Lasso Straps 101: A Comprehensive Overview for Beginners
Transport vehicles are always a special and important project among all the business of transportation, because of high profit and high difficulty. In the last few decades, there are various securing ways to protect the vehicle and until now, there’s one strap become more and more popular, that’s the lasso strap. Let’s take a look at this blog, you will get to know everything about lasso straps.
What is automotive lasso tie down straps?
Automotive lasso tie-down straps are the straps that are designed for securing the vehicles with their wheels and these lasso ratchet straps fit for different kinds of vehicles, such as motorcycles, ATVs, UTVs, Golf carts, and other common vehicles types on the market. Our 2 inch lasso straps are made from durable and heavy-duty 2-inch polyester webbing, providing enough strength with a little stretch, because of the features of polyester fabric. This ensures your vehicle is safe during transportation.
If the vehicle can not be firmly secured, the situation will be very dangerous and may hurt the other motorists on the road or direct economic losses. You can prevent this happen by using at least 4 different straps at 4 different securement points. By securing at 4 different securement points, even there is one of the straps breaks during transportation, the vehicle still can be firmly fixed in place. 4 securement points also help to well-balance the strength during transportation and prevent shifting.
You can always see the 2 inch lasso tire straps go with the O ring end fittings, this is durable and heavy duty and widely used by the transportation company who are transporting the vehicle a lot. This is also because our lasso wheel straps are fit for different models of vehicles from different brands, such as Chevrolet, Dodge, Chrysler, Ford, Toyota, Tesla, Honda, Nissan, Subaru, etc.
Before tying down the vehicle, you need to go to the manufacturer’s website to check the weight of your vehicle and then go back to check the label on your lasso car straps, the working load limit or the assembly working load limit must be safe enough to transport the vehicle you are going to transit. Please note, never choose the strap that is meet or less than the weight of the vehicle, this would be very dangerous. If you do not fully understand the working load limit, you may click here.
How to use lasso straps?
- Use the long end of the lasso strap with O ring and go around the outer left and right side of the tire.
- Connect the short end of the ratchet strap to a securement point.
- Through the long end into the ratchet and start ratcheting until your desired tightness. Please be attention that does not over tighten the strap.
- After 4 straps are ready, you may drive one mile to see if the straps are still tightened. We suggest you develop a good habit that you need to stop your trailer and check if the strap is still secured after every 70 miles or every hour.
How to release lasso straps?
Before releasing the lasso strap, you need to check if the parking brake of the vehicle is on. This is very important to avoid the vehicle rolling forward or backward to cause any unnecessary danger.
- Make the ratchet completely open and this will allow you to remove the webbing that is around the vehicle wheel.
- Pull out the webbing on the tire and be careful that don’t let the rim rub on the strap and also don’t scratch the vehicle paint.
- Once the strap is removed, you will need to store them. The important points to store the lasso straps with O ring are to store them in a place that has no direct sunlight and is away from the sharp edges.
FAQ about lasso strap
Will lasso straps damage the tire of the vehicle?
It is almost impossible that the strap will damage the tire or the rim unless you over-tighten the strap. But, if you are particularly concerned about if the strap will hurt the rim, you can place the lasso strap through the outside tire instead of through the rim. Even if you transport the vehicle on the open trailer and move in the wind, this may only cause a micro scratch on the wheel.
What colors do you have on your lasso strap?
The main colors that are used in the market, such as blue, yellow, orange, black, olive, and camo. We also can customize other colors according to your request.
What lengths of lasso straps do you have?
The length of lasso straps we mainly supply to our customers are 8 feet, 10 feet, 12 feet, 14 feet, 16 feet, and 40 feet. As one of the leading manufacturers of quality tie down straps, we can custom made any length according to your specific request. You can give us a Call or Whatsapp us at (0086) 1505 1705 238 or send your detailed request by our online form below, our experts are looking forward to helping to make the perfect straps for you.
Can your straps be secured around the rim of the wheel?
Yes, this depends on you. Our lasso tie down straps can secure outside of the wheel or through the rim.
Do Cordura Sleeves make the lasso strap longer service life?
Yes, a webbing protector sleeve can protect the webbing if there are sharp edges on your cargo. Normally, the weakest part of the strap is the webbing. Sometimes, when the webbing is broken, the hardware is still working. So, the protective sleeve will make the webbing more durable.
What’s the material and size of webbing you use to make the lasso straps?
We use polyester webbing to make the lasso strap and the main size are 2 inches. This material is durable and has great strength with less stretch.
What’s the application of the lasso strap?
Almost for all normal sizes of vehicles on the market, you only need to follow our instructions that you need to tie down the vehicle with at least 4 straps at 4 different securement points.
