Nope! Hauled hay and straw with and without sheets, brick and block, machinery… all sorts but never, ever mastered the dolly knot. Been shown a few times but always got by fine after forgetting how to do it anyway!!
I still average about 2 sheeted loads a month so its a yes from me
oh yes, and still use the odd dolly knot on the cars roof rack.
hiya…been doing them since i was 7 years old(about 1958) i used to go with my uncle
on corn deliveries, after the first drop we’ed put a rope(with a dolly)round the back
of the load to hold the sheet down, me one side him the other.
i’d have thought tyeing a dolly was like riding a bike. one you get the hang of it you never forget.
easy way of learning rope over a door. loop on one door handle over the top of the door then dolly onto the other door handle. don’t wrench the handle out of the door.
isn’t the proper name for a dolly a. sheep shank ■■?
John
mike68:
Yes, I’m almost certain I could fold a sheet correctly as well (lifting it onto the top of the load would be doubtful) very rarely see flats anymore.
On a 40’ trl, if you were tramping, you’d need 2 main sheets, 1 fly, 2 old sheets for steel plate / coils, and worse of all a bottle sheet, remember those with the ropes built in ? weighed a ton, or 2 if it was wet…if you were in a dodgy area, you’d have to put 'em under the wheels of the trl to stop 'em being nicked. On top of that… chains, dogs,
(read:- tensioners, or ■■■■■■■, dwangs, sylvesters, and a host of other names ) and then dunage, I’m sure I’ve left something out.
tonyj105:
oh yes, and still use the odd dolly knot on the cars roof rack.
Got a 2 axle trl, I put hooks on it, and still use dolly hitches to take the rubbish down the tip…bit like riding a bike, you never forget…
Fergie47:
mike68:
Yes, I’m almost certain I could fold a sheet correctly as well (lifting it onto the top of the load would be doubtful) very rarely see flats anymore.On a 40’ trl, if you were tramping, you’d need 2 main sheets, 1 fly, 2 old sheets for steel plate / coils, and worse of all a bottle sheet, remember those with the ropes built in ? weighed a ton, or 2 if it was wet…if you were in a dodgy area, you’d have to put 'em under the wheels of the trl to stop 'em being nicked. On top of that… chains, dogs,
(read:- tensioners, or ■■■■■■■, dwangs, sylvesters, and a host of other names ) and then dunage, I’m sure I’ve left something out.…BACK SCOTCH AND WEDGES for carrying news print
tonyj105:
oh yes, and still use the odd dolly knot on the cars roof rack.Got a 2 axle trl, I put hooks on it, and still use dolly hitches to take the rubbish down the tip…bit like riding a bike, you never forget…
Fergie47:
mike68:
Yes, I’m almost certain I could fold a sheet correctly as well (lifting it onto the top of the load would be doubtful) very rarely see flats anymore.On a 40’ trl, if you were tramping, you’d need 2 main sheets, 1 fly, 2 old sheets for steel plate / coils, and worse of all a bottle sheet, remember those with the ropes built in ? weighed a ton, or 2 if it was wet…if you were in a dodgy area, you’d have to put 'em under the wheels of the trl to stop 'em being nicked. On top of that… chains, dogs,
(read:- tensioners, or ■■■■■■■, dwangs, sylvesters, and a host of other names ) and then dunage, I’m sure I’ve left something out.…BACK SCOTCH AND WEDGES for carrying news print
tonyj105:
oh yes, and still use the odd dolly knot on the cars roof rack.Got a 2 axle trl, I put hooks on it, and still use dolly hitches to take the rubbish down the tip…bit like riding a bike, you never forget…
It’s been a few years since I used them and didn’t use them often so not sure if the grey matter would be able to kick in again.
3300John:
Fergie47:
mike68:
Yes, I’m almost certain I could fold a sheet correctly as well (lifting it onto the top of the load would be doubtful) very rarely see flats anymore.On a 40’ trl, if you were tramping, you’d need 2 main sheets, 1 fly, 2 old sheets for steel plate / coils, and worse of all a bottle sheet, remember those with the ropes built in ? weighed a ton, or 2 if it was wet…if you were in a dodgy area, you’d have to put 'em under the wheels of the trl to stop 'em being nicked. On top of that… chains, dogs,
(read:- tensioners, or ■■■■■■■, dwangs, sylvesters, and a host of other names ) and then dunage, I’m sure I’ve left something out.…BACK SCOTCH AND WEDGES for carrying news print
tonyj105:
oh yes, and still use the odd dolly knot on the cars roof rack.Got a 2 axle trl, I put hooks on it, and still use dolly hitches to take the rubbish down the tip…bit like riding a bike, you never forget…
and ur brush for sweping off hammer and 6in nails a scaffold bar for rollin reels oh them were the days and yeah they were good 
I tied some dollies just yesterday cos I had some old pallets to tie down on my car trailer and take home to make some shelves in the garage… I’m also thinking that i could make a decent size double bed with about 14 gkn’s… 4 stacks of 3 , and 2 on end for the headboard… her indoors isn’t too impressed with the idea tho’… i think i might manage to talk her round eventually,maybe try a box of maltesers and a bunch of daffodils to soften her up… ■■?
Same as djc only I reckon I still could
I only use them for tying down the bow and stern of my canoe to the front and rear towing eyes of my van when it’s on the roof.
Yes, this was a load of scrap copper from Aberdeen to Birmingham, and the first time I had sheeted a load for 14 years.
Them were the days when you roped a load with hemp rope[remember them?]and then it rained,jesus they were tight,it also worked the other way as well i.e.if it rained and stopped before your delivery point they went slack and if you were going any great distance you had to re tighten the ropes.
regards dave.
scottie0011:
Yes, this was a load of scrap copper from Aberdeen to Birmingham, and the first time I had sheeted a load for 14 years.0
Neat and tidy, nice to still see it…
Nope, never needed it on tippers as rubber inner tube was quicker! 
Would like to learn though, if my arthritic fingers would let me. 
Pete.
windrush:
Nope, never needed it on tippers as rubber inner tube was quicker!Pete.
a lot of the yanks use rubbers I noticed
I can, by the way. Forgot to say …
Rhythm Thief:
Just browsing the “Old Time Companies and Drivers” forum and this question came up. I’m not asking if you can rope and sheet, or if you ever have, but simply if you can tie a dolly knot. Just for fun, it doesn’t count towards your DCPC hours or anything.
My Dad taught me to rope and sheet over 35 years ago and I’ve done many a load using reel scotches, barrel hitches, double hitches half hitches
Learnt how to make a " pigs ear " I worked with my Dad at the same firm for nearly 20 years and we sometimes ran together
On one occasion we had loaded waste paper out of Pye Hill destined for Snodland we had parked up at BP Alconbury a nice rope and sheeted load I was 26 at the time and a driver said to me whose done that for you young un and and my Dad piped up that I’d done it
You should of seen the drivers face when my Dad said he’d taught me and I’d could match any driver in roping and sheeting
