Ratchet Strap Questions
 

How you all organize or store your ratchet straps? I find it is pain to coil them up every time and always come unraveled...and then they gets kinks and take forever to straighten out. Any almost everyone else I know has the same issue...

Let me know your thoughts here, or if you would be so kind please take a quick survey at the following link (11 questions and less than 2 minutes). A couple friends and myself are trying to develop a product to solve this problem. No personal info needed unless you want to give it, we are just trying to do a little research.

www.kwiksurveys.com?u=ratchetstrap

I look forward to hearing how other people deal with their ratchet straps clusters...

I use straps a few times a week and it is a pain to keep them orgainzed. I am currently keeping them in a large tool bag wrapped up and tied with a small bungee to keep them from unraveling. It is one of those things that you have to stay on top off each and every time you use them or you'll be cursing trying to pull one strap out for sure. The small adjustable bungee's with the ball on them (I think they are meant to secure a tarp) is the best thing I have found so far.

I currently store my tie-downs wrapped up in the back up my jeep, but it really doesn't take long for them to turn into a mess. A couple of friends and I are looking into simply try to find and create a better way to store and organize the tie downs that we use.

then did you find any way for storing it in that way if yes then inform me also my friend.

I have a 25 ton lowboy that I'd like to mount track for strap winches on so that I can occasionally use it to haul large round bales of hay or other cargo. The trailer is 8' wide but to haul hay I would extend the outriggers...not sure if that will work well since the strap winches would be back under the outrigger plank. The outside frame rail is a C channel so there isn't a flange to hook a strap to on the inside. I'd either have to weld on a strip for the strap hooks or hook them on under to the main frame rail. What type of winch track do you like best and what would work best for this application? I probably wouldn't leave the winches on the trailer unless I'm using them just to keep them out of the way.