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Today, were going to take a quick look at the Erickson Ratchet Strap, part number EM51330.
First, well go over the strap itself. Theres a double-J hook on the end of the strap for
anchoring to your tie down points. The strap itself measures about 1-1/2 inches wide. Its
got a total length of 15 feet. The strap has a breaking capacity of 4,000 pounds and a
safe working capacity of 13,000 pounds. The ratchet has its own strap, again with
a double-J hook for an anchor point. Youll set your straps into place and get them anchored
and feed the long strap through the spool on our buckle end. Then, youll operate the
ratchet strap like a normal ratchet strap and let it coil around the spool and tighten
up. To release the system, pull back on this lever here and we can open up the jaws without tightening.
Well take a little bit of the load off, pull this release down, now we can pull the other
release off the spool and we can then pull the strap out as the spool will move freely.