How to Use Tie Downs Safely and Secure Excess Strap to tidy your load

[@beauxtx1959]

I have watched SO MANY ratchet strap videos over the years. This is, without question, the best one I've ever watched. KUDOS and thanks!

[@JasonWerrell]

This video saved my relationship with ratchet straps.

[@amberpratt3622]

After an incident today I found your video. Yesssss. I always just make a bunch of sloppy excessive ties and hope for the best. Well after this morning I decided it's time to learn a proper method! Brilliant 👏 thanks and cheers 🍻

[@hyltonvaneden1273]

Great lesson on key steps to using tie downs.

[@Christoph1888]

Tips I didn't think I needed. Once again great video keep up the great work.

[@itsOculus]

fantastic content. well presented, and you included the most important detail: saying at least once "she's not going anywhere."

[@FarmLearningTim]

Heheheh

[@itsOculus]

@@FarmLearningTim my only disappointment was that i didn't hear you twang the straps!

[@FarmLearningTim]

@@itsOculus definitely next time!

[@roryhill9202]

This fella is the best teacher out. I dunno if you rehearse your videos but you are bang on no stuff ups, clear and precise with your instruction. Just fantastic and a joy to watch. Cheers mate

[@henryliu8518]

thanks for the tips. im new to trucking and this is exactly what i like to know. glad i found this video on youtube.

[@tjtemoni5016]

Top bloke Mr Thompson You my man deserve a VB

[@allanlavallee7171]

Good video. I have done it this way for years and it works very well. I would have put a half twist on the ratchet side as well though.

[@countrycraftsman5110]

Great pointers. I sure like your straps hooks. Very clever security feature.

[@Simon-80]

I really like your clever perspective on things! Greetings from Germany!

[@greenstair]

I have to say mate that many of your videos are gold dust. This is so damn useful, why did I not know this stuff? It ought to be taught in schools. Thank you.

[@FarmLearningTim]

Hahaha.... I do teach it in school.... it’s just not on the curriculum 🤣

[@thornwarbler]

What a great demo, best ive seen...........Thanks for your time its appreciated.

[@pml22]

You have nicer tie-downs where you are than we have in the States.

[@jeanmorin3247]

This is brilliant and so useful. Thank you from Canada!

[@iamthat7351]

Thank you for this video, Was searching thru other YT videos and they weren't very helpful for a gal like me trying to figure how to use hatchets on a new ute. Cheers

[@grahamhamilton7875]

A very similar demonstration to another video make in NZ except delivered with slightly more charisma. Equally the best technique though which is exactly what people search for. 👍

[@CogentConsult]

Great idea! Thanks! From Minnesota, USA!

[@ryanot]

Hands down, the best video I've seen on tie downs. I had no idea I was doing so many things wrong when using tie downs!

[@NathanNostaw]

Should be standard viewing for every ute purchase. Good tips and clear instructions. Cheers

[@andrewsteele7663]

Thanks Tim, I am still binge watching to catch up. But that was a brilliant demo, I had been doing about 90% of what you did with the loose end but now I am on top of it, cheers

[@jacob7ph]

As always, the most helpful vid out there. Now i know how use these ratchet tie downs properly on my ute. Thanks mate!

[@timzarowny5830]

Now this is information I can use, I live in Canada and have had this problem for years, never did find a good solution till now. Thanks for a job well done, I have been watching your fencing article for some time, they are all good. And I can say that the hooks on the ends of the ratchet straps seem to operate great as they look like they will stay hooked up even if there is slack in the strap, unfortunately I have never seen them for sale anywhere in Canada, our loss I suppose.

[@geoffreyschmidt]

Thanks, Tim Thompson - another great video with really useful tips for stuff I always wanted to know but never could find a teacher

[@Peteslife]

Haha funny you posted this video, I just took my rubbish bin down and found a cheap tie down strap beside the road. Bit stiff but I will find a use for it. Free strap, no complaints here.

[@Peteslife]

Tim Thompson something else you could have added. Is spraying the ratchet with some wd 40 to wash out some of the dust etc. I see so many people struggling with old dry ratchets when they can simple spray them and have a good working ratchet and make the straps that little easier to use.

