can someone explain how to use ratcheting binders please. using them to chain down bobcats, mini excavators, small tractors etc. i have only used snap binders but our company replaced them all with ratcheting binders. thanks
very simple principal. there is a cog in the middle that jams on the teeth. the cog can be flipped to go the other direction. ie. loosen/tighten. the hooked pieces on the end have screws that tighten to shorten the length of the whole thing which pulls the slack and makes your chains tight. not sure if that made any sense at all. kind of hard to descibe without holding one to show. you can get stuff to tight with the rachet binders, the levers are limited to how far you can pull somthing, with the rachet binders if you have somthing with a suspention you can pull it way down as where if you have the lever binders all you can do is go down one time, the rachet binders stay tighter because you can tighten so much more and when you get it down just roll it over till it hits the trailer or machine in the proper direstion and if does move it will tighten it further
Very similar to operating a socket rachet for a bolt. Set the lock, move the handle back and forth.
It's not rocket science. You use them like snap binders. Best way to extend the binders is to grab both hooks and make the center section with the handle on it rotate around the hooks...be careful not to whack yourself in the face/head when you do it. Then set the hooks as far apart on the chain as possible and tighten it up. Actually it won't take all that much to get the job done. Occasionally check them enroute. I've used both snap and ratchets and prefer the ratchet binder myself.
