Securing your Rig on a trailer discussion

[tjsahara00]

Mine always get a hair loose.....
Don't worry me anymore
Jason the more your tow the more comfortable
you will get. My first half dozen tow's 6 or 7 years
ago I was nervous as hell.

On the way back from Harlan last
year I had my 3 passengers shitting their pants
on some of those curvy roads passing people
with the concrete barrier inches away.....
In looking back I should have slowed down...LOL

[DOUG]

So anybody have tabs on their axles?

Found a couple of options:
https://www.tabzone.com/12077-3-WELD-ON-TIE-DOWN-_p_644.html
http://steinjager.com/shop/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=30095

[patman]

So anybody have tabs on their axles?

Found a couple of options:
https://www.tabzone.com/12077-3-WELD-ON-TIE-DOWN-_p_644.html
http://steinjager.com/shop/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=30095

In my opinion, the tab is just something else to beat up on the rocks and have to inspect every time the jeep is loaded. Is the axle strap adding that much time to your loading process?

[jd30005]

So anybody have tabs on their axles?

Found a couple of options:
https://www.tabzone.com/12077-3-WELD-ON-TIE-DOWN-_p_644.html
http://steinjager.com/shop/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=30095

In my opinion, the tab is just something else to beat up on the rocks and have to inspect every time the jeep is loaded. Is the axle strap adding that much time to your loading process?

I agree.  The straps take me no time at all. 

[RedDragonATL]

Good info in the video about making sure you had a few wraps on the ratchet drum before it starts getting tight...I wasn't quite following you when you said that earlier...for some reason I thought you were saying wrap the axle strap around the axle multiple times.

[jc79]

It could be user error. I knew about the need for wraps... I definitely leave slack to be take up but maybe I need to leave more.  I feel like I've always left the same amount and they used to not loosen.


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[Mortalis5509]

So anybody have tabs on their axles?

Found a couple of options:
https://www.tabzone.com/12077-3-WELD-ON-TIE-DOWN-_p_644.html
http://steinjager.com/shop/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=30095

Why not get the little straps that wrap around the axle? They then hook to the strap.

Used mine a lot.

That new chassis is a big pain to strap on my trailer. Weight will not be center but being the fact it's a goose it's doesn't bother me. I can only strap to one point in the rear. Zero cross. The front I can cross. If the axles were more forward it would help.

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[DOUG]

So anybody have tabs on their axles?

Found a couple of options:
https://www.tabzone.com/12077-3-WELD-ON-TIE-DOWN-_p_644.html
http://steinjager.com/shop/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=30095

Why not get the little straps that wrap around the axle? They then hook to the strap.

Used mine a lot.

That new chassis is a big pain to strap on my trailer. Weight will not be center but being the fact it's a goose it's doesn't bother me. I can only strap to one point in the rear. Zero cross. The front I can cross. If the axles were more forward it would help.

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I have a few sets of those.  Prefer the tabs idea. No damage at the mall.

[Mortalis5509]

So anybody have tabs on their axles?

Found a couple of options:
https://www.tabzone.com/12077-3-WELD-ON-TIE-DOWN-_p_644.html
http://steinjager.com/shop/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=30095

Why not get the little straps that wrap around the axle? They then hook to the strap.

Used mine a lot.

That new chassis is a big pain to strap on my trailer. Weight will not be center but being the fact it's a goose it's doesn't bother me. I can only strap to one point in the rear. Zero cross. The front I can cross. If the axles were more forward it would help.

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I have a few sets of those.  Prefer the tabs idea. No damage at the mall.

Make sure they are burned in hot. Don't put them where rocks can hit them and thus crack when a strap snatches on it from the trailer hitting a pot hole.

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[kvom]

I prefer to stop after the first hour of a tow and re-tighten the ratchet.  Usually need at least 1 click even if it feels tight.  And if towing in the rain, check more often.