June 10, 2011 - Posted by Rudy Young - 1 Comment
Green solutions represent the way forward. With the convergence of climate change evidence and changing consumer demand, in order to survive and prosper businesses need to adopt sustainable business model.
Effective collection and distribution of solar energy, which opens the door for modern home and business to use renewable energy, this is what green revolution all about. Modern living and business are not possible without power, with renewable energy we not only don’t have to worry about energy shortage but also lower the cost of energy.
Effective solar solution is both economically and environmentally sound. In the past, solar collectors were a novelty, which is only for the rich, as hard as people tried, no regular consumer could afford the solar energy. We provide affordable technologies that make sense, this strategy will work on any business and residence, size doesn’t matter.
Transitioning from traditional power supplies to a reliable solar alternative is a big jump, make no mistake we will have to employ strict quality control at all levels. From all relevant certifications , to personalised installation, any one who wants to do solar business has to maintain high quality, and make sure customers will receive high standard services.
As diverse as the product line is, we should not lose sight of the fact that each product should provide measurable value:
•Heat-collecting
The fine German engineering gives us 95% efficiency on solar energy collection. Based on your needs, we have assemblies that can be utilised on the roof, balcony, canopy, wall, windowsill, garage roof or floor.
• Heat-transfer
The state-of-the-art heat transfer material provides heat transfer to super sonic and exchanging speed within five seconds. Pipelines are created with 100% sealing, super-long distance connection capabilities, stable circulation systems and automated controls.
• Heat-storage
The stainless steel storage tanks last up to 20 years, and thanks to our X5 materials, provide energy storage 2-3 times more efficient than water. Your custom set up can be applied to hot water, central heating or even thermal electricity.
So far we get the basic idea of solar water heater, not only these products have high quality, they are made to last, it is imperative that we use high quality parts in our green solution, or we’re just misleading the green conscious consumers.
June 10, 2011 - Posted by Rudy Young - 0 Comments
We got a tree stump on our lawn , its diameter is about a little bit greater than 4′ , it had annoyed us for quite some time , we’ve tried chainsaw on it but nothing can go through it, lately we bought a cable puller with 4 ton capacity , hooked onto a pick up and took the stump out like a decayed molar in an instant.
Actually cable pullers are heavy duty pulling tools and can be used to do a lot of things, sometimes you even can use it in pace of ATV Winch to save money. A typical cable puller has 1 ton to 4 ton pulling capacity, the lifting capacity is half of the pulling, and pull reach ranges from 6′ to 12′, 4 ton puller typically has 6′ reach but extra heavy duty ones may have more than 11′ reach. We usually call cable puller “Come Along”, by definition, a come along is a hand operated ratchet lever winch, so cable puller can be called come along, along with chain puller, chain hoist, hand winch, trailer winch. The difference between cable puller and other come alongs is that cable pullers are perceived as heavy duty tools, pull capacity can be 4 ton(8800lbs), while regular hand winch has 400-4000lbs capacity and mostly used to pull boat out of or lower boat into water from trailer, sometimes also called boat trailer winch. And there are chain hoists which are called chain come along as well, we usually see chain hoists in big warehouse and heavy machinery operation.
The cable pullers are ideal for stretching, pulling, lifting and lowering. You can pull or release vehicles onto and from trailer respectively, to pull or tear down trees, pull big rack or shed around your house, pull the stuck trees out of somewhere , compare to electric powered winch, such as UTV Winch , cable pullers are cheaper handy tools. We made our point let’s get a real cable puller, nowadays the first thing to do is go online, more than hundreds of good stores at your finger tip.
As we can see, these hand tools are always ready whenever you need them, while gasoline powered tools will be out of order from time to time, and we have to take pollution into consideration when we use gasoline tools. For our own and nature’s sake, if I have choice I will always use hand tools.
March 25, 2011 - Posted by Rudy Young - 0 Comments
The most used tie down system on trailer van are logistic tie down system, which consists of Logistic Track and e track tie downs, E tracks come in with a few different length, such as 2′, 5′ and 10′, and there are two different flavors , horizontal and vertical. The E Track tie downs have some varieties , such as rope tie off, D ring with E fitting, E Track cam buckle straps with E Fitting, Ratchet E Track straps , wood beam sockets , wheel chocks which usually seen with E Tracks installed on the truck floor for bike or vehicle tie down and e track decking beams with e fittings at both ends. But any E Track tie downs need logistic track to be installed to work, so the most important thing is to install the E Track properly.
Now we’re going to mount the E Track onto the trailer wall, first thing we do is to find the wall studs, this is same for the floor installation. The wall studs are a big channel with a few flat spots to put the plywood on, we will do the same to the logistic track and bridge the stud and the E Track , now we need to use screw to hold the logistic track in the place, the trick is the same as any other handy jobs. Use deep threaded wood screws on these E Tracks is a great idea , and if it’s possible, you should put one screw in each hole on the track, and run the track as far as you can(spread the load), then you’re pretty safe as long as for regular loads. The outside wall is about 2 inches thick , so make sure the screws are not longer than that.
