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When people talk about Truck tie down , they probably are talking about totally different things depends on the context, for instance, ratchet straps for truck are definetely 2” and 10000lbs tie down while ratchets for pick up will be 1” and 500lbs tie down, we’re only going to discuss about truck tie downs here, specifically, we are going to talk about flat bed truck this time.

People can and will put all kinds of different loads on their trailers , or they have no choice some times , they will need all kinds of different tie downs to get the job done.

Talking about flat bed trucks, quite some of the flat beds come with winches installed, or you can install by yourself at a later time, then you can use winch strap to do the job .

Slide in winch and winch strap are most popular tie down devices for flat beds . When you work with truck winches and winch straps, there is one thing you can’t live without: winch bar, these steel bars are required for your job, so get one if you don’t already have one.

Some flat beds come with winches installed, not all trailers have winches installed . When the flat bed have the winches installed, we can use winch tie down straps to tie down loads on the trailer , usually we tie down steel coils, concrete pipes, skids, anything that not too heavy for the 5400lbs working load limit . Winch straps usually come with flat hooks, because we usually hook the straps on the edge of the flat bed , of course the wire hook can be used too. We can find 2” and 4” truck winches and 2” and 4” winch tie downs, depends on different applications , the length of strap can be 20′, 25′, 27′, 30′, 35′, 40′ or more than 50 feet.

Of  course we just can’t leave out the most used tie down device, ratchet strap . What we call ratchet straps are actually assemblies, the ratchet buckles with short straps, one foot or longer, and the long straps, 6 feet or longer.

Ratchet tie downs are most used tie down devices because of their capability , you can put them almost anywhere when it’s applicable. The ending comes with quite some varieties, flat hooks, double J hooks , chain extensions, snap hooks, endless and more. And it’s width can be 1” to 4”, length can be a few feet to more than 50 feet . On 18 wheelers ratchet tie downs are the most popular tie down devices for truckers , those flat bed trucks without winches installed will figure that ratchet straps are pretty important .

To acquire these tie down straps, you have the choice between local stores and online retailers , depends on your needs , sometimes buy them locally is a better choice , sometimes online sales are much better.