The 5 Best Ratchet Straps for Trucking Business

No matter you are operating the transportation company or a new driver of the flatbed trailer, how to choose the best tie down for the cargo is very important during transportation. But, there are so many types of different tie-downs on the market, cargo transportation regulations, and many other information provide suggestions to you, still hard to find out the best tie-down strap. Today, Webslingness can help you to solve this problem.

It’s already established by usage in the trucking industry that the ratchet straps are the most reliable tool to tie down the heavy load with the best tighten strength and security for the oversized loads you are hauling with. Our best heavy-duty ratchet straps: 3 inch heavy duty ratchet straps and 4 inch heavy duty ratchet straps bundle, hook to the rub rail or your trailer. These tie down straps provide enough pressure by using the ratchet mechanism so that the cargo can be held firmly at the back of the flatbed trailer. Using the high-quality ratchet straps can firmly secure your cargo and deliver them in a safe way.

Ratchet strap quality is very important for each flatbed hauler and using low-quality tie-down straps will cause damage and danger during transportation, no matter for the cargo or human. Low-grade ratchet straps with wire hooks, flat hooks, and S hooks will be damaged even you just use them one time. So, buying the best tie-down straps not means you need to pay more money, but means good performance with long service life and only a little more money than the low quality loading ratchet straps.

There are many types of ratchet straps in different sizes on the market and how do you know which is the best ratchet strap for the cargo you transport? In this blog, we will list the top 5 best heavy duty ratchet straps for the trucking business.

Remind

Before we talk about the 5 best ratchet tie down straps, we need to highlight that these straps are not the only tie down straps suitable for you, we still need to choose appropriate tie downs for specific cargo. So, keeping different types and sizes of ratchet tie down straps will be very helpful for your trucking business.

Here are two unique examples: retractable ratchet straps and cam buckle straps.

• Retractable Ratchet Straps

There’s one tie-down option become more and more popular in the trucking industry is retractable ratchet straps. This tie down strap is different from the original ratchet straps, you don’t need to waste to feed the strap into the ratcheting system and removing the slack of the webbing, the best retractable ratchet straps can be fixed on your truck and trailer and tightened automatically itself, improve the efficiency of cargo securement.

There is a button over there and you just push it, you can adjust the length of the webbing, the system making the tie down straps retractable.

Parameters of Retractable Ratchet Straps

Note: different sizes of retractable cargo straps can be customized

• Cam Buckle Tie Down Straps

If you need to transport light-weight cargo or fragile loads, ratchet strap isn’t your best choice. The best cam buckle straps will be your first choice for light cargo.

What makes cam buckle straps different from ratchet tie down straps? Is tighten strength, your fragile load will never be over-tightened, the strength you put on the light loads is determined by your hand, how much strength you are going to pull the slack of webbing through the cam buckle.

But, please do not misunderstand that cam buckle tie down strap is weak, this is a misconception. The cam buckle strap is still strong, just designed for different use. Nowadays, this light-weight cargo strap become more and more popular in the transportation industry.

Parameters of Cam Buckle Tie Down Straps

Note: size and strength can be customized

Ratchet Straps with Flat Hooks

We think the ratchet strap with flat hook is the best ratchet strap for the flatbed hauler because the flat hooks are available for all the flatbeds that just need to have the side rail to hook as the securement point. Webslingness provides flat hook ratchet straps with different ratchet handles, the most popular is the wide handle ratchet.

It’s worth mentioning that the flat hook provides additional strength on the way of driving and the flat hooks can be easily hooked into the side rail of the trailer, making the straps become the easy to use ratchet straps. The flat strap hooks provide extra securement for your cargo during transportation, even if the road is bumpy, the strap hook doesn’t move.

Ratchet straps with flat hooks are also very versatile for most tie down needs, plus the high quality, they become the best-selling ratchet straps in Webslingness.

Parameters of Ratchet Straps with Flat Hooks

Note: ratchet strap with hooks can be customized according to your different needs.

Ratchet Straps with Chain Extensions

Webslingness also provides chain anchor ratchet straps for flatbed hauler who is hauling heavy duty cargo or cargo with the sharp surface. Our chain anchor straps are the ideal cargo control straps for rough loads.

