Right Tie Down Straps For Your Trucking Business

OK, here we will discuss something familiar to most truckers, ratchet straps, as you can plainly see, there are two words, ratchet and straps, and you guessed right, the ratchet straps are assembly of ratchets and webbing, what about cam buckle straps? yeah, they are cam buckles with straps! Relatively weak, the cam straps are most seen inside box trucks and on passenger cars. Ratchets are another story, the hardware is pretty strong, and because of it's mechanism, the ratchet could be pretty small and fairly large, you will be able to find 1''-4'' ratchets around, and the breaking strength can be as weak as a couple of hundred LBS to as strong as 16,2000 LBS, it's pretty versatile compare to all or any other truck tie downs.

It is estimated that 80% trucks are box trucks, and the e track tie down system is just for semi trailers, so e track straps are hottest cargo straps. And these straps are not as strong as the one we use on flatbed truck, the working load limit of typical e track straps is 1,000lbs, with minimum breaking strength of 3,000lbs. The working load limit of 2' e track straps are lower than other 2'' truck straps, this is due to the truck wall provides support for the load and prevent the load from moving if stacked properly, nevertheless, you still must make sure the load in your truck are secured properly and the way to secure them are appropriate.

According to cargo securement standard, the look factor of ratchet assembly is 3:1, meaning that the breaking strength of the tie down is three times of the working load limit, this indicates a relatively forgiving work place, on the other hand the design factor of transport chains is 4:1, which indicates the chains will be better fitted to tough conditions, such as very high/low temperature, moisture, as the aforementioned truck straps are only for normal conditions.

box truck business  made from polyester, which has low elongation and less elastic, which is ideal for tie down truck load, since we don't want the load on the cargo area to go or budge. When making tie down straps, manufacturer has to follow certain guidelines and pass DOT inspection, this implies all the straps designed for tie down purpose need to meet all the requirements imposed by FMCSA(Federal Motor Carrier Safety Agency) and follow the guideline of WSTDA and ASTM.