Tie Down strap storage and usage

[bmwtinut]

Just wondering if anyone has come up with any clever ways to store their ratcheting tie downs. Any clever ways to keep the extra length of strap wound out and out of the way, yet easily extended to get the length needed.

I bought a couple of 4 packs at BJ wholesale over the summer for attaching stuff to the roof rack ect. The only issue is that the strap is like 50 feet long. I don't want to cut it, guaranteed that it will be too short when I want to use it. Now if what I want to hold down is small then I have all this extra strapping to deal with. pain in the but. I did have a large rubber band holding the extra but have to re-roll the extra every time.

Just throwing this out there. I am sure I can come up with something. Wonder what others have done.

 

[Red Green]

I rolled the extra and put a zip tie on it. The zip tie was the style that had that tab to release it.

 

[49tandc]

You can also use some solder wire as a wrap. Easily removed & reused. I keep my straps in a ziplock baggie in the truck box. If they are out & loose, they tent ot get tangled up in EVERYTHING.

49T&C

 

[usmc_noma]

i just roll them up and throw them into an ammo can.

 

[Danglerb]

Don't use rubber bands they rot after a few months exposure to the air. I have a big canvas bag, about to get a bigger one, and I keep all my "rigging gear" in it. Ratcheting tie downs, chains, hooks, sets of nuts and bolts, some red rags, a few pieces of card board, and an old pair of leather gloves.

Straps I roll up over the palm of my hand for short ones, or palm/elbow for long ones and then fold if needed to just fit into the S hook on the end. It doesn't hold it 'well', but inside the bag its sufficient to keep from making a mess, and the bag is big enough that if I am in a hurry I can jam everything into it and sort it out later. The confined space keeps stuff from getting tangled.

When I get the bigger heavier bag, the old one will get stuck inside it for grabbing out a few items for smaller loads.

 

[mkdive]

i just roll them up and throw them into an ammo can.

Same here...I keep an ammo can for bungee cords and one for tie downs in my garage on the shelves. In the truck I keep a couple cords and tie downs stashed under the rear seat in my super crew for the unexpected times when I might need them.

 

[rsanter]

in a previous truck that was a standard cab, the back of the seat was open.
I used to hook to the frame of the seat and pull a slight tension on it ot hold the strap.

now I just throw them under the back seat

bob

 

[Mr_fixit]

roll em up and use very thin tywraps to hold them together. When you need them , you can break the tywrap with your hand.

 

[jjkrjh]

I got tired of hauling mine around all the time. They were in a constant knot, or just in the way. Decided to just leave them in the garage until needed. Wally world has these. They work well and when straps are needed they aren't in a knot. ----around $10 and work for clamps, ect. Found them in the auto section.

 

[mrb]

use a zipper pouch, like what the bank gives you for deposits.

 

[ihredo4]

For mine I take the strap off the ratchet end and roll each of them up seperately. I then take a piece of electrical tape and wrap it around them to keep them from unwrapping. In one ammo box I can keep 10 16' straps plus a dozen bungee cords and a roll of tape.

 

[bmwtinut]

I got tired of hauling mine around all the time. They were in a constant knot, or just in the way. Decided to just leave them in the garage until needed. Wally world has these. They work well and when straps are needed they aren't in a knot. ----around $10 and work for clamps, ect. Found them in the auto section.

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Worked as the main new product development engineer there for almost 4 years. Was a cool job until they let me go for no good reason. Worked on 100 and 100's of products. Won't buy anything from them. Now back to our regular scheduled discussion.......

 

[NAYLOR]

I wrap mine up and keep 'em together with painter's tape. The tape holds well and doesn't leave a residue. I use tie wraps for the tag ends when my straps are in service.

 

[srmofo]

mine are just wound up and stuffed in a canvas bag along with all the "other" tie down stuff. HF sells a few different size bags that are perfect for this.

If yours are too long, then I suggest just buying some shorter ones for small stuff. Its alot easier in the end

 

[Jbullfrog]

I use 2" straps and learned like what truckers had before spool ratchets became standard. You simply fold the strap into 12-14 inch loops, slip the stack under the ratchet handle, and lock it down.

As for the 1" straps in the pickup, I loop them the same way and wrap them with a velcro tie strap.

 

[Mattlt]

Depends on the application, but I have two methods. To keep one or two in the truck, I put them in a zipper bag or similar. I pick up lots of different kinds of duffel bags, backpacks, shaving kits, and dare I say purses, at garage sales. Rarely spend more than a quarter. ( I find these bags useful for storing other tools as well, for example I keep my nutdrivers in a shaving kit-type bag. Keeps them all in one place. )

My other method is a cat litter pail with a lid, found at the local recycling place. It's probably about a 2.5 gallon pail. I keep it as kind of a rigging tool box as someone else mentioned; I grab it when I think I might need it.


Oh, and if you're looking for ways to store these things in the garage, how about an old towel bar hanging on the wall? Just hang one end of the strap to the bar and let the rest hang down. Works for bungee cords too.

 

[battmain]

I use the OEM plastic packaging to store them on a pegboard. Placing them back in the package requires a little extra effort after removing them from the truck/object, but that is usually during clean up time. Sometimes they sit in a pile on the garage floor until I get around to fixing them properly.

 

[GeorgiaHybrid]

I just use Velcro cable ties that are about 9" long. Just wrap around each strap and store all of them in a zippered bag that goes behind the truck seat. The excess is folded and the Velcro tie is use to hold them together and the bundle is tucked in somewhere.

 

[Mattlt]

Just saw this in Successful Farming magazine... Roll up the tie strap and hold it together with a PTO pin. Works best on 2" wide straps.

These pins are used to hold a PTO shaft onto a tractor. They are available at any farm supply store (TSC, Fleet Supply, etc.) and some good hardware stores.

 

[BWS]

Mine are in special,high performance,Billet,cardoard boxes...........just roll them and keep on the lookout for cardboard boxes that fit them.....cpl wraps 'round bx with duc tape keeps m from blowin out.BW