View Poll Results: Do you use tie down straps?
I use straps AND a safety chain
225
72.58%
I JUST use a safety chain and winch
41
13.23%
No straps, No safety chain, just a winch
25
8.06%
Allan4 is a putz
19
6.13%
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Who uses Tie down straps
04-26-2005, 07:39 PM
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Re: Who uses Tie down straps
Been looking for 2 inch ratchet straps for the transom and for some reason having a tough time finding them. Will start using them soon as I can pick them up.
Both ratchet strap and safety chain (forward and downward) plus the winch strap.
Both ratchet strap and safety chain (forward and downward) plus the winch strap.
04-26-2005, 07:59 PM
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Re: Who uses Tie down straps
Originally Posted by Formula Outlaw
Been looking for 2 inch ratchet straps for the transom and for some reason having a tough time finding them. Will start using them soon as I can pick them up.
Both ratchet strap and safety chain (forward and downward) plus the winch strap.
Both ratchet strap and safety chain (forward and downward) plus the winch strap.
i get all mine there, for car, boat, bike and trailer...... super high quaility and prompt shipping.
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04-26-2005, 09:37 PM
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Re: Who uses Tie down straps
Originally Posted by Formula Outlaw
Been looking for 2 inch ratchet straps for the transom and for some reason having a tough time finding them. Will start using them soon as I can pick them up.
Both ratchet strap and safety chain (forward and downward) plus the winch strap.
Both ratchet strap and safety chain (forward and downward) plus the winch strap.
04-26-2005, 10:01 PM
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Re: Who uses Tie down straps
well I have to put some input on this one..for those who need to know...
You can put tie down straps on your boat because it is the law but, the truth is in a real crash situation they wont do ****. In 2000 I had a front tire blow out on my dodge diesel and, I had 4 inch straps the type the big rigs use to tie down there load. one of these straps would prob. lift the boat off the ground. on impact all 3 4inch straps tore like they where toilet paper so, yeah there prob. keep boat on your trailer around town, but when you really need them they wont work anyway. So, my advise pay more attention to the condition of your tires and trailer. so you all in Ft. Lauderdale....
You can put tie down straps on your boat because it is the law but, the truth is in a real crash situation they wont do ****. In 2000 I had a front tire blow out on my dodge diesel and, I had 4 inch straps the type the big rigs use to tie down there load. one of these straps would prob. lift the boat off the ground. on impact all 3 4inch straps tore like they where toilet paper so, yeah there prob. keep boat on your trailer around town, but when you really need them they wont work anyway. So, my advise pay more attention to the condition of your tires and trailer. so you all in Ft. Lauderdale....
04-27-2005, 12:23 AM
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Re: Who uses Tie down straps
Originally Posted by HerbottRacing
well I have to put some input on this one..for those who need to know...
You can put tie down straps on your boat because it is the law but, the truth is in a real crash situation they wont do ****. In 2000 I had a front tire blow out on my dodge diesel and, I had 4 inch straps the type the big rigs use to tie down there load. one of these straps would prob. lift the boat off the ground. on impact all 3 4inch straps tore like they where toilet paper so, yeah there prob. keep boat on your trailer around town, but when you really need them they wont work anyway. So, my advise pay more attention to the condition of your tires and trailer. so you all in Ft. Lauderdale....
You can put tie down straps on your boat because it is the law but, the truth is in a real crash situation they wont do ****. In 2000 I had a front tire blow out on my dodge diesel and, I had 4 inch straps the type the big rigs use to tie down there load. one of these straps would prob. lift the boat off the ground. on impact all 3 4inch straps tore like they where toilet paper so, yeah there prob. keep boat on your trailer around town, but when you really need them they wont work anyway. So, my advise pay more attention to the condition of your tires and trailer. so you all in Ft. Lauderdale....
While we are on the subject of trailers, how many of you make sure you have a clevis pin in the tongue latch? I was not driving but was with a friend that had a boat and trailer come loose from the truck after towing 50 miles. We know the latch was locked when we left but it still came loose and hit a telephone pole & totaled the boat & trailer. Nothing held, the tie downs broke, the safety chains pulled straight, the only thing he had not done was to put a pin in the latch. I think most boats on trailers are damaged from improper latching than worrying about straps
04-27-2005, 05:01 AM
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Re: Who uses Tie down straps
It takes a lot to dump one of these things off the trailer,what in the hell was the guy with the Fountain doing? There had to have been a sharp curve,someone pulled out in front of him, something **** doesn't just happen like that. If you've got the bow secured tight and you are not driving like an idiot on a road full of holes and 90 degree curves that boat shouldn't go anywhere.
04-27-2005, 07:17 AM
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Re: Who uses Tie down straps
Originally Posted by Offshoreracr
AMEN!!!
While we are on the subject of trailers, how many of you make sure you have a clevis pin in the tongue latch? I was not driving but was with a friend that had a boat and trailer come loose from the truck after towing 50 miles. We know the latch was locked when we left but it still came loose and hit a telephone pole & totaled the boat & trailer. Nothing held, the tie downs broke, the safety chains pulled straight, the only thing he had not done was to put a pin in the latch. I think most boats on trailers are damaged from improper latching than worrying about straps
While we are on the subject of trailers, how many of you make sure you have a clevis pin in the tongue latch? I was not driving but was with a friend that had a boat and trailer come loose from the truck after towing 50 miles. We know the latch was locked when we left but it still came loose and hit a telephone pole & totaled the boat & trailer. Nothing held, the tie downs broke, the safety chains pulled straight, the only thing he had not done was to put a pin in the latch. I think most boats on trailers are damaged from improper latching than worrying about straps
