war1974:
we also used a triangle sort of roping thing to secure the sheets but this was a strange way as we often just cut the ropes. spread across 2 hooks to create the triangle then pull tight and tie off.
That was always a good way of getting a second dolly in if your first one was too low to tie another in before the hook.
I work for a small steel company in the north ( again 3rd time I’ve been here 
) and we pull flats all the time pain in the arse in the winter , and it’s multi drops it has to be double sheeted . If anyone is off there is no cover as no one wants/or can’t do it , in the summer it’s fine to be honest you just get used to it
cargocargocargo:
Agreed. Not blowing my own trumpet but taught myself to splice eventually and put an eye-splice in new ropes for the first hook. Useful for hanging up the rope, too. Where there are no eyelets, make an “ear” out of the sheet - basically screw up a handful of sheet until it’s big enough for a clove hitch to grip around it. I’ve even had to roll up a stone in a sheet and tie the clove hitch behind it.My favourite knot is a bowline. I used to use it wherever I could, specially towing wagons off fields, jump starting, etc. Guaranteed not to jam, guaranteed not to slip. However, my brother (ex-MN) has converted me to a round-turn-and-two-half-hitches - just as good and easier to tie. I knew a bloke once (since passed) who could tie a bowline with one hand behind his back! Useful on a square-rigger.
I got into doing a bit of that, my splices never looked quite right so I asked this fisherman up in Fraserburgh where I was going wrong, he said “lets have a look at what you’ve done” I showed him and he said that’s fine you just need to finish it off, he put it on the ground and started rolling it back and forward under his boot, when he picked it back up it was all neat and tidy ! then just melted the loose bits back with his lighter. Job Done.
Found some big bits of rope on the beach (maybe 2" dia) spliced the ends of those and then tested and tightened them up tugging another fully freighted artic forward with all its brakes on (driver didn’t even wake up) and they were wonderful for towing stuff (was into off roading once) they were quite heavy and had a little give so you could take a small run at it.
Where you based ajt
?
Someone local might spend half hr to an hour giving practical help.