what does everyone use to hold down equipment on open trailors

[rookiemower]

I just started and i have a open trailor securing small equipment is no problem but how do you guys keep large commercial equipment in place without lots of straps and lines all over? if anyone has some good pics of how they do it or a great design idea with pics i would really appreciate it

[mdb landscaping]

i have a green touch strap system for my walkbehind. i just use the e brake on my lazer, and that doesnt move at all. these green touch tie downs work great....they can be used on open trailers too....heres a link to the product

http://www.green-touch.com/item8879.ctlg

[crazygator]

Rookie,

I use a ratchet strap to hold my Exmark walk behind. If I am going a long way I will also strap down my Lazer, however the brakes on the Lazer hold it in place pretty darn well.

[stslawncare]

ratchet straps for the big stuff and bungees for the small, chains if going long distance.

[lawnworker]

Trade secret here. I gots to keep some things to myself.;)

[proenterprises]

Wow lawnworker, thats cool, i hope you just joking, he was asking an honest question, the least you can do is give an intelligent response :rolleyes:

[longviewlawncare]

those self locking straps for the walkbehinds and other small stuff like that. Ratchet straps for the z's, then anything bogger than that gets either a chain or 5000lb. 27' straps. Loosing something would not be fun.

[lawnkid]

I'm assuming your mower is a belt so just leve it in gear and it sould be fine. With my boss's Lesco belt, he has a tilt trailer and he just leaves it in gear and we go up and down very steep hills to get to some properties and it stays they as if it had a parking brake. Maybe your mower is different.

[1grnlwn]

Gravity.

[jeremiahbabb]

No tie downs at all? That would worry me a bit too much goin around curves... :eek:

[1grnlwn]

most landscape trailers around here have foot high sides with expanded metal sheeting.

[LLMSERVICE]

I've got 2' high, 3/4 inch thick preasure treated sides on my landscape trailer. I've installed eight d hooks (4 down each side). I attach a series of rachet straps and bungee cords to hold down everything to the nearest rings so I can minimize straps crossing over and becoming a nightmare. The lazer HP brakes hold it well but the frost heaved pot hole lined streets here keep it bouncing so I tie it down as well.

I've got a Jungle Jim system for the trimmers and blower. Works great and keeps the insurance company happy.

Ideally, I'd like a series of floor mounted tie down rings but until I get a dedicated debris trailer, anything on the floor makes cleaning out clippings/leaves difficult.

[jason r.]

I built some wheel chokes out of 2x4's and screwed them down to the floor of the trailer. If I just going around town I just pull the front into the wheel chokes and put on the parking brake. On longer trips I'll throw a ratchet strap over it too.

[C & T]

I use wheel clamps, something similar to this: http://www.green-touch.com/item8879.ctlg

[C & T]

Sorry mdb, didn't realize you already put the link in for Green Touch.

[tiedeman]

we switched over to chains this year...we were going through so many tie downs and bungies in previous years that we switched over. So far, they are still lasting strong:)

This year was a major expense cutting year for us. So by using the chains, we saved some money.

[just Cuts]

I've had the wheel clamp from green touch for a week now and will never use anything else!

[thartz]

It looks like you could make a copy of the green touch chalks with a couple pieces of angle iron and a tie down;may try that myself.

[MCGRAIL LAWN]

We dont use anything to tie down the 33"+ Mowers
They all have parking brakes.

WE DO TIE THEM TOWN ONCE A MONTH WHEN WE DRIVE 2 HOURS TO A CAMPGROUND TO MOW GRASS THERE.

We use a 1 1/2 strap rachet to tie down the 21" Toro
The weedwaker and blowers and stuff like that get a trimmer trap system for or something like that.

Basicaly any thing witha parking brake does not move on the trailer. (But we dont drive like a**holes either).

That saying that you all drive like that but around me a few comanies do.

I drove down the street and saw a 36 " SCAG roll of a trailer at 45 MPH. They didnt put the pin in the gate and didnt set the parking brake.

The cadalac behind the trailer plower through the scag.

It was close not sure if the scag won.