The 9 Frequently Asked Questions about Car Trailer Tie Downs

How Much The Car Trailer Tie Down Stretches?

The material of car trailer tie down is polyester webbing and the blends stretch 3% of the total length of the webbing. This is very small data compared with the nylon material, but we still suggest you recheck the tightness of the car tie down, if you found the strap is loose, you need to ratchet the handle to tighten it. You may check the tightness for around every 50 miles, meanwhile, you can also check if there are any damages on the car trailer straps.

When and What to Inspect the car trailer tie down straps damage?

The safest way to inspect the quality of the car trailer tie down straps is before and after use Because each use will occur intangible or tangible loss to the tie down webbing and hardware. If you notice any wear, thinning, mildew, burns, or severe discoloration, please do not use the car tie downs anymore and find a replacement for them or use the new one, because these unsafe factors will cause a lot of potential dangers.

How to Extend the Lifespan of Tie Down Straps for Car Trailer?

Store the car trailer tie-down straps properly is also very important to extend the lifespan of the strap. Please do not mess up the trailer car tie down straps and throw them into your trailer and wait for your next use, you should roll the strap webbing around the ratchet neatly and bundle it with the elastic bungee cord, and then put it into the bag or somewhere is clean, cool and dry. Please leave your car trailer ratchet straps away from the sharp edge or sharp things.

How to Choose the Proper Vehicle Tie-down Strap to Ensure My Car Been Safely Secured?

The first step you need to do is finding out the weight of your vehicle, you can check this information on the door of your car or instruction book. Then you need to find out the car tie-down straps rated for the weight of your vehicle. There should be the working load limit (WLL) marked on the tag on each tie-down straps for the car. Your vehicle weight must be within the range of the WLL, then you can buy at least 4 tie down straps to ensure your car can be safely secured.

Does Bad Weather Affect My Car Hauling Tie Down Straps?

For this question, definitely yes. As we know, the material of the car strap is polyester, so we don’t need to worry about its water absorption, much worse than nylon. But the stretch of polyester blends is 3% of the entire length of the webbing, when you meet the heavy winds, the strap webbing must be stretched, plus the moving during transportation, your car hauling tie-down strap must loose, so you need to check the tightness of your tie down straps frequently to see if any loosen and damage.

What’s the Difference Between Car Straps and Versatile Tie-down Straps?

Car Straps is designed specifically for tie down vehicles and the hooks and hardware are also especially for car straps, such as D ring, O ring, snap hook, Cordura Sleeve. But the versatile tie down strap is more customizable, these tie down straps can be custom-made to fit different applications, you can choose different combinations of strap webbing and hardware to meet your customer’s requirements. If you want to custom straps, Webslingness must be your best choice. You can contact us by email: info@webslingness.com or Call /WhatsApp us at (0086) 1505 1715 196.

What’s the Difference Between Tow Strap and Car Hauler Ratchet Straps?

The tow strap is designed to tow the vehicle from place A to place B, but the car hauler ratchet strap is designed for securing cars/vehicles on a trailer or flatbed. So, they are made for different applications.

How to Buy The Best Car Tie Down Straps?

No matter you are an individual consumer or auto supply shop or professional fleet that transports vehicles, you always want to get the best car tie down straps to support your business. The best car hauler tie down straps should be the ones rated for your vehicle weight. But the Cordura sleeve is very popular in their vehicle transport business since car ratchet tie down straps will be wear and tear by the sharp edge or sharp corner, but if you add one more layer of Cordura Sleeve, your car tie down strap will extend the service life by the protecting layer. So, although you need to buy one more layer for tie down strap, meanwhile, you are saving cost.

How many Car Tie Down Straps Do I Need to Secure the Car?

First, the weight of your car should be within the working load limit of the car tie down straps, then we suggest you need to use at least 4 trailer tie down straps for cars to balance the weight of your vehicle. For heavier vehicles, you can choose 8 car hauling tie downs to make the weight more evenly distributed.