Tie downs and strap storage

[TheClaw]

My tiedowns and straps are always a tangled mess. What ideas or pics do you have?



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[Snip]

Cant remember where I saw it, might even been here? But I now roll them end over end, straps flat and cut a 4-5" section out of an old sock and slide over it, holds everything nice and tight. No more birds nests.

 

[teamextreme]

Here's what I did.

 

[Moosefire]

No pic but my buddies dad has each one rolled over on itself and put in a ziplock sandwich baggie. Keeps them from getting tangled and the ratchet is always with a tail!

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[sublime68charger]

Roll them up hook them to them selves then hang from a yard stick I have hung on wall.

for ones that won't hook to hang, when kids was little and got new toys with wire ties hold toy to cardboard I saved those wire ties and use them to tie up rolled up strap.

 

[Red 17]

Rolled up and in containers in the truck. Usually.

 

[ZRX61]

Rolled up & stored in ziplock bags

 

[bri_man57]

Sort of the same as mossefire, I still just hang them but I take the non ratchet side (or non pull side) and hook it into the loop of the ratchet sides hook, and hang from the ratchet sides hook. This way, when you grab one, you just grab any hook you want and you get the whole tie down. The bottoms don't tangle and it's quick and easy.

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[derkperk]

I roll them up nicely and use the big rubber bands you get with broccoli to keep them together. Then stack them in a cupboard.


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[matt_i]

Rolled up & stored in ziplock bags

I do the same, have some heavy thickness bags that are a little better than the sandwich bags.

The "big" 2" wide straps I sort by J-hook or Flat-hook and roll these up and place in plastic tote bins.

Chains and binders are in a drawer.

The broccoli bands seem to disintegrate in about 6 months, not sure if that's my environment but I had it pegged at the band material is bare-minimum to get the original job done.

 

[Tbender78]

I eventually got sick of the constant tangled mess. I now make a point to roll the straps up and secure with a few wraps of electrical tape and keep in a gear bag in my truck. I even keep a spare roll of tape in the bag. Only takes a minute to roll up and store after each use.

 

[mike93lx]

I always take the time to roll them back up when I get home.

For my small ones, I keep a set of two ratchets and two straps bundled with a velcro strap all together. I pretty much always use them in pairs, so this works well. The big straps are just rolled individually.

Most are in a small plastic toolbox on the tongue of my trailer. I also keep 4 light duty straps in a ziploc bag under the seat of my car in case I have something on the roof rack.

Keeping them rolled and neat is the key

 

[gtae07]

I roll up the long part and store them in the little pockets on the rear suicide doors (short cab F150). I think I have two or three straps in each one. I think I have another set still in the retail package in the toolbox just in case.

 

[Black300zx]

I had an unused Milwaukee Packout case that came with a drill/impact driver combo that I bought. I grabbed some of the reusable velcro ties wraps (Like these), rolled each one end-over-end, the put a tie-wrapped each and put them in the packout case.

Fits nicely under the back bench seat of my F150 and keeps them neat as long as I force myself to not be lazy and put them back properly. I have 7 or 8 light-duty ratchet straps, 7 or 8 cambuckle straps, some bungees and a one 3000lb ratchet strap stowed in there.

 

[bugnut]

Rolled up and secured with one of these

 

[brownbagg]

i keep mine in the pickup

 

[PhantomEB]

4 3”er deals and 4 1”ers, stay in a little duffle bag underneath the back seat of the truck as it’s the only thing I gonna use for hauling my **** around. The extras are taped up sitting in the camping cupboard.

 

[WunTon]

I roll mine and then zip tie them to keep them together for the less used ones and then the ones that are kept in the vehicles for the un planned uses I'm still resorting to untangling the mess after they come out of the storage bag.

 

[ZX3ST]

I roll mine up and wrap with a "tarp bungie" or "ball bungie". Then I just store them in a large zippered tool bag.

Quick, reuseable, and as a bonus the bungie works great to tie up the loose ends of the straps when they're in use. I think I paid $10 at Wal-Mart for enough bungies to do my whole strap collection.

 

[Bogie1632]

I just use double sided velcro. The cheap stuff from the big box stores or HF works great. Keeps straps rolled up, ready and secured loose when in use.

I've used small bungee cords, wire, plastic wrap, plastic baggies, and all sorts of other tricks. Velcro seems to work best for me. I have a homemade, oversize tongue box with a couple flat stock bars mounted inside to hang all my straps and cords when not in use. Secured, organized, and easy to reach when needed.

V/R
Bogie

 

[CN Spots]

Rolled up and secured with one of these

Ditto.

I have an old Ryobi tool bag that I keep them in.

