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U.S. Army's Guide to Rope, Knot Tying, and Rigging is the ultimate book for all those who need and use these skills: construction workers, farmers and ranchers, truckers, sailors, arborists, climbers, campers, hikers, fishermen, survivalists, and many more.
This comprehensive book includes instructions for tying 18 different knots, 15 hitches, and 3 lashings. It gives easy-to-follow instructions on splicing, creating attachments, and constructing rope ladders. It also has sections on the following:
Using chains and hooks, slings, blocks and tackle systems, and winches to make hoists
Creating anchors and guy lines
Lifting equipment, including gin poles, tripods, shears, boom derricks, stiff-leg derricks, and light hoisting equipment
Moving equipment, including skids, rollers, and jacks
Five different forms of scaffolds
Nearly 150 figures to help the user visualize how to create the knots and rigging described in the text
19 tables covering knotting terminology and definitions, properties of ropes and chains, safe loads on hooks, and much more.
