Comparing Ratchet Strap Threading Techniques

in front of the ratchet deal here as I'm pulling my slack out of it all this one's got is that's about it first and then you can just pull this until you get it tight mm-hmm and then that's it I guess that's this all I've done it I got never I'm really doing it another way okay I can keep everything tight you know so I've seen that done but the reason I don't like doing it like this is because it limits how much you can tighten because now you've got double the cord in place and it's less forgiving so you've got to have it pretty tight before you start actually ratcheting it or you gotta release everything once you get everything tight release it pull your slack again yeah and then tie it wrapped it again oh yeah I know here's how I do it right one thing to keep in mind is that dirt and dust can affect the performance of a ratchet strap and I wanted to find out from the simple strap guys how their product would hold up under working conditions so the guys that invented it showed me so a lot of people ask me if it works dirty or dusty and the answer is yes [Music] so when I start all over with a fresh piece I feed it from the front I call this the front okay I feed it from the front pull it straight through the back and then I try to keep it super duper simple for these guys so here's one of the problems that you can experience when you're feeding it through if you feed it through and there's a curl in the line like this if you force that curl through like I'm doing right now you're gonna jam this up so now I forced the curl through and you can see where this is going to lead to problems so you got to start all over again right so once I get it basically through the