[@leannewarman6723]

You are half correct I putting half twist in your strap and stops vibrations, but it's illegal now and has been for lot of years now. So might be ok on private property, but not on main roads. Wrote from my hubby

[@FarmLearningTim]

Yep. It’s due an update!

[@ishtzavah]

Great video Tim! I use the first method you showed for securing the straps, definitely going to try the second. A short off-cut of lay-flat hose works great to protect the straps over sharp corners. 😉

[@danielzatkovich4659]

Fantastic! Thanks from Michigan in the US

[@ngrep]

Great work, nicely done.

[@gregangwin4714]

Excellent well explained content.

[@brayden-tucker-music]

Brilliant Tim! Thanks for sharing

[@anthony9thompson]

Love you vids. Perhaps you could do a video on using a ratchet strap the pull objects. I used one the other day to pull my ride on lawn mower out of a small muddy spot

[@38skippers]

Great info....I'm showing my son.

[@yeahtheboys5497]

Definitely appreciate the videos you publish. Great job on this one. Will definitely put it into practice. As someone who's been guilty of straps being dragged on the road. This is a sure way to stop that from happening ever again. Thanks!

[@bretdavisdmd]

awesome vid. glad I subscribed. why does the twist keep it from flapping in the breeze?

[@mrnickbrayton]

Super helpful! Thank you✌️💗

[@Mobijub]

Away from traffic, love that and know where you coming from. But in NSW, drivers here are too lazy to walk around their cars. I seen kids being unload against traffic, door wide opened. I was totally shocked when I first saw this when I came to NSW. Care factor zero as long it's easy. Thanks Tim for some common sense tips :)

[@icryostorm3727]

Fab tips Tim - oddly going to pickup 4 IBCs later this week - so will be both ratcheting and tying down. loved the loose end tip as thats a new one for me.

[@CraigAnge]

very informative, great video. thanks Mate.

[@fits1966]

This is a great demo mate everyone es needs to learn this

[@michaeltobin2014]

Good lesson Tim, I found the IBC cage a bit delicate for strap over and a lot safer if threaded thru on to the plastic drum, a pain but -

[@a191015]

Wow great tips Tim👍❤️it

[@idiotrulz]

I work with a truckie in sa that also drives alot in nsw, he says its illegal, or unsafe atleast to have your excess on the drivers side purely because if it flaps in the wind, its likely to hit passerbys or get caught on a load flying passed

[@mikeyboy2154]

Thanks Tim. Question from USA. What are the pants/trousers called? Classic Aussie farmer 👩‍🌾. Go with Blunstone boots?

[@FarmLearningTim]

They are Thomas Cook. Geez they should sponsor me eh?

[@user-pe4sx7ey3m]

The best by a mile ,the camra work on the strap a1

[@Hahehhwgajshah72726..]

Great tips

[@chrisdixon2313]

Absolutely awesome from the UK. 😀😀😀

[@laurancepene6541]

Great vid mate thanks for sharing

[@morrismahaley4208]

Great video. Thanks

[@Charles12509]

Thanks so much for all your tips.

[@Charles12509]

I just started managing a 600 acre beef ranch in Washington State in the USA. It’s all electric fence with broken wire all the time. Your videos have saved me...

[@barneyross4393]

I’ve used so many zip ties. Wish I had found this sooner haha

[@darrenstuart3232]

Great work thanks Tim. Just one question about this video please? Why didn't you add half a twist to the rachet side of the tie-down? Didn't realise adding half a twist would eleviate that vibration - excellent advice thanks mate!

[@FarmLearningTim]

The twist “spills” air, so does the ratchet. I’m told that in some states people are being fined for twisting the strap, the story being that the load rating is slightly decreased. although I have not seen anything where I’m from.