If you are hauling rough loads, even if you buy the best ratchet straps, still have the risk of tearing, the sharp surface plus the bumpy road, this is a very big challenge for transportation. So, you may consider using chain binders. But, in this way, it also decreases flexibility. So, this is why ratchet straps with chain extensions come in front of us, such chain hook straps solve both of the problems.

The chains are very durable to defend against sharp objects to protect webbing straps. The hook at the end of the chain is firmly secured at the anchor point without any movement. Such heavy duty end fitting provides extra strength to your high quality ratchet straps.

Parameter of Ratchet Straps with Chain Extensions

Note: The size of the ratchet straps with chain extensions can be customized

J hook ratchet straps

The J Hook ratchet straps are the common but best heavy duty ratchet straps that could load heavier loads, people also call them to ratchet straps with wire hooks. The J Hook end fitting is very strong to secure heavy loads.

In most cases, flatbed haulers need to transport the cargo in long distances, so they need more tie down straps than short distance transport drivers, the j hook ratchet strap is the most valuable ratchet strap for them. J Hook or wire hooks is made of zinc-coated steel and strap webbing is made of durable polyester webbing. The flatbed trailer may drive through the rough road and under bad weather, so this is really important why long distance drivers need best tie-down straps to make their all job done.

The polyester webbing is reliable and strong, with the help of ratchet mechanism, the ratchet straps secure the loads tightly, plus the color of our ratchet straps and wire hooks are in yellow, even in an environment where visibility is not very high, they are still very obvious.

The double wire hooks are strong and well-matched with O-ring, D-ring and other tie down anchor points, it is almost compatible with all the flatbed trailers. The connection point hooked by the wire hook is very strong, you don’t have to worry about the hook coming off.

Parameter of J hook ratchet straps

Note: Size and color can be customized

Lasso Straps

Lasso ratchet straps are commonly used in warp around the tire or through the wheel rim, they are the specific easy to use tie down straps for hauling cars on the flatbed trailer and are durable to withstand bad weather conditions. With the character of the polyester webbing, even if you tie down the heavy load, it’s hard to stretch.

Car hauler lasso straps prevent the car from inclining while meeting the sudden stop or sharp turn. With the support of lasso tie down straps, the car on your flatbed trailer can be firmly secured and arrive the destination safely.

Lasso tire straps are the most appropriate tie downs for hauling cars because they built extremely firm securement point for each tire and this strap almost fit any size of car wheel.

Parameters of Lasso Straps

Note: Size and Color and End Fitting can be customized

4 inch Winch Strap with Flat Hook

If you are an experienced trucker, you will know it is hard to prepare all the tie downs for all the cargo you will transport. Always for a new driver, they normally keep some light weight ratchet straps, easy to use ratchet straps in hand, and do not consider the weight and length of the loads they may hauling.

Ratchet strap is the consumable and the best ratchet straps should be made of heavy duty polyester webbing and with the best wear resistance and lowest stretch. The webbing width decides how much weight the strap can hold.

Our 4 inch ratchet straps with flat hook have length of 20ft, 25ft, 27ft, 30ft, 40ft, and 50ft on the market to meet different needs of the flatbed hauler to tie down the different lengths of the load. Sometimes your load may be very tall or stacked several layers, so you need longer ratchet straps to reach to the securement point.

Having the extra length with the maximum working load limit is very necessary for long distance hauler who transport taller, longer, and heavier loads. When we talked about the best tie down straps, it is always related to the working load limit of the straps. Definitely, the 4 inch ratchet straps provides the strongest strength and security, and the length can be customized.

Parameter of 4 inch Winch Strap with Flat Hook

The above 5 ratchet straps we list are the frequently used tie down straps in the trucking market, but still have other types and sizes of straps we made for different applications. It is not possible for you to prepare all types of tie downs at the beginning of your business, so this is a process of growth. But, ratchet strap must be the best cargo control tool for any trucking fleet or flatbed hauler.

Not sure which types of tie down straps are best for you? Do not hesitate to give us a call or send us an email, our expert will help you to find out the best heavy-duty ratchet straps.