Cargo Securement, how to use a ratchet strap and what to do with the slack. 3 things I like to do to secure my cargo.
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@buildlife Жыл бұрын
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@JohnnyDub163 жыл бұрын
Finally a man who feeds the strap through the slot in the closed ratchet ONCE! The amount of "how-to" videos that say feed the strap through slot in the open ratchet only to feed it back out again. Great vid 👍🏻
@buildlife3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching!
@TJB2702 жыл бұрын
I’ve seen somebody feed it through the slot in the open ratchet and not feed it back. Thoughts on that?
@RollingLogs21 Жыл бұрын
@@TJB270 I have also seen that done, but then it leaves your tail coming out through the ratchet, not back toward the working end of the strap. Probably doesn't make much difference, but I prefer not to do it that way.
@caloulou Жыл бұрын
Concise without sacrificing crucial detail. This is one to save for reference fellas.
@buildlife Жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@garypeterson6108 күн бұрын
Great video, your demonstration speed was perfect
@buildlife8 күн бұрын
Glad it was helpful!
@HOTDOG4012 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the vid...helped a buddy move and haven't used these in years...realized I had forgotten a few things...this has me back on track....much appreciated.
@buildlife2 жыл бұрын
Glad to help!
@jeffschwab1820 Жыл бұрын
Best video from a real pro!! Really like how slow you go and the closeups. Very instructive. Thanks for doing this.
@buildlife Жыл бұрын
Glad it was helpful!
@nigelconnor2460 Жыл бұрын
Fella, a really good explanation! I really only tuned in to see how you got rid of the slack. Great job with no silly chat or fool bits and you moved the camera in well too. Thanks!!
@buildlife Жыл бұрын
Glad it helped!
@koreykimball9873 жыл бұрын
Thanks for that tutorial. Always a challenge to deal safely with the excess material. Keep up the good content.
@buildlife3 жыл бұрын
Thanks, will do!
@JB-dz1zc3 жыл бұрын
No nonsense kind of man. I like that, straight forward approach. Great shop, great tools! I want to see more of the little things, along with the build! HAPPY HOLIDAYS to you and yours...
@buildlife3 жыл бұрын
Thanks, you too.
@robb2869 Жыл бұрын
Very nice video, no nonsense and straight to the point, very helpful, thank you! 👍🏻
@buildlife Жыл бұрын
You're very welcome!
@kevinlowen89015 ай бұрын
Great video. I’m a over the road truck driver and this is a very good video on how to use a ratchet strap.
@buildlife5 ай бұрын
Thanks, seemed like there was a need!
@angelwhitener6968 Жыл бұрын
Thank you for your detailed step by step.. I was trying to surprise my old man and have the load secure and ready to go when he gets ready to leave in the am .. I already knew a little about the ratchet strap, just needed a few hints on a couple of things..!! So as a lady looking to help her man, I greatly appreciate what might seem basic to others.. but then again if it was that basic then they wouldn’t be watching this video too..!! Lol.. thanks again and will be checking out your other videos and already subscribed..!!
@buildlife Жыл бұрын
Thats Awesome Angel! He will love it!
@AvalexLLC Жыл бұрын
You solved one of those mysteries in life! I'll have an easier mowing season. Thanks!
@buildlife Жыл бұрын
Glad to hear it!
@lynnrabe4428 Жыл бұрын
Great video-like the way you secured the remaining strap.
@buildlife Жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@Rvbiker18 Жыл бұрын
Thanks for helping me learn how to do this. I'm in hotshot and learning every day
@buildlife Жыл бұрын
Glad it helped!
@phillipbuckley3602 Жыл бұрын
Thanks , most helpfull! Ive been struggling with ratchet straps for weeks
@buildlife Жыл бұрын
Glad I could help!
@lipingwang6559 Жыл бұрын
Nice and handsome young man! Very valuable and useful to those without any experience of using ratchet tiedown strap! Thank you so much.
@buildlife Жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching! Your very kind.
@halconporteno6495 Жыл бұрын
Great video. Very useful. Thanks
@buildlife Жыл бұрын
Glad it was helpful!
