U.S. Army's Guide to Rope, Knot Tying, and Rigging: FM 5-125

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.