Ratchet Tie Downs mean a lot different stuff to different people, we will focus on commercial truck tie downs in our discussion, specifically, we are going to talk about flat bed truck this time.
Since people put all kinds of stuff on the flat bed truck, just because they can or they have to, the needs for tie downs can be complicated.
We will discuss truck tie down straps only.
Slide in winch and Winch Tie Downs.
Some trailers come with winches installed, not all trailers have winches installed . When the flat bed have the winches installed, we can use winch tie down straps to tie down loads on the trailer, usually we tie down steel coils, concrete pipes, skids, anything that not too heavy for the 5400lbs safe load limit. Winch straps usually come with flat hooks, because we usually hook the straps on the edge of the trailer, of course the wire hook can be used too. We can find 2” and 4” truck winches and 2” and 4” winch straps, depends on different needs, the length of strap can be 20′, 25′, 27′, 30′, 35′, 40′ or more than 50′.
Then there are ratchet strap, we all know that you can’t live without it!
Ratchet tie downs are most popular tie down straps due to their capability, you can put them almost anywhere when it’s applicable. The ending comes with quite some varieties, flat hooks, wire hooks, chain anchor, snap hooks, endless and more. And it’s width can be 1” through 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.
In order to get these tie down straps, you have the choice between local stores and online retailers, depends on different situation, sometimes acquire them locally is a better choice, sometimes online deals are much better.
