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[Code54]

Often those brackets are used to not only hold the ATV but to lock the ATV in place. With a few locks the machine is much more secure again theft. I often see the Oil and Gas/construction around here using them in their company trucks. I was also told some of the smaller companies require their guys to use them for safety reasons.

I used to haul a Yamaha Rhino and I had a front receiver hitch on it. I had a short receiver with a shackle that I side in, pull the Rhino to the front of the trailer, then put a shackle over the front trailer bar and attach it to the receiver on the Rhino. Took about 30 seconds and it made it impossible for the Rhino to come off backward.

 

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Doubt that its DOT legal but they sure but some effort into it.


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He is also holding those ramps in place pretty effectively. Can't see those moving anywhere. Sliding the receiver end into the truck and and putting in the pin, then locking the trailer hitch receiver to the ATV ball would take about a minute to do. With the green strap up front to stop it from bouncing around or pivoting, I think the guy did a good job of making a safe and effective system to secure the atv and ramps for himself. Nothing wrong with that in my book.

 

[paulfun9]

I don't like straps for holding them down, although I use them with 1/2 inch nylon rope for backup. Last winter I was on a rough road and the only thing holding the snowsled on was a 3" rachet tie down; when I got to where I was going the only thing keeping it on was pure luck. I had cinched the sled up tight against the front of the bed, but because of the up and down motion on the bumps the strap came unhooked. I also need to get some of the fire hose which somebody else suggested, after a winter with the straps run through the suspension thry are marginally effective.

If your loosing the hook up on something with a suspension, you simply didn稚 put enough load on the straps to pull the suspension down enough.
I really don稚 like straps for much but with snowmobiles, motorcycles and ATV痴 I haven ever had an issue.
Simply stated I wouldn稚 waste my time or money with the pictured contraption for an ATV.

 

[California]

Folks I found the motherlode of amateur videos at the moment of overloaded truck tipovers. Plus comically overloaded trucks, cars, motorcycles, lots more.

It appears that this site buys amateur videos, to broker to news channels.

Newsflare - Dangerously overloaded truck shocks drivers


The site also has diverse categories aside from trucks.

I went there looking for the source of a video of Tesla's Cybertruck which shows it is much bigger than I imagined. The top of the presenter's head is only halfway up the truck's side windows.

 

[Jstpssng]

If your loosing the hook up on something with a suspension, you simply didn稚 put enough load on the straps to pull the suspension down enough.
I really don稚 like straps for much but with snowmobiles, motorcycles and ATV痴 I haven ever had an issue.
Simply stated I wouldn稚 waste my time or money with the pictured contraption for an ATV.

I run it under the suspension. I would need to tie the back of the sled to the pickup hitch to keep it from moving...I hit a frost heave a little too hard that day. I now run a rope between my truck rack and sled front bumper for insurance. It's similar with my ATV... a 2" strap through the front and a rope from the ATV rack to the truck rack.
I don't like ratchet tiedowns because I see too many of them or pieces on the side of the road, where they broke or came unhooked and came off.

 

[Reb954]

I don't like ratchet tiedowns because I see too many of them or pieces on the side of the road, where they broke or came unhooked and came off.

I know what you mean. I see pieces of tires laying along side the road so I quit using them too.

 

[Industrial Toys]

My Dad always went for walks. He always came home with piles of Black Trailer Tarp Bunjie straps and Car carrier chains.

 

[aczlan]

I run it under the suspension. I would need to tie the back of the sled to the pickup hitch to keep it from moving...I hit a frost heave a little too hard that day. I now run a rope between my truck rack and sled front bumper for insurance. It's similar with my ATV... a 2" strap through the front and a rope from the ATV rack to the truck rack.
I don't like ratchet tiedowns because I see too many of them or pieces on the side of the road, where they broke or came unhooked and came off.

If a fastener (be it a ratchet strap or a chain) comes off or breaks one of three things happened:
1. Wasn't installed properly - ie: the equipment could bounce, roll or shift such that the strap went slack
2. Wasn't heavy enough for the load and it broke
3. The strap ran across an edge and was cut through
All three are preventable and can be attributed to errors on the part of the user.

Aaron Z

 

[California]

My Dad always went for walks. He always came home with piles of Black Trailer Tarp Bunjie straps and Car carrier chains.

Chains? My favorite two were found on the roadside by a stoplight. I saw them in the traffic lane and put them on the shoulder in case the owner came back for them. A couple of hours later returning, they were still there so I picked them up.

 

[Jstpssng]

I know what you mean. I see pieces of tires laying along side the road so I quit using them too.

Good idea. I quit running junk tires, also.

Generally what you see on the roadway are tractor trailer tires which have separated, most likely from running slack or flat. If you want a real eye opener, try walking down the road and have one of those blow right next to you.

If a fastener (be it a ratchet strap or a chain) comes off or breaks one of three things happened:
1. Wasn't installed properly - ie: the equipment could bounce, roll or shift such that the strap went slack
2. Wasn't heavy enough for the load and it broke
3. The strap ran across an edge and was cut through
All three are preventable and can be attributed to errors on the part of the user.

Aaron Z

Exactly. In my case the rope in front held it onto the back of the truck, and it isn't very often that I hit a bump hard enough to bounce the rear that 550 lb snowsled into the air.
Yet every Monday during ice fishing season, the road is lined with those POS narrow thin straps from Tractor Supply. It never ceases to amaze me how somebody will go out and spend tens of thousands of dollars on snowsleds or ATVs, then use the cheapest straps they can buy to hold it onto the trailer. On occasion I've also come across their snowsleds scattered down the highway.

Or without trailer lights... I almost numbed a Bayliner today because the bozo didn't have his trailer lights hooked up and I couldn't see his taillights as the boat was wider than the tow vehicle.