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Securing a Ladder with Simple Strap

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What happens here

The presenter demonstrates securing a wooden ladder onto a truck's roof rack using a red 'Simple Strap'. He wraps the strap around the ladder and the roof rack, then tucks the end into itself to create a tight friction hold, finishing with a half hitch knot for extra security. He also shows how easy it is to quickly release the strap by pulling the end of the half hitch.

Goal: Demonstrate quick and easy securing of items with the Simple Strap.

Tools and materials

  • Simple Strap Simple Strap — To tie down the ladder
  • Truck with Roof Rack Toyota Tundra — The vehicle and mounting point for the ladder
  • Wooden Ladder — The item being secured

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that's a product called simple strap the first time I seen the simple strap I didn't really know what to think of it so instead I'm just gonna show you what it can do and let you form your own opinion we're gonna finish it with a half hitch so if you guys are taking your ladders off every day all day half hitch here you pull this it comes undone with a half hitch there do you want to do the half hitch I want to show these guys how easy it comes on sure so when you do the half hitch since I did a half hitch here when you pull it comes undone it doesn't scrape it doesn't scratch here's the half hitch down on this side so I left the half hitch like the tail here let's give it a tug comes undone simple reusable - yeah so you can use this all day all week all month over and over again and the reason we're bringing this

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