Battery Case Tie Down Straps

Tiggs wrote:
Just got my new battery boxes for the 6V batteries I bought. Imagine my surprise when I simply lifted the 12V, box and all off the angle iron frame. Isn't it supposed to be ....um... attached to prevent your battery from hopping off the tongue frame when you are motoring down the road???

So, I'm looking at my new boxes and the straps that came with them. I figure I can just strap the battery box to the angle iron using the straps but I don't like the chinsey buckle arrangement that I found to be a pain in the butt with the 12V. Wondering if I can just use a continuous loop cam strap around the frame and the batteries to cinch down the entire case to the frame without drilling holes in the frame to permanently mount the battery boxes? Or is there an even better way?



Thanks,

My boxes are screwed down to planks fitted into the angle iron frame and are bolted to my frame. The only thing the straps should do is hold the lids on. Now that being said, it's going to take a HECK of a bump to toss a couple of 65 lb. batteries onto the road. The tongue should be the smoothest riding part of your trailer.