Ayresys Workshop Thread :)

[gemsdad]

look at the size of the ratchets, them are light weight ones 2". 3'' or 4'' are in the load tie down range for that tractor size

so if they are 3 ton rated,there are 4 of them.that 12 ton overall.you reckon the tractor is 6 ton.so no probs is there.

 

[Thor1950]

the thing is thor just posts stuff without thinking about it.he must think it will be doing a long trip strapped like that.like you say it will be going to a farm up the road probably.

how far does it take for a accident to happen on your roads?

 

[flat]

I dont reckon they are lightweight ones, compare them to the size of the tread and other bit - I reckon 2 or 3 inch

 

[gemsdad]

how far does it take for a accident to happen on your roads?

ha ha.it is being towed by a low speed tractor.

 

[200tdi ayre]

That has to be a 6-7(or bit more) ton tractor? them straps don't look to be rated for that?

Each strap is rated to over 4 tonne, it was in gear, handbrake on, loader pushed onto the trailer, it didn't move an inch. All of the transport guys use less straps than I do and I've never seen a tractor arrive using chains so I think if the professionals use less than I do I'm perfectly safe thank you. I know what I'm doing.

 

[200tdi ayre]

ha ha.it is being towed by a low speed tractor.

20mph ... Not like I'm tanking down the motorway at 60 :doh:

 

[gemsdad]

Each strap is rated to over 4 tonne, it was in gear, handbrake on, loader pushed onto the trailer, it didn't move an inch. All of the transport guys use less straps than I do and I've never seen a tractor arrive using chains so I think if the professionals use less than I do I'm perfectly safe thank you. I know what I'm doing.

glad you put him straight ayresy.

 

[gemsdad]

20mph ... Not like I'm tanking down the motorway at 60 :doh:

eggzackerly.

 

[Thor1950]

Each strap is rated to over 4 tonne, it was in gear, handbrake on, loader pushed onto the trailer, it didn't move an inch. All of the transport guys use less straps than I do and I've never seen a tractor arrive using chains so I think if the professionals use less than I do I'm perfectly safe thank you. I know what I'm doing.

Here chains are the normal on equipment etc very few use straps to fasten loads. Never said you didn't know what you were doing. Just asked you question was all. Then another jumps in and starts a row

 

[gemsdad]

Here chains are the normal on equipment etc very few use straps to fasten loads. Never said you didn't know what you were doing. Just asked you question was all. Then another jumps in and starts a row

who started a row???.you say things you have NO KNOWLEDGE about.stick to things you do know about.that is very little as you have tried to demonstrate on here many times.:doh::doh:

 

[3.5 efi]

Each strap is rated to over 4 tonne, it was in gear, handbrake on, loader pushed onto the trailer, it didn't move an inch. All of the transport guys use less straps than I do and I've never seen a tractor arrive using chains so I think if the professionals use less than I do I'm perfectly safe thank you. I know what I'm doing.

swl of a ratchet strap is half it's rated load. appreciate you're only doing 20mph ish up the road but you might as well fit no straps. if for whatever reason that thing decides it's going to move them straps will snap like shoelaces.

 

[Grit Valve]

Hey thor sitting my garden !
Don't use straps huh!

 

[200tdi ayre]

ha ha.it is being towed by a low speed tractor.

glad you put him straight ayresy.

Most are tied down on lorries by putting a strap over the back of one tyre, across the back and I've the top of the other then tie down at angles on both sides then the same at the front and that's it. And they do 56mph for a lot greater distances than I'm doing. TBH the weight of the tractor itself provides enough traction to stop it moving. I could have done it without straps but they're there for safety.

 

[jamesmartin]

Here chains are the normal on equipment etc very few use straps to fasten loads. Never said you didn't know what you were doing. Just asked you question was all. Then another jumps in and starts a row

chains are allways used our way

 

[gemsdad]

swl of a ratchet strap is half it's rated load. appreciate you're only doing 20mph ish up the road but you might as well fit no straps. if for whatever reason that thing decides it's going to move them straps will snap like shoelaces.

that is still a safe load then because it is only 6 ton,or so thor thinks??.so still 8 ton rating.

 

[200tdi ayre]

swl of a ratchet strap is half it's rated load. appreciate you're only doing 20mph ish up the road but you might as well fit no straps. if for whatever reason that thing decides it's going to move them straps will snap like shoelaces.

There is almost no circumstance where this would move, the only possible thing would be being hit head on by a truck at quite a speed, and then I think I've got bigger problems

 

[gemsdad]

There is almost no circumstance where this would move, the only possible thing would be being hit head on by a truck at quite a speed, and then I think I've got bigger problems

how far was it being moved?

 

[3.5 efi]

that is still a safe load then because it is only 6 ton,or so thor thinks??.so still 8 ton rating.

we're looking at it differently. the tractor would stay on the trailer without the straps.

 

[200tdi ayre]

how far was it being moved?

15 miles ish most of it at about 15mph

 

[3.5 efi]

There is almost no circumstance where this would move, the only possible thing would be being hit head on by a truck at quite a speed, and then I think I've got bigger problems

I totally agree.