Erikson Easy Ratchet Tie Down Strap Review

This is a set of four 1x6, 2000 pound ratchet straps. As you can see here we have one on display and we will show you a typical application of it. As you can see, the strap comes in two pieces. We will show you how it goes together and then how it works. First off what you need to do is release the ratchet, thread the straps through and then get ready to tie down what you are going to tie down. To do that you pull back on this trigger here, it comes apart like that. You take your strap and run it through this axle here. Come through a little bit and then back down through the bottom. Then take out your slack. What happens is, when you tighten it down, it coils up. Now we will show you how this works by strapping a box down. To start out with, you want to let your ratchet lay over the top, hook up the backside of it. What you do not want is to have any twists like this.

If you tighten it down with the twist, it will put additional strain on the straps. So you want to leave everything flat and hook up your front hook. Then you want to take your excess length and take up the slack, like so. Now that we have it flattened, just pull it back to its retracted position and crank it down tight. You crank it down as tight as you want to so the load does not go anywhere. We will cover the specs of these, it is a pretty simple device. They are one inch wide, six foot long straps with a 2,000 pound rate of capacity. With this particular part number, you get a set of four. It would be a good idea to keep these in the back of your truck or your car to tie down stuff. Even in SUVs you have tie down hooks on the floor to tie down stuff in some applications, and you can use the straps on that. There you have it for part # 05519 from Erikson Manufacturing.