 

[Ilikeike]

I made a kind of towel rack in my garage with some round stock, I hang them all there.

 

[ezover]

have to try the baggie ideal, zip ties work until you don't have any on hand.

electric tape mite be a good option.

 

[Bert_]

Keep a couple in every truck. Behind the seat works fine.

 

[LS6 Tommy]

The cheepo ones I got at BJ's Wholesale have built in Velcro wraps, so you just roll them and wrap the Velcro around it. What I need to do is figure a cool way to hang/store them in the garage. I'll probably just put them on nails on a joist. My bungee cords are in the plastic jug they came in.



Tommy

 

[p00p]

I roll them up & stuff them in can koozies. Serves two purposes when recovering someone from a ditch & it's hot out.

 

[Hephaestus29]

I’ve been rolling mine up and putting
electrical tape around mine.
Velcro sounds good though.

 

[Dustball]

Short sections of 2"x3" vinyl gutter downspout stood up vertical inside a plastic box or bucket.

Example-

 

[derek_m]

I currently have a set of Mac's ratchet straps in my truck. They have velcros to hold them rolled up and came with a canvas zip up case. Super nice, and by far the nicest straps I have ever owned. In the past I would roll them up and put a rubber band around them, then keep in a tool bag.

 

[Mattlt]

I've tried wrapping them with wire, that just slid off. I have since switched to using ball bungees - works great! I store them in a cat litter pail.

The ball bungees come in different lengths. 4" and 6" are the most popular. Buy them in bulk, they are useful for many other applications as well.

 

[R6 Racer]

It's an older thread, but, it's been covered before. There's 165 posts on 9 pages. Last post was Oct 2017

https://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=175181&highlight=tie+storage


My post is #67 on page #4

I keep mine in recycled plastic containers.
They are rolled up & twist tied with 14G wire.
I also have some clamp style straps that I use for my bikes, they make the load a bit more secure. Those are in the container on the left & you can see how their wrapped in the middle pic.
When one is in use the "wire twist tie" stays in the container & that way I know at a glance if any are out somewhere in use. There are a couple of empty twist ties in the container on the right. I have those straps in use right now.

*There is a good you tube video in the second last post #164*

Good luck with it.
Steve

 

[Organized_Garage]

At home and in the trailer (photos) I have some HRP Ratchet Strap Hangers from hrpracing.com

 

[gunguy]

Harbor Freight comes through again. https://www.harborfreight.com/abs-storage-organizer-95807.html

Nice handy size, slot size is adjustable. Most importantly, it works for me.

Jim

 

[kazlx]

For the truck, rolled up and in an MTM ammo box. A little fork looking rollup thing in the drill makes quick work of them.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00T4XL2MO/?tag=atomicindus08-20

 

[Mike in Ohio]

Rolled up, wrapped with a large rubber band and stored behind the truck seat in a cheap HF duffel/tool bag, along with some red flags and a staple gun. Some are in the toolbox on the trailer same way. The big ones are rolled, banded, and in an old milk crate under the work bench.

 

[TheClaw]

Great ideas. Resorting to rubber bands for now. Velcro when can get to the HD.

Except really like that Harbor Freight box. Thanks Gunguy.

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[atch]

Bungees and ratchet straps each one in a zip lock baggie. All baggies in a milk crate along with some other items useful for trailer or pickup use. With multiple pickups and trailers it's more practical to keep them all together instead of trying to have lots of duplicates in every truck and trailer.

 

[softailgarage]

Rolled up and kept in my SGS duffel bag/road bag in the trucks back seat.

 

[CraigStu]

Rolled up & stored in ziplock bags

Winner , winner!! Mine are in bags and then in either in a plastic tub in the truck bed or a few in the toolbox of the trailer. On the ratchet straps the key is have the ratchet and both end hooks in your hand to put in the bag. Then the rest of the webbing goes in easily.

 

[eastbaysubaru]

I had an unused Milwaukee Packout case that came with a drill/impact driver combo that I bought. I grabbed some of the reusable velcro ties wraps (Like these), rolled each one end-over-end, the put a tie-wrapped each and put them in the packout case.

Fits nicely under the back bench seat of my F150 and keeps them neat as long as I force myself to not be lazy and put them back properly. I have 7 or 8 light-duty ratchet straps, 7 or 8 cambuckle straps, some bungees and a one 3000lb ratchet strap stowed in there.

This is the right idea. I've wrapped mine in velcro but haven't figured out how to store them neatly in my '17 F250 crew cab. They've just been loose under the rear seat storage. My OCD-ness makes me feel like I need to find a tub that'll fit under the seat storage.area in the rear cab.

-Brian