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<p>[QUOTE="kylefitzy, post: 11517603, member: 9696"]How fast are they getting you unloaded? Rarely am I unloaded before I have all my straps rolled up. </p><p><br /></p><p>what I do if I have a basic load of building materials. I keep all my straps in my drivers side box on the truck. </p><p><br /></p><p>clip my strap winder on the trailer near the front. Undo all the winches on the drivers side, go around the back of the trailer and start undoing the winches on the passenger side. As I’m going I’m unhooking the hooks from the drivers side, pulling the strap and tossing the hook under the trailer. Once all the straps are out of winches I pull them all off the load so they can start unloading. Then I start rolling them up, starting with the ones on the front, I’ll usually grab two at a time from the back staying out of the way of the forklift. </p><p><br /></p><p>straps with the excess tucked agains the load or rubrail stay much tighter and get tighter without having to winch on them 5 different times vs rolling all the excess up on the winch. I’ve hauled the same loads using both techniques.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="kylefitzy, post: 11517603, member: 9696"]How fast are they getting you unloaded? Rarely am I unloaded before I have all my straps rolled up. what I do if I have a basic load of building materials. I keep all my straps in my drivers side box on the truck. clip my strap winder on the trailer near the front. Undo all the winches on the drivers side, go around the back of the trailer and start undoing the winches on the passenger side. As I’m going I’m unhooking the hooks from the drivers side, pulling the strap and tossing the hook under the trailer. Once all the straps are out of winches I pull them all off the load so they can start unloading. Then I start rolling them up, starting with the ones on the front, I’ll usually grab two at a time from the back staying out of the way of the forklift. straps with the excess tucked agains the load or rubrail stay much tighter and get tighter without having to winch on them 5 different times vs rolling all the excess up on the winch. I’ve hauled the same loads using both techniques.[/QUOTE]
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