Heavy duty Boat tie downs
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And yes you would be wise to take all precautions to ensure you save your ace with insurance. But if the boat comes off and flips 85 times, I dont think straps would have stopped that and who knows what insurance would do or not do. I definitely think straps will help with keeping the boat to the trailer and help minimize flipping, but if that baby goes it goes and that point whether the boat stays to the trailer or not, I dont think its going to matter.
Just to end speculation. I checked. Trailers in NY must have proper light(stop, turn signals etc). Red reflectors, amber reflectors, markers lights, arranged as neccessary by length. Trailers over 1000lbs unladen or gross over 3k, must have adequate brakes. Also all trailers must have safety chains. Checked the NYS law and boating reg, no mention to transom straps. So you might be ok with insurance, but definitely no law would be broken. Again unless they got you for not properly tieing down a load. AGAIN I beleive in trailer straps and have used them and always will, and would advise anybody to use them, and if you dont use them personally I would think you would be moron. Of course I posted NY laws, which isnt every state, law, but if NY has it chances are its most strict. Im just not a fan of speculation, and brining in the old insurance scare tatic.
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Wonder what size straps these guys were using, must have been too small. http://www.offshoreonly.com/forums/g...-customer.html