[@renerosas4165]

very useful video tim

[@jemkowhanganui7749]

Thanks Great video and very informative

[@michelleyoung5541]

wish I'd watched this before i overwound my straps lol. Do you have tips for hooking on the types that only have a simple hook (not the two piece hook that yours have?), Or, is the main tip, 'get new straps'? ty

[@FarmLearningTim]

Nah, you should be right. My orange straps which are my go-to straps don't have locking rings. I just hang them on the back!

[@mitchmcbride6053]

Awesome as always mate

[@FarmerCJA]

Great video, use all the same methods when strapping down a load. Got to be careful with the half twist to stop the vibration down here in Tassie transport blokes will fine you $160 per strap with a twist. The guy delivering our fertiliser got done for 10 straps once, expensive day out, couple of years ago now might have changed. Its all to do with vortex induced vibration (VIV) its a whole field of engineering study, learnt a bit about when doing my engineering degree. It the same reason that all the tall cooling towers/smoke stacks etc. have helical strakes on them. Keep up the videos.

[@angushalliday9228]

I'm a truck drive in nsw and qld. It is the same rule hear for the twist in the strap. They are not designed to have a twist and it weaken to down force the strap as on your load. Also not sure if you know the rating on the strap refers to the force load restrant the strap and aply to the load in the best best case scenario. The angle of the strapping plays a big role on the load force the strap can apply. All way if in doubt add more straps. A good read is the link below www.ntc.gov.au/codes-and-guidelines/load-restraint-guide

[@886014]

Mate you got any reference to either of those comments? I believe Vortex Induced Vibration is specifically WHY consistent cylindrical structures (think chimney etc) have fluting to modify the vortex shedding. ie effectively give the structure a "twist" to disrupt the vortices and prevent periodic oscillations. I'm currently doing my HR ticket and the National Transport Commission Load Restrain Guide specifically says that webbing straps can be given half a twist to "help prevent vibration and flapping" and they provide a diagram of a half twist.

[@886014]

@@FarmLearningTim G'day Tim, here's a link to that guide if you're interested. It has some pretty good stuff in it for securing loads, even if not doing a Hx vehicle licence. www.ntc.gov.au/sites/default/files/assets/files/Load-Restraint-Guide-2018.pdf page 170 is that reference. What you can't do is knot them up or twist them like crazy. My area of interest is ME and not civil engineering, but I'm definitely somewhat familiar with VIV. As Callum said, fluid dynamics is a whole subject in most engineering courses so it's not like a one liner to describe it. But if you look at most towers, masts, chimneys etc they will either be tapered or have spiral flutes up them. The latter are called helical strakes and act much like to twisting the strap; it disrupts the vortices so they're broken up into smaller ones and don't shed in one big vortex that coincides with the resonant frequency of the flexible structure. It's why guy wires etc howl like a banshee in certain winds. ... or why straps may wear prematurely if they're not given a half twist ;) Great channel BTW. Subscribed. Only watched a couple of videos so far but you gave some very good tips. Looking forward to learning more. Thanks!

[@FarmerCJA]

@@886014 No reference as such mate just what the driver told us when he arrived. I think Tim hit the nail on the head with it depends on interpretations, the transport people at the time may have simply had a hard stand on no twists or the driver could have had more than a half twist. Looking at the load restrain guide (looks a good resource) first thing it says about using webbing is "no knots or twists" then it says a "half turn may help to prevent...", only takes someone to read the first point and ignore the second to get someone in trouble. Don't get me wrong i would still put the twist in and you have a good reference should any one disagree with it being so clear in the diagram. 100% VIV is why, as you said, chimneys/cooling towers etc have the helical strakes (fluting) on them, you will see them everywhere once you know what they are for. Cheers.

[@xchrisxhx]

Regardless of the legality, why did you put a half twist on one side only? Where possible I put a twist on both sides to stop the vibration

[@Mike-vo8nk]

Hey Tim, Why don’t we put a have twist on the ratchet side of the load to stop the vibration? I have seen a few similar videos to this one and Noonan seems to explain why the half twist is needed on one side but not the other

[@FarmLearningTim]

Unfortunately I have heard from truckies that have been fined for having a half twist in the tie down as this technically decreases the load rate of the strap. Although a twist in the side opposing the ratchet stops vibration, advising people to do this could lead to them being fined in this country. Hope that makes sense.

