How To Use A Ratchet Strap

Learn how to use a ratchet strap! These are wonderful little machines that are working hard to make rope obsolete. Thanks for watching!

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[redwhiteblue]

Ratchet strap Safety tip... Put the ratchet on the passenger side of the vehicle, if the load shifts and you need to pull over to make adjustments... You'll be out of the traffic side in most situations...

[greygag]

Reminds me of the Grandpa everyone needs but not many have. Patient and willing to tech even the most basic of concepts in a pleasant manner.

[dexm]

THIS is what YouTube is for. THANK YOU!

Reading the comments, I am relieved that I am not the only guy who struggled with understanding how to use these.
I am also grateful that you showed me about the half twist in the strap.... something I was never shown before.

[rayduffy]

57 yrs old...a maintenance man at that....fix..repair..build anything....however over the years I have literally psyched myself out each time I attempt these ratchet fasteners....it's calm manor along with that calming voice and clear simple instruction has just saved me millions in therapy grateful towards sir

[archibaldthearcher]

Many will probably come here and say it's all obvious and the video is useless but it's not true. Less and less people have experience with tools and devices like this, less and less grows up in households in which those are used, for example I grew up in the city, spent all my childhood in a flat, father was doing office job so when I wanted or needed to do something I was basically reinventing the wheel, I had to figure everything on my own from scratch, didn't know about tools and methods that would make it so much easier and even if I knew about some tools I had no clue how to use them, I didn't even know what I didn't know. Videos like this make a great difference, you share the knowledge to people who wouldn't be able to get it otherwise, you put the very ideas and concepts in their heads so even if they won't remember the exact video something will still 'click' in their brains when they will be trying to solve some problems. Thanks for your videos, thanks for the work you put in all of this, thanks for explaining everything so clear so everyone can understand the content even if they had absolutely no knowledge and experience with specific thing you are talking about.

[frankfletcher]

The half turn to defeat harmonics was new to me!! I love this guy! He's always teaching me something and I appreciate it. Thank you

[TheDudeRTR]

In this day and age where an increasing amount of young people do not have people around to teach them these simple things, this is an incredibly value video. Mr. EC you are truly doing the world a service.

[Hiltegard]

Finally someone explains ratchet straps in detail and in simple language. Just learned a lot. Thanks.

[mikemitchell]

I’ve fought with these my entire life. Just couldn’t keep it right in my mind. Your explanation describing it as a pulley made it click for me! A sincere thank you!

[captaingyro]

I have just watched five instructional videos on using ratchet straps. This one was by far the most useful, the most technically correct, and the easiest to understand. It was also the shortest. That, my friend, is an enormous testimonial to your instructional abilities. As an instructor for most of my professional life, I salute you. You impart the information and you don't waste time. Bravo.

[donhozy]

I really appreciate your vocabulary.

Your references to the proper terms for parts and mechanisms of the tools and techniques you use, demonstrates a depth of knowledge, and experience, that sets your content apart.

I also love how you'll occasionally, and so subtly, use a common phase, or word, as you demonstrate something and in doing so, hint at its possible origin.

Your technical explanations feel like a story fortified with gentle, and stern, life lessons.

You're the dad/grandpa many of us have never had.

[billcallaway]

I worked at a Lowe's store. a lady come in one afternoon and I approached and asked for my help her with any projects she was working on.she said she had to get for straps right away to secure her son's wheelchair on the back of the SUV I said woman how did you get here if it wasn't strapped down??maybe I ask too many questions but I always get to the root of the problem.she said she has to buy them every time they go on a trip and she was getting low and didn't want to buy them in Pennsylvania. No sales tax in DE . I said why do you purchase more straps??? she said whatever she gets where she's going she cuts them off ...
well the store I was working at was very lenient with me helping customers a lot of stuff they have just two large for them to bring in the store to look at or dirty or wet. My department was plumbing. I asked if it would be all right with her if we could go out and look at the strap she currently had on her SUV well she had no idea that you back them off so I spent about ten minutes showing her how to pull up snug before tightening down then I asked her to do it so I could watch her she was just about in tears thanking me for all the straps she cut over by ten about a 10-years.. It pays to ask a lot of questions..

[MotorWorks]

thanks for the video. Straight to the point, no extra time wasted, nothing but useful info shown. It’s like getting a lesson from dad but it’s all condensed down into 4 minutes. Youtube needs more guys like you

[MrArik]

36 years old, having a father who could ever be bothered to take the time and teach me these things, you, sir, are a scholar and a gentleman, and I salute you. I now know how to work a ratchet strap.

[Pathary]

I had no idea about the half twist -- thanks for all the great tips

[emichels]

We bought a farm and literally had no clue about how to use anything. Thankfully, YouTube has saved us many times. We didn't even know certain tools existed to help us keep up with the place. Many thanks to this guy and many others who create these vids to help out non-handy (but becoming more handy every day) people like me. Now I gotta go get my donkey that escaped. This should be fun.

[bevo]

Equaling Scott's know-how is his vocabulary. He uses even common words in senses I haven't encountered before. Today I learned "windlass, " "bitter end" and "worrying" a line. I literally helped write two dictionaries (Black's Law Dictionary, 9th ed. and Garner's Modern American Usage, 3d ed.) and I pick up something fresh in every one of these videos.

[foxInGloves]

Quite possibly one of the best tutorials on YouTube. Thank you for simplifying whilst educating how to use the rachet strap.

[deckgun]

You are, by far, one of THE BEST Instructors on YouTube. Thank you for this, and all, videos you have produced. Your knowledge and experience goes a long way to making us better workers, and better humans. I am so very thankful to have come across your channel. 😊