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.
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.
how far does it take for a accident to happen on your roads?
200tdi ayre
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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
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ha ha.it is being towed by a low speed tractor.
20mph ... Not like I'm tanking down the motorway at 60 :doh:
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
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
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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
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Hey thor sitting my garden !
Don't use straps huh!
Don't use straps huh!
200tdi ayre
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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
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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
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that is still a safe load then because it is only 6 ton,or so thor thinks??.so still 8 ton rating.
200tdi ayre
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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
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
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we're looking at it differently. the tractor would stay on the trailer without the straps.
200tdi ayre
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15 miles ish most of it at about 15mph
3.5 efi
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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.
