Best ratchet straps?

Best ratchet straps?

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tharriso

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108 posts

125 months

Friday 23rd September 2016
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Just started trailering my car to track days. The wheel straps that came with the trailer are a bit cheap quality and clunky.

I think this is one of those areas where its best to buy the best, as fiddling with crap ratchets in the cold and wet is no fun!

So what is the best?

QBee

20,980 posts

144 months

Friday 23rd September 2016
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Search around on Ebay. Cost will be £30-£50 for the set.
You need 50mm wide straps, set of 4, and with the ties that tie the strap across the front of the wheel, so each strap has three parts - the part with the ratchet handle, the long strap with a hook on the end, and the tie, so that when you have them on the car, the strap goes behind the wheel and the tie goes in front of it, the end result looking something like this



Avoid lorry tie down straps, they are too long (8-10 metres) and don't have the middle tie, and 25mm straps.
You want straps that are about 4-5 metres long - the ones in the photo are 4 metres and there's plenty of spare strap.

Edited by QBee on Friday 23 September 16:11


Edited by QBee on Friday 23 September 16:36

QBee

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Friday 23rd September 2016
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55palfers

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