How to tie up your slack on ratchet straps

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Lawrence Reeves

2 жыл бұрын

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@jimbrown9885 Жыл бұрын

Critical step: declare "ain't goin anywhere!"

@lawrencereeves Жыл бұрын

Works every time 😂

@clacks78 3 ай бұрын

Every dad everywhere has said that at least once.

@Ruzhki Ай бұрын

@@lawrencereeves u forgot to slap it.

@sutoritohoku5770 8 ай бұрын

Never knew how to. Googled it, found your vid. Works Great. Thank you. Greetings from Hamburg, Germany.

@lawrencereeves 8 ай бұрын

Glad it helped!

@anonymousbulkhaultrucking6091 Жыл бұрын

Did it, worked. Thumbed and subscribed. Sailors and ratchet straps have always had a weird relationship. But in this day you have helped mend the toe that binds (pun) Cheers Homie.

@spreadcreekjr1731 Жыл бұрын

I used this today when going to the dump. Worked great. Thanks

@lawrencereeves Жыл бұрын

I’m glad it worked! You’re welcome!

@JoePonkey Жыл бұрын

It'll fail because you didn't smack it say "that ain't goin no where".

@ImOzify Жыл бұрын

Biggest mistake I see beginners make.

@lawrencereeves Жыл бұрын

Don’t doubt the professionals. I definitely said that! 😂😂

@johnclark6571 Жыл бұрын

@@lawrencereeves Yeah you did!

@ScottieBMan Жыл бұрын

You mean “taint” going anywhere 😂

@yorselrus1996 6 ай бұрын

They're in lies the problem. The slap is more important than people realize. It's the endow safety protocol and one hundred percent effective

@theflyingdutchman787 9 ай бұрын

Thanks… just did this on a four hour run. Worked like a champ! 🤘

@lawrencereeves 9 ай бұрын

Awesome I’m glad it helped! Thanks!

@6.0_titan 4 күн бұрын

Good video thanks!

@lawrencereeves 4 күн бұрын

No problem! Glad it helped!

@dat_sauce_tho2194 11 ай бұрын

I have used this for every load I have ran for the past 4 years and you will never have any issues with it as long as you when you loop the excess around and through have it facing the front of the trailer and pull towards the back of the trailer (any force the air put on the strap as your moving only tightens it) if you do it the opposite way and have a slick new strap it can wiggle loose

@monkeyearcheese420 10 ай бұрын

Nobel peace prize now. We jjust threw the slack in the truck doors and slammed em hoping for the best

@i-95southfloridaboy55 9 ай бұрын

Lol 😂 hey, that'll work too.

@N4EJM 9 ай бұрын

Yep that would be me because the wind would loosen that on me.

@troyverburg9600 7 ай бұрын

You're my new hero, works great

@rudysalinas2185 Ай бұрын

Thanks! exactly what I wanted to learn, Greetings from West TX

@ThtSkylineLuvr2186 11 ай бұрын

Gonna tey this tomorrow. Ive had my methods over the years(which honestly work just fine)..But hey, always down for new, possibly quicker ideas and tricks.

@lawrencereeves 11 ай бұрын

Hope it worked!

@ThtSkylineLuvr2186 11 ай бұрын

@@lawrencereevesfor us idiots, you should do a slow motion video, and maybe another video where you're doing the same thing but the ratchet strap is going from left to right across a bed or something so that idiots like me can see a little bit more clearly how this is done. I'm pretty sure I have it mastered now, but it definitely took me a good seven or eight times watching this video on repeat to understand. Because I have a strap going from the driver side of my truck bed to the passenger side of my truck bed. Seems hella tight though!

@shanemkeyes1 Жыл бұрын

Dude this is PERFECT! And, they are tight as hell... guess some of us have better forearm grip. 🤣

@willjohnson5861 Жыл бұрын

I prefer making a round loop, then sending part of the strap through that to basically make a "knot". Then you can either use the handle to hold the loop down, or just let it hang. In the situation you just did, just letting it hang would work fine.

@Jak1776 Жыл бұрын

This didn’t work AT ALLLLLLL. Like, literally cannot express how much this didn’t work. Let’s put it this way. I would have better chances making a functional car made out of nothing but paper that could drive at 150 mph than to have a successful tie down for ratchet straps. I’ve watched every video on KZfaq on different ways to tie them down and LITERALLY ALL of them didn’t work. Not even slightly. I fucking quit!!! I’m just gonna let the shit fly off the trailer!!! 🤬🤬

@willjohnson5861 Жыл бұрын

Ive done the round loop method hundreds, if not thousands, of times. Haven’t had it unravel once on me. I think this issue may be you my friend. You’re probably just not doing the methods correctly. It’s hard to copy from the KZfaq videos, I didn’t know until a trucker showed me in real life. I hope you are able to figure it out, loose straps are dangerous for you and other drivers.

