Assessing Ratchet Strap Wear and Exploring Alternatives

in tension doesn't going things to be aware of there's a time and a place when you ratchet is done as soon as you get a free like this your ratchet is done unfortunately your strap is once it creates a fray like this throw it out because it's no longer functioning it's no longer secure and that's what I'm using it I mean you can still use it you just can't use it for anything critical I think what do you use it to tie this my ladders okay just all right being really I'm sorry down to little more is there anything so let's look at a couple other options that we have this one is the quick loader I believe this one's called a quick loader the unit loader and the beautiful thing about this is it pulls automatically tensions back and this may not seem like a big deal but when you're a one-man operation you can hook this up or something and then that will stay secure and you can pull it and then it will automatically takes the slack out for you so it it does the set of the first step that we were talking about and then you just tighten it up okay and we've used these for years beautiful system great for one-man operations a bad part about this system is it's got a spring inside here and that bring get shot after six months to about a year of use and heavy use and heavy abuse you can plan on tossing these out but for the average person that's running this thing it's also got a release just like your your other set up so you can let the slack out and you're good to go so this is the unit loader by cutting clip loader my favorite strap on the market as far as ratchet straps go is the shock strap so this is the shock strap with the built-in shock absorber in it this shock absorber helps take keep the tension on this has been the best strap that I've discovered for actually keeping your loads as secure and tight when you leave and what as when you get there is when you leave these things are they work flawlessly heavy-duty here's one of the things that I've learned is a lot of times guys will have their loads come loose yeah right so they get to the they get to where they're going and like why is this why is a strap so loose it's in the webbing of the actual strap itself so this webbing tends to stretch and when you've got one of the other straps we have any one that your strap there Frankie the webbing on a cheap strap is made with cheap materials and this rebel French up to 40 percent and from this point you