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JIMNLIN
Feb 02, 2014Explorer III
Poly straps aren't made to tighten down forever like a TC needs 365 days a year.
I've hauled commercially pulling flatdeck GN trailers up to 32k combined with wheeled equipment and construction materials. Poly ratchet straps have their place but having made a living using them and having owned three different TC years ago I sure wouldn't trust any poly strap for a TC tie down. Maybe for a emergency tie down.
A car/wheeled equipment sitting on a trailer is dead weight at any speed. A TC sitting in a truck bed at speed the overhead acts like a wing constantly lifting the front of the TC. You can feel it in head winds or gusting winds. I would use the approved equipment.
I've hauled commercially pulling flatdeck GN trailers up to 32k combined with wheeled equipment and construction materials. Poly ratchet straps have their place but having made a living using them and having owned three different TC years ago I sure wouldn't trust any poly strap for a TC tie down. Maybe for a emergency tie down.
A car/wheeled equipment sitting on a trailer is dead weight at any speed. A TC sitting in a truck bed at speed the overhead acts like a wing constantly lifting the front of the TC. You can feel it in head winds or gusting winds. I would use the approved equipment.
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