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New ratchet E-track straps $9 Harbor Freight Tools

Discussion in 'Experienced Truckers' Advice' started by IndianaF150, Mar 23, 2019.

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  1. Mar 23, 2019 #1
    IndianaF150

    IndianaF150 Medium Load Member

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    Tired of paying over $20 at truck stops for ratchet E-lock straps? Get em everyday for $9 at Harbor Freight Tools. 2” x 16 feet, 3,000 pound load.

    Got to look hard for them. Harbor Freight has many types and they’re spread all over the store. I almost gave up looking, as many have the hook on the end instead of the E-track.

    The ones at T/A are 2”x12 feet for over $20. Harbor Freights are 4 feet longer which is helpful when strapping pallets to the side wall.
     
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  3. Mar 23, 2019 #2
    KB3MMX

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    Thank you!

    I have a local truck parts guy that I buy Kinnedyne 16' for $10 and 20' for $12

    CTP in Hagerstown MD
     
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  4. Mar 23, 2019 #3
    mhyn

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    the metal part(ratchet) is weak.
     
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  5. Mar 23, 2019 #4
    Ridgeline

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    Junk pure junk.

    Get quality straps, don't be cheap
     
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  7. Mar 23, 2019 #5
    GreenPete359

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    It’s comming from Harbor freight. Did you expect quaility???
     
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  8. Mar 23, 2019 #6
    buddyd157

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    most of (if not all) of harbor freight stuff is good for the homeowner or handy man...not a long term professional.

    you want something that can hold up to days of abuse over and over again.

    i myself DO BUY things from Harbor Freight, but then again, it's for my personal use at home. i got a sweet bench grinder, maybe i use it 4 times a year.>??

    so it'll last me, about 20 years..in a repair shop..?? i'd be tossing it in the garbage after the first use..

    do not cheap out on things that you use everyday for your job.
     
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  9. Mar 23, 2019 #7
    IndianaF150

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    Really? I just bought them and tossed in my truck. Gotta try em out.
     
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  10. Mar 23, 2019 #8
    GreenPete359

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  11. Mar 23, 2019 #9
    Ridgeline

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    Good luck, I used them on my little flat bed and two of them just ... well I almost lost a crate with a motor in it.

    They were tossed them when I got home, replaced with three inch straps I cycled out of my trucks.
     
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  12. Mar 23, 2019 #10
    speedyk

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    Where is a good place to get two piece straps?
     
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