Speed Binders

I use these with snap binders.

 

Nope. I usually like mentioned already, wrapped the excess chain around the handle, and then used a bungee and wrapped the chain, but when they started frowning on that, I got a few of the snap binder lever locks:

Simple and effective solution to avoid a possible violation.

 

Never had a snap binder come loose unless some other action made the chain get loose first. I hardly ever use them because on half inch chains it’s hard to find the happy spot between can’t get it snapped and loose especially when you’re only using a couple links.
On small chains or longer chains they stretch enough that it’s easy to find the right spot.
Most of my tie down happens like this

and like oldschooler suggested I always try to block the handle so it can’t back off

 

I am a big fan of innovation
So I bought two to try them out…
Using snap binders faster, way lighter, have a few ratchet binders for chains that have come lose , so I don’t have to open conastoga

 

We're just finishing our first year with them. Negatives are cost, weight and having a charged battery in the drill. Positives are that in a year of hauling equipment in muddy and winter conditions I've yet to have one seize up where the drill won't get them moving. I cannot say that about a hand ratcheting one. They get just as tight or tighter than we can do with a hand ratchet and you don't have to risk anything loosening them up like you do with a flip lever.

We still use some flip lever ones, but rarely. Our change to the Speed Binders was a safety choice after one of my drivers slipped on ice while barring over a flip lever. The resulting loss of control resulted in the bar being ripped out of his hands, flying through the air and hitting a customer. The customer was super cool and a tough guy. He got a minor bruise on his arm and shook it off. It could have been much worse. We haul a lot of equipment in crappy conditions and having total control without having to use a bar to tighten is worth it.

 

We used snap binders many years ago to bind construction equipment. I've taken two guys to doc-in-the-box for snap binder injuries, one was knocked out and had stitches above his eye. The other (happened to by my father) had a hematoma on his elbow the size of a peach. Both of these guys had lots of experience and were not accident prone.

As an employer, I don't use them any more and in fact could not give away the ones that I had. Both guys that I offered them to said "Too dangerous, don't use them any more." No major contractor in my area uses snaps for regular equipment moves.

Faster and easier doesn't always mean better if you're the guy stroking the check for workmen's compensation.