Talking about the truth of truck tie downs, you have to bear in your mind 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, to make things simple, I’m sure you’ve already seen flatbed Tie Downs on the road, we will only talk about flatbeds for now.
When the jobs come your way, odds are you won’t be able to decide what kind of stuff will be put on your truck, the only thing you can do is to prepare for all the opportunities , 9 of 10 times you will have to accept whatever they want you to haul . We will discuss truck tie down straps solely , since the are popular tie down devices on flatbeds, and it should be the most popular tie downs on all trucks as well. .
New flatbeds usually will have truck winches installed, this is a big plus for hauling stuff can be secured by winch straps. There is one thing indispensable for truck winch and winch strap tie down combination, winch bar, which is the tool to help you tie down the cargo on the flatbed, since you can only tighten the winch straps through turning winch barrel, this only can be done by utilizing winch bars.
Some flat beds come with weld on winches installed, not all trailers have winches installed. Winch straps with winches on the flatbed can be used to secure pallets, machinery, steel coils, concrete pipes etc., with 5400lbs working load limit and the protection of plastic corner protectors these winch straps can tie down almost anything threw at them. 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 wire hooks can be used as well, mostly seen on 2” winch straps. Truck winches come in with two different flavors, two inches and 4 inches wide , but winch straps have width of 2”, 3” and 4”, it’s obvious you can put 3” winch straps in 4” winches, even the width availability of winch straps is limited, the length is not, though there are usually no winch straps shorter than 20′, these straps can be more than 60 feet long! And the best selling length is 27 and 30 feet the width is 4”
Of course we just can’t leave out the most used tie down equipment for transportation businesses, ratchet strap. What we call ratchet straps are actually assemblies, the ratchet buckles with short straps, one foot or longer, and the long straps, 6 feet or longer.
Ratchet Tie Down is most selected tie down equipment because of 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? 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, just think about this scenario, you lose a winch while you’re on a tight schedule, you’re in wild area and there is no truck stops or stores in sight, the only thing you probably can use will be ratchet tie downs.
Tags: flat bed, ratchet straps, tie down straps, truck tie downs, winch straps
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