Need Help Finding Straps to Buy

billg27 · Oct 15, 2012

I'm really glad that it all worked out for you. Safe travels!

jjoerger · Oct 15, 2012

I was wondering what you could be hauling with your weight capacity that would require 8 straps that big? Glad to hear you don't need them after all.

Turtle · Oct 15, 2012

Kinda disappointed that it's not Bruce Banner, tho.

Moot · Oct 15, 2012

Turtle said:
Kinda disappointed that it's not Bruce Banner, tho.

He was "green" before green was the thing, a true environmentalist.

pandora2112 · Oct 15, 2012

Glad to hear it's resolved!!

)O( ~ Namaste ~ )O(

21cExp · Oct 16, 2012

Cool, you're welcome. Glad the dire need resolved itself. I had a feeling it might.

Nice, though, to see the forum regs come together to try and solve the needs of a compadre. A nice contrast to the more oft seen chest puffing and hot air blowing =P

ATeam said:
Situation resolved!

Now that people are back at work this Monday morning, calls were made. Our dispatching agent advises that the shipper was confused and the cargo control equipment we have on our truck is sufficient.

Special thanks for the help and good humor ...

AdisGT · Oct 16, 2012

Really glad it worked out for you, be safe out there my friend

jjoerger · Oct 22, 2012

I know they are not needed anymore, but, I found them at the Iowa 80. They have a 15 inch chain on the ends and a hook. Cost is about $102 each.

mugurpe · Oct 24, 2012

I've had a number of custom straps made for our company at strapworks.com they're a small shop and you can get someone pretty sharp on the phone usually who can get what you need fabbed up and shipped. I'm not affiliated with them but have used them many times over the past decade. Prices are decent too.

skyraider · Oct 25, 2012

Over 1400 views on straps, I may go into the strap business

BigStickJr · Jan 9, 2019

I hauled this Special Load for Landstar while at FedEx.
It cemented my move to Landstar.
I became the go-to truck for this shipment.
Added 6 -6000lb capacity D-Rings, had special straps made.
1200 lb one piece cargo.
Value 15 Million.
First load escorted by US Marshals.
They insisted on nailing into my wooden reefer floor but agreed to pay to replace the floor.
(After the floor bill, we worked together to secure w/o anymore nails.)
It involved D-Rings, custom straps( which Lodi Metals made for me in camo ) and padded bars. No metal allowed to touch freight.
It was an interesting, profitable load.
We probably did 8 or 10 of them.

I’ve thought of revisiting this thread but never looked for it. Tripped across it today.