@anonymousbulkhaultrucking6091 Жыл бұрын

I would prefer you made a short video so we can watch that as well 😢

@anonymousbulkhaultrucking6091 Жыл бұрын

@@Jak1776darn Jak, worked great for me. What way did you end up learning how to do it that works for you?

@hayleygrenier3037 Жыл бұрын

@@Jak1776lmao at your response but duuuuude I'm a chick and I've tried that way and THIS way and they work great!! But I've also been at this tie down business most of my life. Thanks to the Men!

@N4EJM 9 ай бұрын

The wind driving down the road would loosen that on me. Nothing ever goes “easy” for me.

@alex46215 3 ай бұрын

Will never happen

@N4EJM 3 ай бұрын

@@alex46215 😂 It has

@nherentcaucasity929 11 ай бұрын

I used this technique this morning .. it worked well.

@otterchaos666 7 ай бұрын

U da man

@bryantorres3026 21 күн бұрын

So easy and secured. Did this yesterday and worked great 🤙🏽🤙🏽

@thewampus97tj 6 ай бұрын

Pro tip: you can get more leverage when tighting your ratchet if you slide the strap through the handle to make an extension loop.

@nevakev 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks man. Worked great

@therealist6670 Ай бұрын

After rolling the excess straps, and before the love tap, give the ratchet a crank or two. Doing so will tighten the excess even more

@richardmack2262 8 ай бұрын

Nice! I mean you made that ONE twist on tie down strap.

@al-bp1pi 10 ай бұрын

Just cut the excess ofg

@hhb-tk9lh 13 күн бұрын

Thanks bro ❤❤❤❤

@keenan8140 Жыл бұрын

This is so clutch. Thanks

@kinglee5464 8 ай бұрын

I've fuxked up so many loads with that slack getting caught in the trailer tires 😅 in not afraid to admit it and I've blew 3 tires this is ao important

@allkindsofoutdooractivities 6 ай бұрын

Really nice tip!

@lawrencereeves 6 ай бұрын

Thanks! Glad I could help

@youngtvl262 5 ай бұрын

Thank you 💪🏼

@Slingin_Bait 10 ай бұрын

One guy makes a video of this, and then there's like 100 bored truckers now doing the same thing.

@BradyRay_333 6 ай бұрын

This is great, thanks for sharing.

@aghauler1964 2 ай бұрын

Right below your ratchet you might notice a gap sewn in the strap, tuck your neatly folded bundle of strap through the gap and tighten. It's almost like it's designed that way.

@ProleDaddy Ай бұрын

I have used a lot of rachet straps over my years and I have no idea what this gap in the webbing under the rachet is that you're talking about.

@trentsmillmansion1 9 ай бұрын

This is awesome. Thank you

@lawrencereeves 8 ай бұрын

You're very welcome!

@LUXURYLOUNGE44 7 ай бұрын

I don't trust you, you didn't slap the shyt before saying "that anit going anywhere"

@lawrencereeves 4 күн бұрын

Right at the end I did something like that haha

@EpicBenjo 10 ай бұрын

You forgot to smack it like the other guy

@lawrencereeves 10 ай бұрын

I gave her a little smack at the end 😂

@mywoodondeck 9 ай бұрын

My boi good lookin out

@oneproudchump8457 9 ай бұрын

Word!

@trumpeterchris Ай бұрын

THANK YOU

@RateMyAnimations 5 ай бұрын

I can just use my company’s Velcro😭

@rippinbass9713 11 ай бұрын

love these lil hacks! thx brother!

@RocSteadyNY Жыл бұрын

Thank you sir!

@McIntyreFurniture Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@adolfocastillo5467 10 ай бұрын

Came to say thank you. They work perfect

@lawrencereeves 10 ай бұрын

Glad it worked for you! You’re welcome!

@coreydiabo3429 9 ай бұрын

Noice bro 💪🏽💪🏽

@dwalmop2 Жыл бұрын

Hey cool, I can quit carrying 500 zip ties with me every time I haul something!!

@lawrencereeves Жыл бұрын

Right?! Haha Glad I could help!