@drayland8 ай бұрын
Good stuff, explained well. Thanks.
@buildlife8 ай бұрын
Glad it was helpful!
@Honestandtruth Жыл бұрын
Great video and very Clear Explained 👍👍. Thank you for the edge advice cover to protect the strap
@buildlife Жыл бұрын
Glad it was helpful!
@jeffwebb74232 жыл бұрын
Nicely done. Simple and effective. I like it
@buildlife2 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@MotoXFreak3822 жыл бұрын
Great video! Simple and informative. A bit of advice... Most strap manufacturers recommend at least one revolution of the bail (windlass), so the strap has 360* of bite. I do this by pulling the ratchet away from the load before ratcheting, just enough that 4-8" of strap slips through the bail. Thanks for making this video!
@buildlife2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the info!
@wildearpsadventures499111 ай бұрын
Liked the whole vidoe, especially the tip on using another ratchet for the slack end to secure something else.
@buildlife11 ай бұрын
Glad you liked it!
@Pjtk32 жыл бұрын
Great video! I’ll be trying that excess strap trick! The only thing I always do differently is to always twist the strap at least a Half twist on each side on purpose. It makes the wind glance off and stops the straps from vibrating the whole truck.
@buildlife2 жыл бұрын
Ill have to try that. Thanks for watching!
@Igorotboy402 жыл бұрын
Awesome tutorial. Great video!
@buildlife2 жыл бұрын
Glad you liked it!
@RollingLogs21 Жыл бұрын
Very good video, informative and to the point!
@buildlife Жыл бұрын
Glad it was helpful!
@timprice1284 Жыл бұрын
Good deal! I need to practice and get this to where it is second nature! Thank you sir!
@buildlife Жыл бұрын
You bet!
@morrismahaley42082 жыл бұрын
Great video. Best slack killer I have seen.
@buildlife2 жыл бұрын
Awesome, Thanks!
@ChrisJones-cu8pl Жыл бұрын
Great video. I learnt what I needed and more.
@buildlife Жыл бұрын
Awesome, glad it helped!
@sebast1an09 Жыл бұрын
Very helpful video. Thanks man!
@buildlife Жыл бұрын
Glad it helped!
@jimle7097Ай бұрын
very nice tips, thanks for sharing!!!
@buildlifeАй бұрын
You are so welcome!
@joep6023 Жыл бұрын
Very cool! Nice job!
@buildlife Жыл бұрын
Thanks for the visit!
@ananass8030 Жыл бұрын
Good and clear instructions, I've being looking for what to do with the slack, this seem like a good system
@buildlife Жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@TheFamilyFarmOn423 жыл бұрын
Great job with the explanation and demonstration! I prefer to use Gear Ties for the slack, then when I'm finished with the strap, I can use the same Gear Tie to neatly roll, secure and stow the strap.
@buildlife3 жыл бұрын
Great tip!
@michellealexander2415 Жыл бұрын
Thankyou 😊 very helpful 👌
@buildlife Жыл бұрын
My pleasure 😊
@jarrodholt3278 Жыл бұрын
Well done video, thank you.
@buildlife Жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it!
@kengrant9571 Жыл бұрын
Good ideas keep on trucking
@buildlife Жыл бұрын
Thanks, will do!
@djjoeykmusic Жыл бұрын
Great video Thank you so much
@buildlife Жыл бұрын
You are welcome!
@toddsoutsideagain Жыл бұрын
Great video Steve! Although we use straps often most people really never get a routine down on how to properly use them. I learned some tricks from this video👍🏻👍🏻
@buildlife Жыл бұрын
I'd be lying if I said I do this 100% of the time LOL. This is currently my most watched video if that tells you anything!
@toddsoutsideagain Жыл бұрын
@@buildlife Yeah I heard you mention that so I had to go see what the buzz was about🤣
@larryarens66482 жыл бұрын
Very well done! Thank you
@buildlife2 жыл бұрын
Glad you liked it!
@rodneymartin678 Жыл бұрын
Thanks that was very insightful I was one of those guys that could never get it right.
