Slip knots for log bundles?

[Chipy]

Can anyone show me a video of how to tie a know that would secure my log bundles. Ideally a slip knot but with something extra so that once pulled tight I can cut it and it will stay tight. There will be a lot tension on the rope so all knots need to be tied before I pull it tight with the hydraulics

[bluebedouin]

I learn't to tie the butcher's knot many years ago.I've always found it one of the best slip knots.

 

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[spandit]

I can't remember what it's called but I tie a simple overhand knot in the end of a rope, which passes around the bundle. This first knot acts as a stopper for the second, which is another overhand knot tied around the standing end. You can then pull on the standing end and it works like a ratchet strap, the advantage being you can tie the knot with rope/string from a large ball (I use sisal) and then cut it off so very little wastage. Jam knot possibly? Similar to ABOK 2072

[Goaty]

A clove hitch. It does mean you have to go round twice, a knot that once mastered invaluable. It constricts itself when pulled tight against a firm surface underneath it. Then you are free to finish the knot with ease.

In the right situation the twice round gives extra tension like a tandem pulley.

[spandit]

Sorry for reopening the thread. The knot I was trying to describe is, appropriately enough, called the arbor knot.

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arbor_knot

 

ABOK #1114

[Stere]

Being using that  arbor knot on hazel bundles  after reading this thanks.