... I have not found a knot specifically described for the use listed in the subject.
But knots are like tools, and one should learn to adapt them to situations.
One cannot expect that there is some index for all
rope probems that indicates
the "correct" knot(s) to use.
In the example that you give, there are conditions that should concern
you more than seeming to have an excess of rope.
(True knoTyers do not admit to that possibility!
)
I'd wonder about the stability of hitches to these rails, concerned that
if they slide from one point to another it could adversely affect handling
of the ATVs --that suggests some sort of
friction hitch mechanism in
the solution. Beyond that, as Roo alludes to, one must guard against
rope rupture and violent snap-back (!!). Thus, I like Sweeney's advice
to make use of that extra rope, not see it as surplus --double it.
But, back a more
idealized version of the rope problem you want us
to solve, I'd just tie off with some wraps and a
Half-hitch or two, putting
in a Slip knot stopper to secure that, and tossing the rest of the rope onto
/into the hauling ATV (or whichever was at this tying point --it could go
the other way sometime). Or tie a
Clove Hitch with a bight of the long
end, put in a
Slip knot stopper, and be done with it.
Or one could tie one's preferred (knot looking for a purpose!) eye knot
with a long enough eye to tie that off with a hitch (
Anchor Bend, say,
in the eye/doubled rope). Or one could just take the rope (bight) from
a
Butterfly's tail (other SPart) around the rail and tie it off with a
ReverseSheet bend (or regular) to the eye knot's eye.
--dl*
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ps: Thanks for that URLink
www.globalsecurity.org/military/library/policy/army/fm/3-97-61/ch4.htm#fig4-24I hope that many here can pick out its errors. Nice images for the
Fig.8 Bend,
and rather uncommon loading for it, IMO.
