Low cost tie downs [Archive] - Kiwi Biker forums

Pixie

25th February 2006, 11:03

Placemakers have ratchet tie downs for $3.99 a pair.
These are fine for securing your bike on the interislander.
Use 4

scumdog

25th February 2006, 11:09

Shit! Even the WareWhare charge around $30 for a pair - are these ones strong enough?

Ixion

25th February 2006, 11:15

I have some of these. One of them held a lathe midair (with a impact drop load of a couple of inches), weighing about half a ton, when I was unloading it from a trailer . So I'd say so.

(I was using two, but I fumbled one and the other had to take the entire weight for a bit. There was a chain hoist backup rated at two tons. Just to forestall any comments about rashness)

TonyB

25th February 2006, 11:19

Bunnings have Aerofast 3m or 4m ratchet tie downs for $9.95

Pixie

25th February 2006, 11:23

They are the same ones I used on the Bandit.
Rated at 350 kg each
Plenty good enough.
The webbing is thin and I put it double through the ratchet so I could use the loop end around the bars etc. instead of using the hooks.
I even used one to pull the neighbours quad out of the creek after his flat mate flipped it and broke her ankle

Pixie

25th February 2006, 11:24

I have some of these. One of them held a lathe midair (with a impact drop load of a couple of inches), weighing about half a ton, when I was unloading it from a trailer . So I'd say so.

(I was using two, but I fumbled one and the other had to take the entire weight for a bit. There was a chain hoist backup rated at two tons. Just to forestall any comments about rashness)
You'll get worse than a rash if a lathe falls on you.

scumdog

25th February 2006, 11:25

(I was using two, but I fumbled one and the other had to take the entire weight for a bit. There was a chain hoist backup rated at two tons. Just to forestall any comments about rashness)

Heaven forbid anybody on this site would consider YOU rash!!:motu: