I always put a rag or t-shirt where the rope meets the vehicle. Wind can make the rope vibrate and chafe the paint.

Miss your show Les. You still are the best survival reality show to ever make it to tv and gave us knowledge and entertainment at your expense. We appreciate it!

Doesn't matter if your a trucker in a 18-wheeler or Joe Blow in a regular vehicle with a boat/motorcycle on a trailer kayak on the roof you checked your load 2 miles after the driveway again before you get on the freeway and then once more when you make it 5 to 8 miles down the freeway. It should be done no matter what vehicle you drive or what the load is

Les, thank you so much for these videos. I loved watching survivor man years ago and now your uploads during this quarantine has made my 10-year-old daughter really get into survival. She even made her own bug out bag “just in case” 😆

Although I do like Les' trucker hitch technique, I routinely use ratchet straps. To avoid wind induced vibrations at highway speeds, put a twist or two on longer, exposed sections. Also, don't trust the hook to stay on. Grab a section of strap just before the hook and fold it over so that it looks like a piece of rope. Put that folded bit around the handle (or whatever you want to secure)and bring it back to the hook. The folded bit now goes through the hole of the hook (where the strap connects to the hook) and then the hook goes through the loop at the end. This secures the strap in a way that it cannot fall on your windshield. I also put a red flag on the rear facing end of the canoe. As mentioned in other comments, adjust your straps/ropes about 10 minutes down the road.

Hey Les could we please get more survivor man directors commentary?

Love your content Les! To tie a loop at the end of a rope, instead of a figure 8 knot, please try the bowline. Always comes apart no matter the load. An essential and true gem of a knot.

Excellent technique! Thank you!

An important skill which can be applied in many situations like this is extremely valuable.

Never crack the window and tie through the doorframe. Use good quality nylon rope, open the door, tie through the car, then close the door on the rope. You'll still have your rear doors available and closing the door on the ropes actually tightens them a bit more. PS. A lot of those "rails" you see on the tops of cars are either for decoration only or they're solely load bearing (ie: not intended for upwards force as in something being tied to it and wind forcing it upwards). Unless your manual specifies it's intent is to be used for loads to be tied to, loop through the car. I can't tell you how many times customers have tied to those "rails" only to call me later telling me their mattress is now in the middle of the road. If you're not 100% sure of your tie-down, go through the car. PPS. If your rope is against the paint of the car, put something under the rope or you risk abrasion marks at the end of the trip. PPPS. What Les said, "Take strapping your canoe, your kayak, your boat down to the roof of your vehicle extremely seriously" makes perfect sense...except I'd change it to "Take strapping ANYTHING to the roof of your vehicle extremely seriously". I sold mattresses for 20 years. I have seen people tie mattresses to cars that should never have even a canoe tied to and I've seen many poorly tied loads leaving my warehouse. Wile I've always tried to correct incorrect or insufficiently tied loads, some people simply won't listen to reason or experience. While MOST of those loads made their destinations without issue, I've seen plenty of them that haven't reached their destination, often causing accidents and/or injuries. If you're going to tie something to your roof, please make sure that car could flip the hell over with that load remaining where you put it. In other words, take it extremely seriously! Always go overboard when tying something to your roof. "Good enough" isn't good enough when you're risking the lives of the people behind you.

There he is! Getting the boat ready!

I use bungees, fast and tight , one v ed in front and one v ed in back, and two over or under the middle, / or gunnal bars to the rack. four or six points attached.

Another great series. I've been watching your content for years. I'm not a survivalist but do enjoy the outdoors and have utilized some skills learned through your teachings. I live in the Colorado Rockies. Although I am not pushing the limits of survival when entering the mountains I do wish to be prepared. I am eagerly awaiting my copy of Survive as well as a Dave Canterbury book and have plans of other purchases outlining wild edibles, usable plants and trees specific to my area. However, I am also interested in fictional books that are steeped in reality and am curious if you have any recommendations.

Master of knots!

Great video Les...off subject, I watched your GQ jungle commentary on the movie Predator. The jungle scenes were mostly filmed in south Mexico close to Guatemala. I did enjoy your expert info regarding your experience and of course the BS Hollywood version of jungle scenes. I'm ex military and have been in many jungles in Central and South America. If your not prepared your gonna die...love your channel and your experience teaching all you know. Stay safe and keep up your awesome channel.

Instead of going through window you should open should open the backdoors and go through then close the doors. It allows easy access to backseats, but also tightens straps a bit more as well as preventing them from sliding around as easy as it can through window.

@brngrofdeth

3 жыл бұрын

My thoughts exactly.... unless you want to keep your hostage trapped. :P

the funny part is how many people don't actually know how to tie anything down. Literally just did this with a couple pieces of furniture the other day. They couldn't understand that yes you can use rope to tie something down. Once it was in place it was like I had just done a magic trick or something. 25 years ago as a kid it was common knowledge amazing how fast it goes.

Les your the best 🙏🙏👍👍👍

I hope you teach us how to make all your knots in a video. I know you said you will at some point. I have no canoe but I'll use your techniques and other people could too. No Bush panic.

Nice demo… my sister could have used this 35 years ago…She and her friend put the canoe right side up with the bottom of the canoe against her car top…filled the canoe with all their gear.. tied it off somehow and drove their VW Beetle to the Adirondacks!… there’s an observation here somewhere about God, fools and little children … somehow they survived..

I knew “That’s not going anywhere” was going to be thrown out at some point.

Hey Les!!!

Well done good sir. I prefer using rope, as you can repurpose the same rope later as the bow and stern lines. Do you have anything to say about ratchet straps (of which i am not a fan), for example ive seen them crush....

The canoe should be tied off on the passenger side that way if you have to pull off to the side of the road and tighten up you are not standing where you could be hit. If you’re going to go through the car just open the door, don’t go through the window.

I wouldn't bother with crawling around under my vehicle to tie the canoe down. Find a couple of anchor points inside your trunk, and leave loops of rope, hanging outside the trunk or hatchback . Then lift your hood and put two more loops of rope on the hinges for the hood.. Now, when you go to tie your canoe, down front and back, you don't have to bend any lower than the bumper . With tiedown loops at the hood and trunk then all you need is for short pieces of rope and a truckers hitch to secure the canoe to the car. You're welcome

An 18 wheeler lost a 10 foot 4x4 in front of me on the highway the other day. I got luck it didn't take me out.

wow. 1 person actually disliked this video. the heck?!

why isn't YT telling me you uploaded SMH

@zindi1138

4 жыл бұрын

Maybe if you click the bell.

Truckers hitch

Those dislikes are the people that forgot to buy the canon before watching this video.

@John-lo4xz

4 жыл бұрын

There's 0 dislikes. Nice attempt at farming likes. Smh