks it back in place if it's under tension. (so every wrap of the knot end, goes through the plain-loop end and when I'm almost done I just pull harder to make the knot go into the open loop end). This is alot easier to do than to explain, but if you ever have to go to a public bathroom with a backpack, and you really -really don't like putting your backpack on the "very clean bathroom" floor or you don't like the idea of leaving your backpack outside the bathroom (hey, you don't always have a friend around if you eat at McDonald's... don't judge me :) ), you'll realize how useful the handicapped hand rails are if you have a soft shackle (remember, make it about 4 times what you think you need it to be and you can always just wrap until you get the length you need)...especially if you like to put your head on your backpack at night. Just sayin'

The beginning where you just drop it and walk away is so like one of my kids. 😂

Really good stuff mate

Good tip thanks pretty cool 😎👍👌

Nice tip, btw love your knife 👍

I usually have screw hooks or 3-4 inch nails 😉

i just put a regular stick because im lazy (round on round!). and stick the bag's handle behind it haha. Y stick is fancy!

Always liked this idea, but in my area I tend to not do this due to spiders, mice, and other small critters that use the tree. I use a gear ridge line, or make a small tripod. I've had too many things hitch rides with me home after the fun is over

Good one 👍

Love it. :)

Nice hack great vid

I did this last year at my camp site! Next time i went there i found the ropes chewed by deers 😁

Cool !!! 😎 ☆☆☆☆☆ THANKS ...Alan in 🇨🇱

Great Poop Ticket holder!

Hah! How did you know I’m heading to WITS Outdoors Spring Gathering next week? Would be nice to see you there!

Wise 👍

Groovy Man

Love it! We also really enjoying using wooden nails to make hooks / pegs for hanging things around camp too.

Nice intro

Coalcracker the man with the....hooks?!?😂😅😂 JK Thank you for the brilliant ideas as always.

I'd just use one of those Heroclip carabiners.

Good idea. What do you do if its raining ?

Have do you sharpen your knife? It seems pretty sharp

Doesn't a branch already do that?

I'm a fan of your channel can you tell me more about your yurt where do you get one?thanks for sharing

I think you should put a hole in the tree and pound a peg in. The tree will likely be fine with that. What you’re doing now is going to girdle the tree as it grows. I guess if it’s just temporary and you take down your hook, that’s fine, but why not make something more permanent.

Whereabouts in PA are you? Cool tip, thanks for the vid.

What's your favorite bush knife? I have a few I like. Just curious what other brother/Prepper/survivalists depend on.

I've already seen this one. On this channel.

I swear I watched this video several years ago. I think this is a lot older than 5 days.

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Just out of curiosity, what knot did you use? My $5 bet with my friends is a square knot so let me know if I’m collecting or paying out!

Realy like your Cap 🧢👍🏻

I would think cutting a low branch off about 6 to 8 inches from the trunk would do the same thing.

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@tinaleerz3386

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p s ,i love your book ....:: )

right at eye level...good choice

Just wondering if you know someone who teaches survival,camping backpacking skills on the big island of Hawaii ? I’m interested in my survival locally.

How in the world did you ever figure that one out! 🤔 but seriously, great quick tip! U know we all love down and dirty videos!

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I literally just did this the other day to hang a trash bag

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finding another tree!?

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that knife is insanely sharp!