caterpillar guy
Well-known Member
This message is a reply to an archived post by Trailer chain,Tie downs on April 09, 2014 at 13:34:07.
The original subject was "Proper Way to Use chains on Rub Rail Ratchet binder use".
If you have room to swing the handle it should be hooked to the chain on both ends of the binder. That being said that is why I use and have both ratchet and snap binders. When you load 6 Yes 6 tractors on a 48ft step deck you don't always have room to swing the handle on the ratchet binder. I hook the chain under the pocket. Then come either through the pocket, and hook it there on the top, or go back up the opposite side of the pocket pulling the chain away from the pocket. This keeps from bending the pocket in on the top edges. I usually hook both ends to the trailer then pull the middle of the chain over like the drawbar hook the binders on where they fit for length and tighten. The rest is left to swing or lay loose on the deck.
The original subject was "Proper Way to Use chains on Rub Rail Ratchet binder use".
If you have room to swing the handle it should be hooked to the chain on both ends of the binder. That being said that is why I use and have both ratchet and snap binders. When you load 6 Yes 6 tractors on a 48ft step deck you don't always have room to swing the handle on the ratchet binder. I hook the chain under the pocket. Then come either through the pocket, and hook it there on the top, or go back up the opposite side of the pocket pulling the chain away from the pocket. This keeps from bending the pocket in on the top edges. I usually hook both ends to the trailer then pull the middle of the chain over like the drawbar hook the binders on where they fit for length and tighten. The rest is left to swing or lay loose on the deck.
