Thoughts on tying down equipment

[BROWNS LAWN CARE]

Originally Posted by orangemower

I'm close to 50 and was a auto tech for 30 years. I think of just about everything before I start a project. I also drilled 80 3/8 holes and bolted all the boards to the trailer frame in the same fashion.

wow, overkill... but it sure isn't coming apart easily...

i want the fast straps and bolting the way you did is the way to set them up for sure...

[MOturkey]

Originally Posted by cgaengineer

Who uses fast straps on their open trailer with pressure treated floor? Ya think those two screws gonna keep that board in the trailer when a 1500lb mower decides to launch?

Kinda like installing a vault door on a house made of plywood.
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Good point, but it is actually 3 screws instead of two, and I'm guessing if the wood floor is in good condition, they will hold more than you think. However, I am always amazed at the flawed logic whenever a post like this comes up. You are basically saying that because the tie-down system is likely to fail in a major accident at high speed, then it is a waste of time and energy to use one at all.

That is the same logic used by those who refuse to wear seatbelts, because they think if they hit someone head-on at 70 mph, they are going to get killed anyway, or the motorcycle rider who refuses to wear a helmet because he figures if he hits a telephone pole at 80, it won't do any good.

No safety equipment is ever going to be 100% effective under every possible scenario, but using what is available is going to increase your odds under the majority of scenarios.

[Patriot Services]

Not to mention those screws and straps may reduce enough energy so its not as deadly a misslie. But eff it, everybody on here always claims they have perfect safety records and never have accidents. Its just like insurance, a complete waste of time and money so screw it.
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[cgaengineer]

Originally Posted by MOturkey

Good point, but it is actually 3 screws instead of two, and I'm guessing if the wood floor is in good condition, they will hold more than you think. However, I am always amazed at the flawed logic whenever a post like this comes up. You are basically saying that because the tie-down system is likely to fail in a major accident at high speed, then it is a waste of time and energy to use one at all.

That is the same logic used by those who refuse to wear seatbelts, because they think if they hit someone head-on at 70 mph, they are going to get killed anyway, or the motorcycle rider who refuses to wear a helmet because he figures if he hits a telephone pole at 80, it won't do any good.

No safety equipment is ever going to be 100% effective under every possible scenario, but using what is available is going to increase your odds under the majority of scenarios.

Never did I say it was stupid to tie mowers down...I tie mine down, but in an accident the will come loose.
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[TNGrassCutter]

Originally Posted by Patriot Services

Not to mention those screws and straps may reduce enough energy so its not as deadly a misslie. But eff it, everybody on here always claims they have perfect safety records and never have accidents. Its just like insurance, a complete waste of time and money so screw it.
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Sometimes i drive down the wrong side of the highway since I've never been in a wreck.
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[Richard Martin]

Originally Posted by Patriot Services

Not to mention those screws and straps may reduce enough energy so its not as deadly a misslie. But eff it, everybody on here always claims they have perfect safety records and never have accidents. Its just like insurance, a complete waste of time and money so screw it.

I don't believe anybody has ever asked if anyone has had an accident before. Back when I had my S-10 and 6X12 trailer I had a bit of an oopsie. I was about the fourth car in line at a red light. The light turned green and everybody started to go. I looked down to grab my cup of coffee and wham. The guy in front of me stopped dead in the middle of the road and I rearended him. There was damage to his vehicle, mine and my equipment. Back in those days I did strap my 50" Gravely down but it moved forward and ran into the back of my 36" Woods. There was relatively minor damage to his vehicle, my S-10 and my mowers.

Then there was the time I was pulling into a parking lot to park right next to a side loader (Coke) truck. I couldn't see what was on the other side of the truck. I wanted to pull even with the other truck. Well a lady in a small car came around the front of the other truck and we ran into one another. Again, minor damage to both vehicles but my equipment was fine. That happened in my F150.