Tips and Tricks of flatbedding

not to sound like a idiot. But whats special about those straps?

 

Hooks on the end. Only manufactured straps with hooks in the end I found were to wide to fit in the slot of the product I haul.

 

"I like to throw my wore out gloves in with the chains or straps and use them for protectors."

Those worn gloves are great to protect from chain marks on new equiptment

 

I like to throw my worn out gloves in the garbage.

 

After reading through this thread I picked up some great info. I went to try and find mink oil at a Walmart to treat my gloves, but instead found a can of Kiwi conditioning oil. Bought a brand new pair of cowhide gloves that were fairly stiff, then put them on and dipped into the Kiwi and rubbed it in like washing my hands. Let it dry a day, then applied another liberal coat. Made a huge difference in softening the gloves and made them work very well in torrential rain on a delivery at a rig.

This even worked with a pair of gloves that weren't treated and got saturated and dried to a rock hard state. Couple of applications and they are reconditioned and ready to go as my backup pair.

 

Goat skin gloves are much more pliable than split cattle hide. I've had a pair for almost two months, which is longer than any $10 pair of gloves would last me. They're so smooth that I can put them on and wash them with Goop and a rag just like I was washing my hands.

 

I eschew split leather. Full grain is the way to go for me. I've been trying to find buffalo or goat skin, but hard to find. The full grain cowhide gloves I got were in the $20-25 range and well worth the price.

 

Bought me a pair of deer skin the other day so seem good nice and soft we will see how long they last.

 

Just a pic of the rubber rope and the end mine were dirty and ya get the idea