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These through wheel straps popped up on Amazon this week for $36 so I thought I'd give them a try. It was/is just the strap an no ratchet. I actually like them, just need to pickup a pair of ratchet handles that have the hook straight on them for the rear. An maybe some softer covers if I ever have nicer wheels. The tounge box is pretty full now but I think I have enough straps for anything I might need to haul.
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I also picked up a reciever winch mount, the reciever part an a 2' piece of 1/4" angle. Going to bolt the angle under the floor to the crossmember an then bolt the reciever to that through the floor. Had hopes to get that much done this weekend but looks like the weather isnt going to cooperate.
Ok I'm just nit picking here, but you can never strap anything down too good.
On the front, if you are going to use the long run of straps like that, imho it would have been better to cross them so they form an "X". Otherwise, just use a shorter run of strap and go down to one of the closer stake pockets. It offers more downward pull and also more side-side stability.
On that left rear wheel, the strap should have been through the next opening to the rear. You want the imaginary line of your strap to be inline with the axle centerline. The reason being, if you were to hit a large bump and the wheel lost some contact pressure with the trailer, the force of the strap could rotate the wheel, which would then cause the strap to be loose.
But like I said, just nit picking. You certainly had it strapped down far better than a lot of people do, and 99.999% of the time, nothing bad would have happened.