@buildlife Жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching! Glad it helped. Now the trick is remembering LOL
@philgriswold21333 жыл бұрын
Very good explanation that should be easy for anyone to follow.
@buildlife3 жыл бұрын
Thanks Phil
@jounikoi3 жыл бұрын
Have been looking for this, thanks man 👍
@patcosgrave96822 жыл бұрын
You explained that very well
@buildlife2 жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@hectord7154 Жыл бұрын
Thank you for the video, great step by step….loaded a bed onto my pickup truck earlier today and was a little confused cuz “I thought I know how” ….smaller scale but same concept
@buildlife Жыл бұрын
Glad it helped, Thanks for watching Hector!
@SuperUncleRyan Жыл бұрын
Since I have to load my trailer most times by myself, I bought a very strong magnet to hold the hooks in place on the other side. It sure saves a ton of frustration. I bought a magnet for "magnet fishing" off Amazon. Incredibly strong little magnet. Also when you have a high load, if you put just one twist in your strap it will keep it from vibrating and slapping. It will reduce wear on the straps and prevent them from coming loose. Most times I just use those Nite Eyes gear ties to tie up my straps and control the left over slack, but I like your method, because I am forever losing those suckers.
@buildlife Жыл бұрын
I like the magnet idea!
@markarndt3805 Жыл бұрын
What happens when strap loosens ? When just hooked to bottom of rubrail ? It fall off. If you hook ends through rubrail and put hook on top then if it loosens it won't come dangling off
@bhinsch25 Жыл бұрын
Good job!
@buildlife Жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@Paul-dv4dr2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for this!
@buildlife2 жыл бұрын
My pleasure!
@scottwidmann66312 жыл бұрын
Useful, thank you.
@buildlife2 жыл бұрын
Glad it was helpful!
@michaelmartin599511 ай бұрын
Well done.
@buildlife11 ай бұрын
Thanks!
@mikeyboy2154 Жыл бұрын
Thank you sir👍🏻
@buildlife Жыл бұрын
Welcome 👍
@sergeyperesada60287 ай бұрын
Thanks man ❤
@buildlife7 ай бұрын
You're welcome 😊
@lemmdus21192 жыл бұрын
Thanks. Life skills you know.
@buildlife2 жыл бұрын
You got that right!
@AnthoDubАй бұрын
I've been using straps for a year now and still learned a few interesting things here, especially on what to do with the slack. Definitely gotta try that loop thing. I feel like the hooks on the straps I use aren't good to go on the outside of the rail and back up onto the rail itself. It seems like the hook don't fit properly. I thought maybe it is because I use my straps horizontally (I use them in a cube truck) and also because the small segment of strap at the end (where the hook is) is too rigid for the hook to fit properly. Thanks for the video!
@buildlifeАй бұрын
Thanks, They never fit as well as I want, feels like it's trying to pull them off sometimes.
@blakej445211 ай бұрын
Good vid
@buildlife11 ай бұрын
Thanks!
@rainbo252 жыл бұрын
Great tip and well explained. The slack end shouldn't be used to secure any other load as it's not designed for that purpose. Always better to use your method to secure the slack safely
@buildlife2 жыл бұрын
Well said!
@rondaboot2137 Жыл бұрын
Thank you for the lesson. My daughter just ran over the slack off the strap on the back of her pick up and it wrapped around the wheel and broke the strap. Thank goodness she wasn’t on the highway.
@buildlife Жыл бұрын
Glad she was ok.
@latics3562 жыл бұрын
Brilliant Thanks
@buildlife2 жыл бұрын
You're welcome!
@itsdutchbtc Жыл бұрын
Sombitch I love KZfaq. Thanks for this.
@buildlife Жыл бұрын
You got it!
@ricksal118010 ай бұрын
Thanks!
@buildlife10 ай бұрын
Thanks!
@wreckim11 ай бұрын
Awesome.
@buildlife11 ай бұрын
Thanks!
@luisponce14726 ай бұрын
That's Cool 😎
@buildlife6 ай бұрын
Thanks!
