What do I need to buy to secure my ten ton JCB to a tractor lowloader effectively?
Not my trailer but a farmer mate wants to hire it quite a bit and now it's going on to steel tracks I think binders and chains will be better than ratchets.
It depends how far you want to go.
2x 8mm binders and 2x 8mm chains 4m long with your choice of ends, will do the job. Remember to go over the undercarriage and not over the track as you have to wind the binder down twice as far to remove the slack out the track, it also twists the tracks and is generally never secure. If you have the chains tapering in from the trailer and tucked behind the sprocket/ idler or piece of steelwork they can't slip over then this is perfectly acceptable.
If you want to go belts and braces then 4 binders with chain dog one end and chain dog and sprung latch hook on the other end. And either 4 long chains with your choice of book both ends or 8 short chains with your choice of hook at one end.
Your choice of end hooks depend on the trailer and machine tie down points as to what fits.
If the trailer is flat sided then chain dogs work as long as you put the toe behind a cross member.
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