Ratchet strap lashing points

[Mydexta]

If I was to get a some lengths of 150x10 and punch out 50mm holes every 300mm, and weld that to the sides of my trailer, would that suffice for attaching straps to, or would that need tested etc etc????

 

[Agri Spec Solicitor]

This is so complicated for an end user. We don’t move much on the road using trailers where lashing down is required, thank goodness.
We have a Bailey bale trailer, 2013. Not exactly Stone Age. Only rope hooks. Box section sides.
We have a 2021 Marshall bale trailer. Rope hooks at the front. A few D rings at back. Sides are a rail so strap hook can fit on it.
If I understand it correctly we aren’t supposed to use ropes. That is disappointing to someone who watched a section of Geoff’s agri vids a dozen times to learn how to do a twitch knot
Is the Bailey useless for strapping loads? Could we cut slots in the box section? Or does that weaken it and create other issues?

The Marshall is great for strapping in any location but what if the bales settle, the straps go loose and the hook falls off the rail?
I thought the D rings looked useful but they pull out to be parallel with ground, and widen the trailer by 4 inches at the wrong place.
I suspect this is a fairly typical dilemma for many small farmers.
Is there a simple fix?
There are thousands of wagons out there every day. How hard can it be?

 

[Dave W]

This isn’t a new problem. But some trailer manufacturers don’t seem to want to recognise it

 

[TripleSix]

I wonder what force a ratchet strap can actually exert ? Far more than a rope, I seem to remember may years ago watching someone recover a bogged Land Rover using a large pair of ratchet straps.

Standard large ratchet strap is rated to 2500kgs pulling force and 5000kgs breaking strain

 

[defender]

I thought our Marshal had strap hooks on it . It has hooks curled right under so the strap can't come off by itself , you have to lift it off , no chance of falling off if it comes slack

 

[Mydexta]

They have a shitty little square cut out of the crossmember behind the rope hook. They’re really good at cracking.

Had a look at mine the other day and couldn’t see anything like you mention

 

[smcapstick]

Had a look at mine the other day and couldn’t see anything like you mention

Must be a different specification, I suppose.

 

[Will 1594]

This is so complicated for an end user. We don’t move much on the road using trailers where lashing down is required, thank goodness.
We have a Bailey bale trailer, 2013. Not exactly Stone Age. Only rope hooks. Box section sides.
We have a 2021 Marshall bale trailer. Rope hooks at the front. A few D rings at back. Sides are a rail so strap hook can fit on it.
If I understand it correctly we aren’t supposed to use ropes. That is disappointing to someone who watched a section of Geoff’s agri vids a dozen times to learn how to do a twitch knot
Is the Bailey useless for strapping loads? Could we cut slots in the box section? Or does that weaken it and create other issues?

The Marshall is great for strapping in any location but what if the bales settle, the straps go loose and the hook falls off the rail?
I thought the D rings looked useful but they pull out to be parallel with ground, and widen the trailer by 4 inches at the wrong place.
I suspect this is a fairly typical dilemma for many small farmers.
Is there a simple fix?
There are thousands of wagons out there every day. How hard can it be?

has it got box section x members if so . turn it upside down . bought a weeks / richard western had no strapping points so skelled it 180 and drilled every x member then neatly plasma d a neat square hole for hooks to go in

 

[chaos]

My previous Transit pick up had a loose rope hook, bolts were snapped - by the use of a ratchet strap !!

Quite simply a ratchet strap can put far more force on a rope hook than a rope and dolly knot ever could