Troubleshooting Ratchet Strap Double J-Hooks Stuck Together
Updated 09/22/2025 | Published 11/03/2022
Question:
Connected two double J hook ratchet straps together since it was asked if you could in another post. Worked great but now I have a problem. How in the world donypu get them apart?? They are so tight, no matter how I have turned them it seems as if its an impossible task. Suggestions?? Thank you.
asked by: Mike
Expert Reply:
If your Erickson Ratchet Tie-Down Strap w Double J-Hooks # EM78627-MS are stuck then I recommend holing one of them in place with something like a vice and tapping on the other one with a rubber mallet at different angles to slowly loosen it up. Just be sure the places you hit it aren't reinforcing the hooks being connected.
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Erickson Ratchet Tie-Down Strap w Double J-Hooks - 2" x 27' - 3,300 lbs
- Ratchet Straps
- Flatbed
- Trailer
- Truck Bed
- Double-J Hooks
- 1 Strap
- Manual
- 21 - 30 Feet Long
- 1-1/8 - 2 Inch Wide
- 2001 - 3500 lbs
- Erickson
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Mark P.
3/23/2024
I would love to see a rubber mallet do this. I’m using a hammer like Thor uses and can’t get them apart.