East vs West

I have seen this in the west too.

 

A lot do it.

It's actually the way to go if you're tall and windy. heavier weight.

 

Buddy of mine does that on all his trailers. He drops and hooks a couple times a day, so he feels it's faster to leave the straps with the trailer. Not real sure why it would a more regional this g though. The local companies leave the straps rolled up on the winches on pretty much all their trailers I've noticed.

 

We use straps daily, multiple loads. We leave ours on out of convince, and timing. Throw them and roll. We run the same freight everyday as well.

 

Isn't it hard to wind them back up? Seems like you need 3 hands. 2 to turn the tool and 1 to guide the strap?

 

I notice a lot of Quebec truckers do this as well. It's efficient if it's a short throw across, there is less to wind up the way they do it. If it's a tall load I don't see the advantage. I never liked how they would be covered in ice and road crap. I prefer tossing the strap versus trying to throw the chain across.

 

The company I used to work for had steps and we always left the straps on the winches. We hauled multiple loads a day and it was much easier and quicker than pulling them. The could get kinda dirty in the winter but other than that it was fine.

 

I have seen the result of some pretty nasty winches because of doing that. Strap gets wet and holds the moisture against the steel. Main reason that I don't leave them on there.