When finish installing E Tracks, you will need to test it, just hook e track accessories into the E Track, drag it all you want, see if there are any weak spots, loose ends or whatever feels not well secured, if there are any problems fix them before you put the system into real use.
February 7, 2011 - Posted by Rudy Young - 4 Comments
It’s imperative that all truck loads on the road to be secured according FMCSA rules and regulations, any accidents involve big rigs will be a disaster, people could lost lives and business. But rules and regulations are just that, rules and regulations, the education about drivers is much more important than just reiterate rules. Seasoned and educated drivers will know how to use tie downs efficiently and securely, they know what kind of tie downs are strong and safe, what tie downs are weak and unsafe, this is extremely important because if you have qualified tie downs on your truck there are bigger chance some accidents could be avoided.
When it comes to cargo securement, truck drivers not only need to understand that they have to use strong and safe tie downs, but also need to learn from others’ mistakes and experiences, when a driver knows what to use on the truck and knows what to do when encounters unexpected events, he or she is in much better position to avoid any major accidents.
As for using qualifies tie downs on the truck, it’s another story we will talk about that later.
January 19, 2011 - Posted by Rudy Young - 2 Comments
Transport Chains and ratchet binders are trucking accessories , all these tie downs are made from steel, their working load limits are higher than their straps counterparts , say we compare grade 70 size 5/16” binder chain(which has 4700lbs WLL) to 2” tie downs(typical WLL 3333lbs) , 3/8” WLL 6600lbs binder chain vs. 4” WLL 5400lbs tie down straps , the grade 70 transport chains are tougher than ratchet straps and the system 7 lever binders are stronger than grade 70 chains, 3/8”-1/2” chain binder has WLL of 9200lbs, which is much stronger than 6600lbs of 3/8” chains . If we examine the design factor of chains and tie down straps, we will see that chains and binders have 4 to 1 design factor while tie down straps have design factor 3:1 , that’s another reason we think chains and binders are tough tie downs .
To tie down big rigs such as forklift, bulldozer is what we use grade 70 transport chains and binders for, tie down straps have no chance against these tough guys, the only choice is binder chains and binders , when we talk about backhoe, forklift, we need at least 3/8” grade 70 chains and binders to secure them, for something which has less weight we consider 5/16” chains are good fit, of course we still have 1/2” and up chains and binders, these chains will most likely be used to tie down something out of ordinary, such as battle tanks, or some other applications require super heavy duty chains.
Grade 70 chains can be used for any purpose except overhead lifting. You can use these chains for tearing down trees, tow heavy objects, we some times use these chains to tow our mobile loading dock. We’ve seen forestry service companies use a lot of these transport chains and binders in their work as well. The most important application for these chains and binders are in trucking industry, the most prominent sue is for heavy equipment.
In the end of day, we probably can tag these chains and binders as all purpose and all weather tie downs, they can be used anywhere we want, and they can be used under extreme weather conditions, sometimes these chains and binders even can be used as rescue tools. Sometimes these things are so versatile, whenever and wherever possible we would love to use them.
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October 29, 2010 - Posted by Rudy Young - 27 Comments
When it comes to truck tie down , you have to bear in your mind that there are totally different things, there are different kind of trucks, box truck, pickup truck, flatbeds, etc., they use similar or different tie downs, even for same kind of trucks, people probably will use totally different tie downs, say e track straps or plain ratchet straps for box trucks, so try to talk about generic tie downs is not a good idea, to make things simple, I’m sure you’ve already seen flatbed tie downs on the road, we will only talk about flat beds for the time being.
There are all kinds of loads on the flat bed truck, just because they can or they have to , the requirement for tie downs can be pretty complex . Comes down to flatbed trucks, quite some of the flatbeds come with winches installed, or you can install by yourself at a later time, then you can use winch strap to do the job without the hassle of having to tie down both ends of the ratchet straps.
Traditionally portable winch and winch strap are most popular tie down devices for flat beds . When you work with truck winches and winch straps, there is one thing you can’t live without: winch bars, these steel bars are necessary for your job, so get one if you don’t already have one.
Some flat beds come with weld on winches installed, not all flat beds have winches installed. Winch straps with winches on the flatbed can be used to secure pallets, machinery, steel coils, concrete pipes etc., with 5400lbs working load limit and the protection of plastic corner guards these winch straps can secure almost anything threw at them. Usually we see flat hooks at one end of the winch straps, the use of flat hook sometimes is by convention, sometimes by choice, because the flat hook is easy on flatbeds, and wire hooks can be used as well, mostly seen on 2” winch straps. Truck winches come in with two different width, 2” and 4”, but winch straps have width of 2”, 3” and 4”, it’s obvious you can put 3” winch straps in 4” winches, even the width availability of winch straps is limited, the length is not, though there are usually no winch straps shorter than 20′, these straps can be more than 60 feet long! And the best selling length is 27′ and 30′, 4” wide.
