Editing Trucker's hitch (section)

===Sheepshank style loop===
This version of the knot uses a [[sheepshank]],<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JBh7_cw2-1s |title=5 ways to tie a Truckers hitch including how to do the fastest way to tie and untie it |date=2023-07-25 |last=Outdoor Academy Australia |access-date=2024-07-26 |via=YouTube}}</ref> in this kind of application also known as a ''bell ringer's knot'', to form the loop.  It is quicker to make than a fixed loop, but is less dependable.<ref name="pawpock"/><ref name="ashley344">{{citation |last=Ashley |first=Clifford W. |title=The Ashley Book of Knots |year= 1944 |publisher=Doubleday |location=New York |page=344 |quote=A quicker but less dependable lashing is based on the Bell Ringer's Knot #1148.}}</ref> It is avoided in critical applications (such as securing a load on a truck) as it can fall apart under too little load or too much load, and can [[knot#Capsizing|capsize]] if not dressed properly.<ref name="perryknots"/> However, this knot may be made secure by adding a Half Hitch to the top bight of the Sheepshank. This form of the trucker's hitch is least likely to [[Knot#Releasability|jam]], coming apart easily once tension is released. Different sources show slight variations in the way the sheepshank portion is formed and dressed.

Versions popular in East Asia use variations of sheep shank using either a simple half hitch<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jTiGUYhW1A8 |title=南京結びを教えてもらいしました |date=2017-06-27 |last=Osamu Fukumoto |access-date=2024-07-26 |via=YouTube}}</ref> or a double turn self crossing half hitch<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Y4xcd-e6rA |title=トラック　ロープの縛り方　アメリカン |date=2014-04-07 |last=B-LUCKS |access-date=2024-07-26 |via=YouTube}}</ref> or a triple turn self crossing half hitch.<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9_yT8HJF64 |title=트럭 로프묶는방법-yepoon- |date=2017-10-23 |last=Yepoon |access-date=2024-07-26 |via=YouTube}}</ref> A sheep shank with two consecutive half hitches i.e. a [[clove hitch]] to secure the upper eye and to form the lower eye is more popular in the west.