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<blockquote data-quote="BigJ" data-source="post: 85666" data-attributes="member: 62"><p>Dan, great minds...</p><p></p><p>Instead of a chain, I've been playing with the idea of actual tie down / ratcheting straps. You can ratchet them down to size, you can loosen them to expand around stuff you want hugging the sidewall (gascan). You can span between either side with bungy cords or other straps... </p><p></p><p>The chain idea concerns me from a weight-over-the-long-haul issue, as well as a rubbing on the BedRug issue. And of course if you don't have a BedRug, you've just introduced a huge noise maker in your bed. The straps avoid both issues.</p><p></p><p>I've tried this in my Raptor and it seems to really work well. You just need to deal with all the extra strap material (not a big deal; either bundle it or tie it around itself, or cut off what you don't think you'll need) The only issue I see with straps is what the chain does best... there's no way to "hook" into one area and stay there. I haven't been smart enough to come up with stuff I can add to the strap to enable a way to hook (isnt there a way to tie a rope into a loop around another rope and have it stay? Maybe that would work?), except to rivet in holes, like eyelets. That should work ok since strength of the straps isn't going to be a concern in this application, but I haven't tried it yet to see if the resulting hole would be large enough to be useful. The other option is to use other ratcheting straps (which is what I'm doing).</p><p></p><p>Here's an example of the straps (at what seems to be a GREAT price at $13 for 4)</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]178163[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000N82I2W/?tag=fordraptorforum-20" target="_blank">http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000N82I2W/?tag=fordraptorforum-20</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BigJ, post: 85666, member: 62"] Dan, great minds... Instead of a chain, I've been playing with the idea of actual tie down / ratcheting straps. You can ratchet them down to size, you can loosen them to expand around stuff you want hugging the sidewall (gascan). You can span between either side with bungy cords or other straps... The chain idea concerns me from a weight-over-the-long-haul issue, as well as a rubbing on the BedRug issue. And of course if you don't have a BedRug, you've just introduced a huge noise maker in your bed. The straps avoid both issues. I've tried this in my Raptor and it seems to really work well. You just need to deal with all the extra strap material (not a big deal; either bundle it or tie it around itself, or cut off what you don't think you'll need) The only issue I see with straps is what the chain does best... there's no way to "hook" into one area and stay there. I haven't been smart enough to come up with stuff I can add to the strap to enable a way to hook (isnt there a way to tie a rope into a loop around another rope and have it stay? Maybe that would work?), except to rivet in holes, like eyelets. That should work ok since strength of the straps isn't going to be a concern in this application, but I haven't tried it yet to see if the resulting hole would be large enough to be useful. The other option is to use other ratcheting straps (which is what I'm doing). Here's an example of the straps (at what seems to be a GREAT price at $13 for 4) [ATTACH=full]178163[/ATTACH] [URL]http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000N82I2W/?tag=fordraptorforum-20[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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