Looking for an easy and legal way to secure mowers to landscape trailer. I came across the power-locker add in one of the trade magazines. Does anyone have any feedback on these or any other recommendations. Thanks in advance.
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I had the perfect trailer once… it fit a 60" Lazer Z and a 60" dixiechopper so perfectly tight not securing was needed.
If I put the dixie or the exmark on first and then a 44 toro walk behind sideways on there, it was also a perfect fit with no room to slop around….It was perfect.
I hate tying things, strapping things etc.
Takes so much time, sometimes It takes longer to load/unload than it does to mow!
Ive never used the product you're looking at.
But I do nail wooden chocks to the deck to trap the tires from rolling (which is the handy man version of doing what you are looking at.
Draw back to having a preset tire chock in a certain area fixed to the trailer, is it has to get loaded in the same order, int he same place, with the same size machines every time, or the system won't work.
If I put the dixie or the exmark on first and then a 44 toro walk behind sideways on there, it was also a perfect fit with no room to slop around….It was perfect.
I hate tying things, strapping things etc.
Takes so much time, sometimes It takes longer to load/unload than it does to mow!
Ive never used the product you're looking at.
But I do nail wooden chocks to the deck to trap the tires from rolling (which is the handy man version of doing what you are looking at.
Draw back to having a preset tire chock in a certain area fixed to the trailer, is it has to get loaded in the same order, int he same place, with the same size machines every time, or the system won't work.
I like the Erickson 34416 Retractable straps. Super fast an easy. About 30 secs per machine with 2 straps. I like them because I dont have to load the machines on the trailer the same way all the time. 2 straps will cost you about $35. My trailers have higher sides on them so I have a lot of convenient places to hook them too. May or may not work better for you than other suggestions.
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Jungle Jims are nice easy to use , & they are easily removed. You bolt a flat plate into the deck of your trailer & the top part (removable) mounts onto the plate. They make a large , medium , & small ( zero turns , walk behinds, & push mowers.)
Any second thoughts on the straps? I really like the idea of having that spring to pull up the slack?
Nope. IMO they're awesome. Yep, the spring is great. Fastest way I've found to secure mowers and other equipment. I especially like being able to easily move them around for different machines. Mowers, wheeled leaf blowers, quads, motorcycles, etc... I use my trailers for all sorts of things and the straps work great for everything.
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Funny, I was just thinking about this earlier today for my trailer. I haven't came up with a solution other then my two straps as of right now. I'm considering doing some metal fabrication. Making like a wheel chock with a pin. Where I could pull the mower up on the trailer, drive straight into the wheel chock, and slide a pin on both wheels to secure it. Doesn't seem like it would be too hard. I cold make the pin slide behind the wheel which would keep it from moving. However, I'm trying to design something with a pin that slides over the top of the mower in case of an accident. I want something that will do the job and secure the mower from shifting, but I'm thinking more along the lines of something that will stop it from shifting while also protecting myself and others in the event of an accident.
Fast straps or just get a HD strap we had to use a strap all the time on our old gravely they never knew how to set the parking brake on a 05' model till 7 years later which failed after 2 months again lol.
New Deere is great just lock brake doesn't move at all.
New Deere is great just lock brake doesn't move at all.
The results of an accident and not strapping your equipment down.
http://flaglerlive.com/31223/sr100-fatality/
If you look closely you can see a 2x4 on the trailer acting as a wheel stop, too bad they don't work at all.
Everything on my trailer is strapped. Big mowers have a strap over the front forks and one through the rear of the frame, the added minute it takes me to hook and unhook them makes up for the nutcase drivers that think 10,000+ lbs of rolling steel can stop on a dime, or avoid you pulling out in front of them.
http://flaglerlive.com/31223/sr100-fatality/
If you look closely you can see a 2x4 on the trailer acting as a wheel stop, too bad they don't work at all.
Everything on my trailer is strapped. Big mowers have a strap over the front forks and one through the rear of the frame, the added minute it takes me to hook and unhook them makes up for the nutcase drivers that think 10,000+ lbs of rolling steel can stop on a dime, or avoid you pulling out in front of them.
We had Faststraps. They wore out and and I switched to 2inch wide ratchets hooked to eyes s bolted through the deck. I like a wide strap across the middle of the mowers after I hit speed table and the fronts of the ztr popped up and damaged some things . Takes 5 seconds off and 20 to hook back on. Important thing is to use some kind of tie down.
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I found them at Lowes today! I just happen to be needing new straps. I was using the "Pull Straps" which were pretty quick, but weren't very heavy duty. They would hold the push mowers, but had several break on the walk behinds. These seem well built, they are really fast once you get the hang of them, strong enough to ratchet "pull" the walk behind up to the very front of the trailer by ratcheting. :laugh: Overall, I love them!
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