@neilredstar3838 2 ай бұрын

Thx really helped me

@wyliecoyote1 5 ай бұрын

Great idea, thanx for the tip...👍

@ArcsandAlloysLLC 21 күн бұрын

Thanks

@HarveyFarks Жыл бұрын

Thanks G

@robert4027 Ай бұрын

the wind wont unravel it ?

@anterspenlans 5 ай бұрын

I’d say you really need to secure the strap ie standard loop through centre and around, and then do this technique 🤷‍♂️

@Memoriesdevida Жыл бұрын

🔥🔥this is cool

@SyedAli-kr6qw 11 ай бұрын

Thanks man. Sometimes these little things makes me mad.

@lawrencereeves 11 ай бұрын

Agreed!

@ch33kmanddmc44 26 күн бұрын

WOW!!😊

@eliasbutcher859 Жыл бұрын

Satisfying really

@amandadavis9726 4 ай бұрын

What if you don’t have as much slack left,…3 feet or so? That’s when it doesn’t work so great for me.

@efrainramirez8137 4 ай бұрын

You look like the kid from zathura all grown up

@human9988 2 ай бұрын

Mahalo nui loa eazy n simple n safe bless up from da 50

@Mmmm.Bacon. 9 ай бұрын

Mine looks like spaghetti. 🤔

@thewampus97tj 6 ай бұрын

Dasiy chain is faster.

@ProleDaddy Ай бұрын

*If you slap more than twice, you're playing with it*

@rickeylocke8610 11 ай бұрын

Thank you this helps

@lawrencereeves 11 ай бұрын

Glad I can help!

@danieljones8173 Ай бұрын

VIBRATION will loosen as ANYTHING

@somewhat-32W3R Жыл бұрын

So easy even a blind man can do it!

@killmimes 6 ай бұрын

Dot eye candy

@drizzle335 Жыл бұрын

Some not all ratchet straps have a dual web opening on the ratchet side before you tighten down completely just slide excess into that opening and tighten down

@ArturoRamirez-ef5jg 11 ай бұрын

True, that’s the method I use. 💪🏾

@alex46215 6 ай бұрын

Broooooooo

@ChopShopCustoms 7 ай бұрын

🫡

@SB-sp7zf 6 ай бұрын

learn sumpthin new every day

@upinsmokedre8376 Жыл бұрын

What size straps are you using? Appreciate if you could tell me

@ScottCampbellmmwsc Жыл бұрын

Looks like 2” strap

@paulabbott1985 11 ай бұрын

Worked a treat thanks

@Venom-nk8nd 9 ай бұрын

🇵🇬,.,.

@d.m.1685 8 ай бұрын

Another rookie doing it wrong I hope no one uses this as a training video

@lawrencereeves 8 ай бұрын

Well I have been doing this for about 10 years now and haven’t had any problems yet. Seems to be working for other people too. Maybe you can’t figure it out.

@YanestraAgain 8 ай бұрын

Every body does it different, but you did it worst.

@lawrencereeves 8 ай бұрын

Have you tried doing it this way yet?

@ProleDaddy Ай бұрын

The internet is such a cruel mistress...

@johnangel8361 Жыл бұрын

Ok so why is it that when I or anyone else does this it always always FUCKING ALWAYS comes loose when I'm in the middle of a busy ass highway with cement road blockers on both sides?

@lawrencereeves Жыл бұрын

I drive on California roads and tie my straps this way. California roads are probably some of the worst roads from my experience and I haven’t yet had one come undone. (Knock on wood)

@johnangel8361 Жыл бұрын

@@lawrencereeves yeah I work today and I think I figured out that the problem was I was going the wrong direction with my twists

@jeff7764 Жыл бұрын

@@lawrencereeves you’ve obviously never driven in Southeast PA, South Jersey or Delaware I take it?

@lawrencereeves Жыл бұрын

@@jeff7764 No I have not. Just all around California. Surveys show that California has some of the worst roads in the US to drive on. I would say in the Top 5. Our roads suck.

@VortekXtiik Жыл бұрын

Usually the final tightening on the strap with this method is what holds it, mind you it’s always raining where I’m at, and the straps bind really well when wet and never slip with this method.

@deedle6073 6 ай бұрын

Wouldn't it be better to just cut off the excess?

@gregs_garage 9 ай бұрын

duct tape them. never fails.

@earlmcclain8488 Ай бұрын

Thats how all the young guys i work with do it. One comes losse every time . And you have to redoit to tighten your straps. I will stick with old trusty duct tape.