what is the best way to tie a lawn tractor down?

I have a ridding mower that I am trying to tie down on my small 5 by 8 foot flat bed trailer with no rear gate. I thought about a chain with a boomer or a ratchet tie down. The thing is the trailer has a tendency to bounce a little when being pulled. I am leaning toward the chain and boomer and then maybe making a rear lift gate for the trailer.

Ratchet tie downs are the best. one through the steering wheel and one above the mowing deck. Flatten the tires and it wont roll off. Bring a bike pump to inflat them.

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admin posted at 2012-3-20 Category: Tie Down

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  1. #1ICU812 @ 2012-3-21 02:41

    Ratchet tie downs are the best. one through the steering wheel and one above the mowing deck. Flatten the tires and it wont roll off. Bring a bike pump to inflat them.
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  2. #2LawnRanger @ 2012-3-21 02:49

    Hi massey_7,
    I’m LawnRanger from The Home Depot.

    The ratcheting tie-down straps are the best choice to secure your load.Touch the front tires to the front rail of your trailer. If the tires won’t touch the rail, angle the mower so that one tire touches the front rail with the nose of the tractor facing into the corner of the trailer. The other front tire will then touch the side wall or rail.

    Pass the tie strap through the body of the mower below the steering column and hook both ends of the tie-strap to the front of the trailer. Ratchet the strap to pull the tractor tight into position. The hooks should be at or below the floor level of the trailer.

    The tractor is now secure.
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    Power equipment specialist for 22 years. I also own a 4×8 trailer.

  3. #3Joe @ 2012-3-21 03:07

    The best way is using ratched tie downs, one on each corner. But make them super tight, so if your trailer bounces, your machine does not. And check them periodically as you are driving, so they dont loosen up. Secure the tie down to a fixed part of your trailer though.
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  4. #4John Carlo @ 2012-3-21 03:18

    Well, when you saw on trimmer-trap a tie-down system that looks heavy duty but you have to bolt a part on the front of your deck to mount it, which I will not do, not to mention how hard that would be on the deck when you hit the brakes.

    At green-touch.com they have the fast-strap" system that looks interesting. Anyone have it? I’d like to know if it is good or junk, because it looks interesting. It looks like you roll the front tires over the chock that is mounted to the floor of the trailer and then the strap grabs onto the tire.

    I’m currently using a ratchet strap which goes over one of the arms in the front and then loops around the other before fastening to the other side of thetrailerr. Almost anything would bebe better.

    http://www.mylawnmowerreviews.com/
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