Mar 31 2011
Motor Carrier Safety And Trucking Tie Down Accessories
Talking about the truth of tie down , you have to remember that there are totally different things, there are different kind of trucks, such as box truck, pickup truck, flatbeds, etc., they use similar or different tie downs, even for same kind of trucks, people probably will use totally different tie downs, say e track straps or plain ratchet straps for box trucks, so try to talk about generic tie downs is not a good idea, more specifically, we are going to talk about flat bed truck this time, because we can see those tie downs on the highway.
9 of 10 times you will have to accept whatever they want you to haul . Talking about flat bed trucks, quite some of the flatbeds come with winches installed, or you can install by yourself at a later time, then you can use winch strap to do the job without the hassle of having to tie down both ends of the ratchet strap.
Usually weld on winch and winch straps are most popular tie down devices for flat beds . There is one thing required for truck winch and winch strap tie down combination, winch bar, which is the tool to help you secure the cargo on the flatbed, since you can only tighten the winch straps through turning winch barrel, this only can be done by the help of winch bar .
No doubt here are most popular trailer straps: ratchet straps. Usually the ratchet strap is assemblies of ratchet buckles and nylon or polyester webbing tie down strap, there are fixed end straps with ratchet buckles and loose end straps.
Ratchet strap is most popular accessories for truck because of their adaptability , you can put them almost anywhere when it’s applicable. With flat hooks, wire hooks, cloth loops, chain anchors, even endless, ratchets just can’t have enough variety, how can we don’t love these ratchets? Width of the ratchets measured from 1” to 4” and the length can be anything from inches to more than 50 feet, the ratcheting mechanism really has it’s advantage. Even for flatbeds which use winch straps primarily the ratchets may be essential, imagine following scenario, while you’re on the way to deliver your load one of the winches comes off, you’re in wild area and there is no truck stops or stores in sight, you will have to use ratchet strap to fix the problem.
To buy these tie down straps, you have the choice between local stores and online. Depends on different situation , sometimes get them locally is a good idea , sometimes online deals are much better. Nowadays there are a lot of forums, blogs and online opinion sites out there, you just need to read some reviews, customer feed backs to figure out the product and service quality of the vendors, there is no need to take chances.













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