And there are most used tie downs: ratchet straps . In reality the ratchet straps are just the assembly of ratchet buckles and tie down webbing, which can be nylon or polyester, the combination of different ratchet buckles and different straps gives us many choices.
Ratchet tie downs are most used tie down straps because of their adaptability , you can use them almost anywhere when it’s applicable. The ending comes with quite some varieties, flat hooks, wire hooks , chain anchor , snap hooks, endless and more. And it’s width can be 1” through 4”, length can be a few feet to more than 50 feet . The reason we say that ratchet straps are most popular tie down devices for most trucks can be found in this paragraph, even for flatbeds which use winch straps extensively may find ratchet straps attractive if there are no winches installed on the truck.
Before you get out or get online to purchase these truck straps , you will have to know how to get most out of them with less money , most important thing is the strap quality , most likely you will know the quality of local store stuff, but for websites you need to find out by reading products reviews, customer feed backs, trucker blogs, or by some other venues to determine if the products and service offered by online retailers worth their prices.
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July 31, 2010 - Posted by Rudy Young - 0 Comments
Grade 70 chains and chain binders are heavy duty truck tie downs, both chains and binders are made of carbon steel, their working load limits are higher than their straps counterparts , let’s look at 5/16” transport chain(WLL 4700lbs) vs. WLL 3333lbs 2” ratchet tie down straps , 3/8” WLL 6600lbs binder chain vs. 4” WLL 5400lbs tie down straps , you will see that compare to tie down straps, binder chains are much stronger, and chain binders are even stronger than same size chains, for instance, 5/16”-3/8” binder has WLL 5400lbs which is stronger than 4700lbs WLL of 5/16” grade 70 chain . If we examine the design factor of chains and tie down straps, we will see that chains and binders have 4:1 design factor while tie down straps have design factor 3:1, that’s another reason we consider chains and binders are heavy duty tie downs .
The National Association of Chain Manufacturer recommends that the steel which can be used to make grade 70 binder chains must have less than 0.35% Carbon, 0.040% Phosphorous and 0.050% Sulfur. When the material meets NACM recommendation, the manufacturing process are under strict quality control, and the final products meet or exceed DOT requirements, you can put the chains and binders on your 18 wheeler and haul away .
To tie down big rigs such as forklift, bulldozer is what we use grade 70 transport chains and binders for, tie down straps have no chance against these tough guys, the only choice is binder chains and binders , the most popular chain size for these kind of load are 3/8”, for some light equipment which is still too heavy and hard for straps 5/16” will be ideal chain size. 1/2” and up are mostly for really heavy stuff, for example, military applications, say to tie down battle tanks, you will definitely need 1/2” even 5/8” grade 70 chains to tie those bad boys down.
As we stated above, grade 70 chains , or say binder chains are used on a lot things except for overhead lifting. There are people who use these chains to tear trees, to tow mobile loading docks, a lot of forestry services use large quantity of these grade 70 chains and binders.
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July 27, 2010 - Posted by Rudy Young - 1 Comment
The combination of ratchet buckle and nylon or polyester webbing is the ratchet strap. The straps part of the assemblies can be made of nylon or polyester webbing , and the working load limit should be a few hundred pounds to thousands of pounds , the width can range from 1” to 4” , usually we can see hooks, loops or chain extension at both ends of the assembly .
The handle of the ratchet buckle have a few varieties, steel handle, aluminium handle or plastic coated handle. Usually we will see all kinds of ratchets, such as long handle, short handle, wide handle, long and wide handle and some special handles, people choose the most appropriate ratchets for their jobs, and this is another reason why ratchet straps are so popular, because the possibilities are almost unlimited!
Both nylon and polyester webbing are used to make the straps, but they have different characteristics, for shock absorption, we need nylon webbing and for tie down bulk loads we need polyester webbing straps, nylon webbing has better elongation than polyester while polyester webbing are stronger than nylon ones, in real world applications we need different straps for different situation , that is to say we need both nylon and polyester webbing straps for different needs.
Webbing cab also be coated with suitable materials that will improve desirable characteristics, such as abrasion resistance, sealing to prevent penetration of foreign particles and matter, increased(or decreased) coefficient of friction, ultra-violet light resistance .
Last but not the least, the quality of the straps is the most important characteristic, to use these straps properly and safely is imperative. Now how to find these straps with quality and low price? Your local store will probably have most straps you need, but the price to quality ratio probably will be pretty high, but this is not always true. And don’t forget the online store are the best place to find a lot of products, include tie down strap, but there is a problem, you can’t touch the real products before they got delivered, it’s almost unrealistic to have vendors to send you a sample when you only need a few straps, here we can go online to read product and service reviews of these online stores, usually you can read a blog, such as Running Tire, or specialised online opinion sites.
By Rudy Young
