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Ask DS - ATV Tie Downs
Posted: Fri Aug 29, 2014 3:34 pm
by bigoak
Does anyone know where you can buy ratchet tie downs with carabiners instead of hooks? I don't want it to come unhooked of it gets slack in it.
Anyone have a better way to tie down a 4 wheeler on a trailer?
Re: Ask DS - ATV Tie Downs
Posted: Fri Aug 29, 2014 3:39 pm
by miket
I have three of these mounted permanently to my trailer. One for the front and two for the rear. The are very fast and easy and I have never had one come loose.
http://www.immioutdoors.com/products/boatbuckle/
Re: Ask DS - ATV Tie Downs
Posted: Fri Aug 29, 2014 3:43 pm
by Smoke68
I've got them on my boat trailer. Great gadgets.
Re: Ask DS - ATV Tie Downs
Posted: Sun Aug 31, 2014 8:33 am
by quackerkiller
I use my trailer to hail my ranger for hog hunting..... Took a piece of angle iron and put a bolt on one side and a 1/2" pin in the other side right in front of the front tires, and right behind the back tires.... Just un pin it and swing it open like a gate! Easy to take the rails off if u need your full trailer....
Re: Ask DS - ATV Tie Downs
Posted: Sun Aug 31, 2014 8:33 am
by quackerkiller
I use my trailer to hail my ranger for hog hunting..... Took a piece of angle iron and put a bolt on one side and a 1/2" pin in the other side right in front of the front tires, and right behind the back tires.... Just un pin it and swing it open like a gate! Easy to take the rails off if u need your full trailer....
Re: Ask DS - ATV Tie Downs
Posted: Sun Aug 31, 2014 9:06 am
by teul2
A day or two after reading this thread, I did see these. Hook on one end and carabineer on the other.
http://www.rockymountainatvmc.com/p/343 ... owns-Green
Re: Ask DS - ATV Tie Downs
Posted: Sun Aug 31, 2014 10:13 am
by 3spop
you could always just hook the carabineers through the looped end of the regular hooks on ratchet straps.
Re: Ask DS - ATV Tie Downs
Posted: Sun Aug 31, 2014 10:59 am
by Seymore
I have the boat transom tie downs bolted onto the front of my trailer. I hated dealing with standard straps in the dark, cold, and wet. I just pull the hook out and hook the foot stirrup and then ratchet. Release cam, unhook, and ready to go. Very easy and convenient compared to what I used to do.
Re: Ask DS - ATV Tie Downs
Posted: Mon Sep 01, 2014 8:32 am
by bigoak
Great idea. Do you have the 1 inch or 2 inch?
Re: Ask DS - ATV Tie Downs
Posted: Mon Sep 01, 2014 5:06 pm
by Seymore
What size you get should depend of the size of your ATV. I have a 350 Rancher and have the one inch strap. One I have them both hooked up that bike isn't going anywhere unless the buckle mechanism fails. Even then one strap would keep it on the trailer until I found the broken strap. Anything over 400 I'd say go with 2 inch straps.
Re: Ask DS - ATV Tie Downs
Posted: Mon Sep 01, 2014 6:57 pm
by lipsplitter39654
boat buckles are the way to go.
Re: Ask DS - ATV Tie Downs
Posted: Tue Sep 02, 2014 6:18 am
by jdbuckshot
$25 winch from Wal-Mart and a few pieces of scrap metal.
best mod I have ever done on a utility trailer - can be used for a tie down - or winching items on to trailer.
Re: Ask DS - ATV Tie Downs
Posted: Tue Sep 02, 2014 6:23 am
by miket
bigoak wrote:
Great idea. Do you have the 1 inch or 2 inch?
2" They are so easy I can be tied down and ready to go quicker than it used to take me to dig out and untangle my loose ratchet straps.
Re: Ask DS - ATV Tie Downs
Posted: Tue Sep 02, 2014 8:45 pm
by MudHog
jdbuckshot wrote:$25 winch from Wal-Mart and a few pieces of scrap metal.
best mod I have ever done on a utility trailer - can be used for a tie down - or winching items on to trailer.
I hope its the camera angle, but that looks like a busted knuckle waiting to happen with the handle so close to the rail. Ouch just looking at it.
One recommendation (same goes with boats), always wrap your strap under the drum. Above the drum as picutred allow for more freeplay, even when tight. Wrapped under the drum and freeplay is up to the drum, plus the strap angle changes and more constant downward pressure with the strap under. I say this because I had a problem with the bow of my bay boat seeming loose on the trailer. Good bump on our great LA roadways and felt like the bow was coming off the bow roller. My strap was on top the drum them. I unwound the strap and rewound to under the drum and no problems since. Now the strap pulls down on the hook and pulls the bow down into the roller. Before it as just straight and tight, but no downward force.
Re: Ask DS - ATV Tie Downs
Posted: Wed Sep 03, 2014 7:10 am
by jdbuckshot
MudHog wrote:jdbuckshot wrote:$25 winch from Wal-Mart and a few pieces of scrap metal.
best mod I have ever done on a utility trailer - can be used for a tie down - or winching items on to trailer.
I hope its the camera angle, but that looks like a busted knuckle waiting to happen with the handle so close to the rail. Ouch just looking at it.
One recommendation (same goes with boats), always wrap your strap under the drum. Above the drum as picutred allow for more freeplay, even when tight. Wrapped under the drum and freeplay is up to the drum, plus the strap angle changes and more constant downward pressure with the strap under. I say this because I had a problem with the bow of my bay boat seeming loose on the trailer. Good bump on our great LA roadways and felt like the bow was coming off the bow roller. My strap was on top the drum them. I unwound the strap and rewound to under the drum and no problems since. Now the strap pulls down on the hook and pulls the bow down into the roller. Before it as just straight and tight, but no downward force.
NO busted Knuckles - its got 5-6" clearance. been on there for 3-4 years now - and the strap came on the winch from walmart.