When it comes to tie downs, you have to bear in your mind that there are totally different things, there are different kind of trucks, 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, to make things simple, I’m sure you’ve already seen flatbed Tie Downs on the road, we will only talk about flat beds for the time being.
When the jobs come your way, odds are you won’t be able to decide what kind of load will be put on your truck, the only thing you can do is to prepare for all the opportunities , most of the time you don’t get to choose what you like or want to do. When it comes to flatbed , the first thing comes up will be the truck winches, you can see those flatbeds with truck winches at one side on the highway all the time, with those winches it’s easy for the driver to tie down loads with just winch straps with the help of winch bar .
New flatbeds usually will have truck winches installed, this is a big plus for hauling stuff can be secured by winch strap. When you work with truck winches and winch straps, there is one thing you can’t live without: winch bar, these steel bars are definitely needed for your job, so get one if you don’t already have one.
If your flatbeds come with winches installed, you only need to get some winch straps for most of your work, of course you still need to keep some chains, binders and ratchet straps handy. When the trailer have the winches installed, we can use winch tie down straps to tie down loads on the flat bed , usually we tie down steel coils, concrete pipes, skids, anything that not too heavy for the 5400lbs safe load limit . Usually we see flat hooks at one end of the winch straps, the use of flat hook sometimes is by convention, sometimes by choice, because the flat hook is easy on flatbeds, and double J hooks can be used as well, mostly seen on 2” winch straps. We can find 2” and 4” winches and 2” and 4” winch straps , depends on different situation , the length of strap can be 20 to 40 feet long or more than 50′ long.
No doubt here are most used tie down: ratchet strap. In reality the ratchet straps are just the assembly of ratchet buckles and tie down webbing, which can be nylon or polyester, the combination of different ratchet buckles and different straps gives us many choices.
Ratchet strap is most used tie down devices due to their flexibility , you can put them almost anywhere when it’s applicable. The ratchet straps may have flat hooks, double J hooks, chain anchors, cloth loops or just plain straps at both ends, probably some special made ratchets have some other funny ends, say, D ring? And it’s width can be 1” to 4”, length can be a few feet to more than 50 feet . On commercial trucks ratchet tie downs are the most popular tie down devices for truckers , those flat bed trucks without winches installed will look at ratchet straps seriously.
To find high quality and nice priced ratchet tie downs can be difficult or quite easy , it’s all about your choice and perception. Depends on your available options , sometimes acquire them locally is more appropriate , sometimes online sales 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 back to figure out the product and servie qulaity of the vendors, there is no need to take chances.
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