How Many Tiedowns Do You Carry?

Sometimes life just doesn't make sense. But you gotta do what you gotta do

 

Short answer for me - not nearly enough and I really have no idea.

 

SWEET rides there sir! I almost drooled on my laptop! Very, VERY nice.....

 

I thought I carried alot. Carrier said I dont need to have so much. I'm the guy buying used binders and gear off craigslits from truckers selling their stuff. I cant help myself. I see it and know I dont need it,.. but its like 10 - 25% of buying new. Its like an addiction for me when I get home.

But you definitely got me covered. Thats a lot of gear.

 

Since we rarely pull the same trailer 2 days in a row (except this week I am under the 4 axle flat all week), we do it this way.....

Truck carries 14 3/8" chains and 14 snap binders. We also carry 6-8 ratchet binders in the box.

The trailer carries about 18 straps in one box and on the 4 axle trailers we also have 12 5/16" chain and snap binders. We haul a lot of concrete pipe and ratchets can easily break the pipe ends. You can do it with the snap binders too but not as easy.

If we are hauling something on the 8 or 9 axle trailers then we throw on some half inch chain and binders.

 

I have 8 x 4 " sliding winches on each side of the trailer, Carry 16 4" x 30 ' straps and 4 spares. Have 8 x 4" x 30 ratchet straps with s-hooks, have 4 2"x 30' ratchet straps, 6 x 50' tarp ropes. 2 x 50 ct. boxes of 21" tarp straps edp rubber, 4 x pipe stakes, 4 x hazmat stake-signs, set of 2 x 8ft lumber tarps, set of 2 4 ft steel tarps, 1x 10' x 12' smoke tarp, 1x 10x 8 walmart tarp. 10 x 3/8 20 ' chains. 8x ratchet binders, 4 snap binders. 28 x 12" v-boards, 36x 4" v-boards, 6x cargo blankets 6 x 8. 10 x coil racks, 5x 4"x4"x4' beveled lumber, 5 4"x4"x6' beveled lumber, 8x 4"x4"x8' dunnage, 10x 2"x4"x8' dunnage. Snow chains for 6x drives and 2 trailer tires (meets or exceed all Cascade mountain passes.).

 

Like 20 to 30 4 inch 30 and 40 ft straps, about 15 2 inch ratchets and maybe 20 2 inch straps, wheel bonnets, 12 chains, 12 binders, hundreds of feet of shock cord, over 50 bungees, 40 plastics corner protectors or so. Furniture pads etc.. lotsa crap