[@harrywilliams5913]

@@FarmLearningTim Tim I hear what you are saying about law enforcement fining you about the reduction of strength due to the second half twist. The question I would ask the officer concern is where do you get the reduction in the SWL of the tie down and the degradation of the SWL. If manufactures are saying that the twist is not recommended then you can not even put the first half twist in the strap. The twist the way I see it is not different than a twist in a rope. If however you have a knot in the middle of a rope/strap that will reduce the SWL/tension on either. If the manufacturer has specifically said no twist we have no option, if we can twist, then like rigging a lift with a crane depending on the angle depends on SWL. Some law enforcement will try anything to get a ticket, or attitude adjust the member of the public. I wonder if the law will prosecute you if for some reason in todays car you go past another vehicle and the vibration noise startles them and have an accident due to the distraction. Food for thought. All in all great information and teaching. Thank you.

[@vsvnrg3263]

from talking to a mate who drove road trains in western australia, the heavy vehicle coppers always used to harass truckies about the twist. and the truckies always argued back. its probably only novice coppers pick on this now. as for the no-twist on the tensioner side, i'd suggest it isnt needed because it doesnt have a long uninterrupted length to vibrate and sing in the wind because of the tensioner and excess strapping. a big high load will probably need the twist on both sides.

[@michaelfrankland9760]

Hi just wondering if you have any safety tips for transporting these water tanks? I have a single cab Falcon ute with a load limit of 1250kg and I want to pick up and transport one of these 1000L IBC tanks full of water. I'm not finding much info on how to secure it, where to place the load in the tray and what to be careful of when transporting water like this? Any help is appreciated, cheers

[@FarmLearningTim]

G’day. Load limits sometimes include the weight of your tray. Careful. Never transport partially full tanks without baffling. Consult the RTA about load restraints for loads. They have fact sheets. It’s up to date and legally spot on. I would be reluctant to transport a full IBC on my Ute on the road.

[@sheepdogman1]

Excellent thank you Tim

[@djfdel]

Bloody brilliant.

[@bigviper64]

You are AMAZING!

[@markswisher1152]

Great information Thanks

[@kasimvahora2484]

Brilliant thank you 👏

[@MoneypitHomestead]

Very informational thank you for sharing

[@ehpunka]

Great vid

[@grounded7362]

Tim, where can a guy get straps like you use in this video?

[@FarmLearningTim]

Cheapies from Bunnings mate!

[@vsvnrg3263]

@@FarmLearningTim , the cheapies from bunnings are single use items. its interesting the north americans say they dont have access to these decent straps. what must they be using?

[@NanoMechs]

Why no half twist on the passenger side?

[@FarmLearningTim]

The weight of the ratchet stops vibration.

[@NanoMechs]

@@FarmLearningTim oh that makes sense! Thank you for your help!

[@nigelmchugh5541]

Very interesting Tim. Never saw a ratchet strap hook end with the keeper clip. Also never heard of a "shuttle". Called a "cube" or an "IBC" over here.

[@Adnamira]

Not sure if it's true, but I was told by truck driver that that they were being bombed by the road authorities for having a twist in the strap.

[@FarmLearningTim]

Yes in some states that is true

[@jacoby2877]

I thought you weren't allowed a twist in the strap ?

[@FarmLearningTim]

That’s true in some states now

[@robolox]

Thanks internet dad

[@mahanajerrysnr8730]

Awesum

[@XaviRonaldo0]

They're surprisingly cheap too. About $20 each

[@Daniel-px8uf]

10/10

[@graeme8755]

Tim I have washed your YT's for a number of years, and I have just released that did not address the half twist on the down side of the load. Also why would have strap of 4 metres plus in length. To me that is a waste of strap by the company who produced that tie down.

[@FarmLearningTim]

1: stops vibration (some police will fine truckies for doing it) 2: they are truck straps hence length. Can be cut and burned short if you want

[@davidpark7533]

Tom lets go home im hugrey