Our 8 Point Tiedown System is as easy as 1-2-3 Sales rep Bill Felix shows you that you can hook up a car in less than 4 minutes with our easy to use system!
This is a 4-point tiedown. Putting a ratchet at each end of a strap does not double the number of connections to the load. It's the number of independent connections from the load to the bed that determines the number of tie down points. Look carefully at 2:58. If the main strap breaks or the tie strap that is hanging across the wheel cover breaks, you lose that tie point completely.
Even with loads in trucking like lumber, each straps is ONE point of tie down, even DOT per FMCSA agrees with two hooks to a strap, though the hooks are two points, if either gives out or the strap itself fails that becomes a zero tie down point. But some will still agree that a strap with two connections is two points of tie down and call us experienced or pros, idiots.
It's not an eight point tie down if you're only strapping down the wheels. One wheel is one point. So that's still only a four point tie down just with more complicated straps.
zippyt93 when you talk about tie downs it not really about how many attachments you got to the bed. what counts is how many straps/chains you got holding the cargo to the bed and that's either going over, thru, or to a manufactured tie down point/frame. this system serves the same purpose of 8 tie downs but only with four straps. if weight came in to play that would require actual 8 tie downs you would be short 4 because you actually only have 4 straps holding the vehicle from shifting 6 directions.
Yeah this is a FOUR point tie down with Eight points of "contact" (technically 12 if you count the strap over the tire), if one of the hook points of any the four points gives way its a failure. At least in my book, but unless more than two come undone you are still good to go, especially if the two points are say front right and left rear or FL and RR are still good. If the two front or two rear or one side or other are left upon two failures, those others will come undone as well. I am NOT DOT or Federal Official. These are just my unbiased opinion.
who has time for this, really time consuming with your day driver is pushing 10 plus calls in a 10 hour shift with lunch somewhere in between. looks great but I'll stick my chains
Watching Ron Pratt for some time now, Straps are faster in my opinion since chains can take time to find the point of securement and figuring the right securement key then you tie in the chain and tighten the winch to tighten the rears. This actually takes less time since you just throw it over the wheel, hook in the hooks to bed and then tighten down, much more secure too. Also he even used both adding the chains if its a questionable situation like say brake issues on the towed vehicle, or for the odd hauls a load of pipe of any kind.
Has anybody considered how much damage and diminishing capacity he is doing to this straps in the inside part of those tires. By sinking those straps all the way to the center of the tire, those straps are pushing against all the brake and suspension parts behind the wheels, therefore the forces applied to the straps are not dissipated evenly throughout the strap and is creating pressure points against the metal parts behind the wheels, and this is were the straps are going to snap.
nice truck, newbie here (as a flat bed tow truck operator in Ca) I see this method on other operators, one of my co-workers uses it, I personally don't like it, it takes a bit to long to do it, and the straps are a bit to long, I also notice the car rocks back and fort a bit, I been doing 99% of my strap down, where I run the strap thru the wheel on all 4 wheels..
Great in theory but like has been said it is very time consuming... on a busy day I'm doing 12+ calls in a 8-10 hr shift so gimme the j hook or two straps one on front wheel one on rear unless I'm driving the car more than 15 miles then I'll strap all 4
Yo" dude I kind of like this kind of rollback truck in all, and those tie down straps don't look like it's enough for Me to secure this car, but to each is on he's probably not going far away any how.
SuperLumpychicken you still want more straps holding the vehicle down to the bed and more importantly holding the vehicle from going forward when you slam the breaks.
Straps are enough, but unless the vehicles breaks are not working then yeah I recommend you also use chains for added safety, straps are enough for long trips. Both systems are prone to fatigue failure.
Yeah if its too tight, then again one could just put a soft cloth around the rings to protect if its coming close to contacting those "overpriced" sweet rims.
