Standard Matters

Truck tie down means a lot different stuff to different applications, 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 are going to introduce truck tie down straps exclusively.

Truck weld on winch and Winch Straps:

Some flat beds come with weld on 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 articles on the trailer, usually we tie down steel coils, concrete pipes, skids, anything that not too heavy for the the straps’ 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 double J hook can be used too. There are 2” and 4” truck winches and 2” and 4” winch straps, depends on different applications, the length of strap can be 20′, 25′, 27′, 30′, 35′, 40′ or more than 50′.

And we just can’t ignore the king of all tie downs:

Ratchet straps are most used tie down straps because of their flexibility, 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” to 4”, length can be a few feet to more than 50′. On big rigs ratchet tie downs are the most popular tie down devices for shippers, those trailers without winches installed will find ratchet straps pretty useful.

In order to acquire these tie down straps, you have the choice between local stores and online stores, depends on your needs, sometimes acquire them locally is more appropriate, sometimes online sales are much more attractive.