Finally a man who feeds the strap through the slot in the closed ratchet ONCE! The amount of "how-to" videos that say feed the strap through slot in the open ratchet only to feed it back out again. Great vid 👍🏻
@@TJB270 I have also seen that done, but then it leaves your tail coming out through the ratchet, not back toward the working end of the strap. Probably doesn't make much difference, but I prefer not to do it that way.
Great video! I’ll be trying that excess strap trick! The only thing I always do differently is to always twist the strap at least a Half twist on each side on purpose. It makes the wind glance off and stops the straps from vibrating the whole truck.
Great video! Simple and informative. A bit of advice... Most strap manufacturers recommend at least one revolution of the bail (windlass), so the strap has 360* of bite. I do this by pulling the ratchet away from the load before ratcheting, just enough that 4-8" of strap slips through the bail. Thanks for making this video!
Thanks for the vid...helped a buddy move and haven't used these in years...realized I had forgotten a few things...this has me back on track....much appreciated.
No nonsense kind of man. I like that, straight forward approach. Great shop, great tools! I want to see more of the little things, along with the build! HAPPY HOLIDAYS to you and yours...
Fella, a really good explanation! I really only tuned in to see how you got rid of the slack. Great job with no silly chat or fool bits and you moved the camera in well too. Thanks!!
Thank you for your detailed step by step.. I was trying to surprise my old man and have the load secure and ready to go when he gets ready to leave in the am .. I already knew a little about the ratchet strap, just needed a few hints on a couple of things..!! So as a lady looking to help her man, I greatly appreciate what might seem basic to others.. but then again if it was that basic then they wouldn’t be watching this video too..!! Lol.. thanks again and will be checking out your other videos and already subscribed..!!
Great job with the explanation and demonstration! I prefer to use Gear Ties for the slack, then when I'm finished with the strap, I can use the same Gear Tie to neatly roll, secure and stow the strap.
Since I have to load my trailer most times by myself, I bought a very strong magnet to hold the hooks in place on the other side. It sure saves a ton of frustration. I bought a magnet for "magnet fishing" off Amazon. Incredibly strong little magnet. Also when you have a high load, if you put just one twist in your strap it will keep it from vibrating and slapping. It will reduce wear on the straps and prevent them from coming loose. Most times I just use those Nite Eyes gear ties to tie up my straps and control the left over slack, but I like your method, because I am forever losing those suckers.
What happens when strap loosens ? When just hooked to bottom of rubrail ? It fall off. If you hook ends through rubrail and put hook on top then if it loosens it won't come dangling off
Great video Steve! Although we use straps often most people really never get a routine down on how to properly use them. I learned some tricks from this video👍🏻👍🏻
Thank you for the video, great step by step….loaded a bed onto my pickup truck earlier today and was a little confused cuz “I thought I know how” ….smaller scale but same concept
I've been using straps for a year now and still learned a few interesting things here, especially on what to do with the slack. Definitely gotta try that loop thing. I feel like the hooks on the straps I use aren't good to go on the outside of the rail and back up onto the rail itself. It seems like the hook don't fit properly. I thought maybe it is because I use my straps horizontally (I use them in a cube truck) and also because the small segment of strap at the end (where the hook is) is too rigid for the hook to fit properly. Thanks for the video!
Great tip and well explained. The slack end shouldn't be used to secure any other load as it's not designed for that purpose. Always better to use your method to secure the slack safely
Thank you for the lesson. My daughter just ran over the slack off the strap on the back of her pick up and it wrapped around the wheel and broke the strap. Thank goodness she wasn’t on the highway.
Hi Steve. Here in Canada, it's illegal to use rub rail to secure your strap J-hook. If you have to, do it the way you did the first one but keep the hook going in a circle around the rub rail, so it hooks on the bottom of the rail. Then your strap is holding the J-hook safely in place.
I always lightly tighten the strap then roll up the loose end and tuck it behind the lightly tightened part of strap before full tightening the strap over the rolled up loose end.
Excellent way to explain!! I have one question loading metal with metal isn't dangerous, would it be better to put a 4x4 under the metal box? Im sorry im learning. Thank you!
0:24 Take the time and unbolt the strap at the ratchet and flip it over. Now you can drop that flat hook down and back up and hooking properly. Me I do that but I took to buying straps with chains and grab hooks. Soo much easier.
I keep seeing those. They would be better for allot of things where you don't want the strap getting cut. Do they fit on the rub rail better? I'd think they would not roll up as nice.
@buildlife They fit on Stake Pockets and rubrails just fine. You can drop the chain link into keyhole/keyway slots. You can hook the chain back onto itself. You can loop through a D-Ring and hook the chain back to itself. So many more ways to use. They roll up just as any other.
Thank you. Nobody's too old to learn something new, all the time. Manufacturers could really help their customers use these correctly if only they would include a few pictograms on the outside packaging showing how to do all that.
The redline is also an identification stripe . One stripe 5000 lbs. per inch of webbing width . Two stripes 6000 lbs. per inch of webbing width . 10,000 or 12,000 lbs. of MBS ( minimum breaking strength) . Always go with WLL ( working load limit ) for the 2” webbing is 3333 lbs. Nice Video . 9/22
You need to have a least 3 wrap of strap on the ratchet. They way you show it is not safe and will come undone. And you never use the rest of the strap to tie down with. Use another strap. I am a stepdeck driver with over 30 years experience. So I kinda know what I am talking about. But what do with the extra strap is cool and we can all learn something 👍