@wallytimmins3567 ай бұрын
Hi Steve. Here in Canada, it's illegal to use rub rail to secure your strap J-hook. If you have to, do it the way you did the first one but keep the hook going in a circle around the rub rail, so it hooks on the bottom of the rail. Then your strap is holding the J-hook safely in place.
@buildlife7 ай бұрын
I like that method the best I think
@sandraperezarellano30152 ай бұрын
Excellent way to explain!! I have one question loading metal with metal isn't dangerous, would it be better to put a 4x4 under the metal box? Im sorry im learning. Thank you!
@buildlife2 ай бұрын
Probably wouldn't hurt. Ive never had a problem with it. Maybe a piece of plywood.
@keithwelton Жыл бұрын
I always lightly tighten the strap then roll up the loose end and tuck it behind the lightly tightened part of strap before full tightening the strap over the rolled up loose end.
@buildlife Жыл бұрын
Awesome, does it stay pretty good?
@keithwelton Жыл бұрын
@@buildlife As long as you place the rolled up loose strap under part of the strap that clamps it tight it never moves.
@edchavez6101 Жыл бұрын
Thanks
@buildlife Жыл бұрын
No problem!
@sheldonmark723 ай бұрын
Cool😊
@buildlife3 ай бұрын
Thanks!
@laurancepene6541 Жыл бұрын
Choice vid dude
@buildlife Жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@Ashley-7003 жыл бұрын
👍
@glucid4222 Жыл бұрын
Thank you. Nobody's too old to learn something new, all the time. Manufacturers could really help their customers use these correctly if only they would include a few pictograms on the outside packaging showing how to do all that.
@buildlife Жыл бұрын
yeah they can be a little tricky!
@AztecWarrior6911 ай бұрын
0:24 Take the time and unbolt the strap at the ratchet and flip it over. Now you can drop that flat hook down and back up and hooking properly. Me I do that but I took to buying straps with chains and grab hooks. Soo much easier.
@buildlife11 ай бұрын
I keep seeing those. They would be better for allot of things where you don't want the strap getting cut. Do they fit on the rub rail better? I'd think they would not roll up as nice.
@AztecWarrior6911 ай бұрын
@buildlife They fit on Stake Pockets and rubrails just fine. You can drop the chain link into keyhole/keyway slots. You can hook the chain back onto itself. You can loop through a D-Ring and hook the chain back to itself. So many more ways to use. They roll up just as any other.
@vicpetrishak1077 Жыл бұрын
The redline is also an identification stripe . One stripe 5000 lbs. per inch of webbing width . Two stripes 6000 lbs. per inch of webbing width . 10,000 or 12,000 lbs. of MBS ( minimum breaking strength) . Always go with WLL ( working load limit ) for the 2” webbing is 3333 lbs. Nice Video . 9/22
@buildlife Жыл бұрын
Thanks, good things to know!
@dannydaintith29722 жыл бұрын
cool
@buildlife2 жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@PavelLGUAАй бұрын
The protecting rail is designed to protect staps. Never hook up the strap to the rail.
@davidharwell64119 ай бұрын
You need to have a least 3 wrap of strap on the ratchet. They way you show it is not safe and will come undone. And you never use the rest of the strap to tie down with. Use another strap. I am a stepdeck driver with over 30 years experience. So I kinda know what I am talking about. But what do with the extra strap is cool and we can all learn something 👍
@buildlife9 ай бұрын
Thanks?
@jameslongoria864510 ай бұрын
You should not run your straps on the outside of the rub rail. In some states it’s illegal..
@buildlife10 ай бұрын
good to know
@johnjohnson68872 жыл бұрын
Rub rail doesn't have load rating
@EricGonzalez-bd1qd Жыл бұрын
The only thing i don't agree with in this video is the part where you said this wasn't the most interesting thing lol thanks for the video!
@buildlife Жыл бұрын
At least it’s short lol thanks for watching
@jeff7764 Жыл бұрын
Why not just use clips, they’re safer and more secure. This seems unnecessary
@buildlife Жыл бұрын
Which ones do you like? Might be a good options. Plenty of ways to skin a cat.