ImThere
Well-Known Member
FAKE NEWS!!!!!!!!!!You can do it without a cheater!
FAKE NEWS!!!!!!!!!!You can do it without a cheater!
Haha! After I hook the buckle to the hook and get things taught, I use my left hand to adjust steps and only the right hand to tighten it. I'll only use the left if I have it really tight and can't get it over.You do everything with your right hand? I wish I had 3 hands sometimes. This is starting to sound like Huck putting on spurs at eye level! LMAO
YuuuuuuuuupppppppppYou do everything with your right hand? I wish I had 3 hands sometimes. This is starting to sound like Huck putting on spurs at eye level! LMAO
There's just no way you can get an OCB as tight as a ratchet. I'd bet my paycheck on it.
Funded by @g2outdoors!Now we just need to figure out how to measure the force between joints of the strap...and we have our first SaddleHunter.Com "Feats of Strength" contest. Airing of grievances will take place afterwards.
Happy Festivus!
Now we just need to figure out how to measure the force between joints of the strap...and we have our first SaddleHunter.Com "Feats of Strength" contest. Airing of grievances will take place afterwards.
Happy Festivus!
Lol. No need. All it takes is for an ocb guy to put his steps on a ratchet and crank that sucker down and the difference is obvious. It's like the steps grew out of the tree. No step roll, no shifting, no movement whatsoever.
To be fair, you're talking about the Beast that broke the Predator positioning aid. I was born in the eye of a hurricane, and was suckled by a wild boar. My great, great grandmomma was a Chrokee princess that jumped off a waterfall...There's just no way you can get an OCB as tight as a ratchet. I'd bet my paycheck on it.
I'm using the squirrel steps OCB and two steps with my Predator. While I agree I've busted some blood vessels, mine gets pretty darn tight. Haven't felt any movement. But if you've got a little ratchet that works, by all means roll with itRatchets definitely aren't the devil. If you've got a ratchet/strap combo that's working for you, awesome!
I do maintain that I can get an OCB as tight as a ratchet though.
Was that a class 5 hurricane?To be fair, you're talking about the Beast that broke the Predator positioning aid. I was born in the eye of a hurricane, and was suckled by a wild boar. My great, great grandmomma was a Chrokee princess that jumped off a waterfall...
And lived.
In all seriousness, I can get one tight enough that you couldn't tell if it had been tightened with a ratchet or OSB. I killed 4 deer off of mine last year, and it never budged. And if you gave me an OCB that weighed the same as a ratchet...
I do have a 2" beast of a buckle in my closet. Can I use that in the contest?
The tricky part is how we could measure it. I'm not sure about that. We need an engineer to tell us that part.
And the bet is not that anyone can get an OCB "tight enough"...that's obvious. What's "tight enough" for you might not be "tight enough" for someone else. But there have been claims of an OCB being as tight as a ratchet. And by god I do declare this to be utter lunacy and a downright lie from the old serpent himself. That claim is nuttier than a port-o-potty at a peanut festival.
I have no idea how to measure it. I'm not very smart, I just talk a lot.Agreed - the wording is very clear - that nutter bustin' feller said he could get it as tight!
I think we can find some sort of scale that can go between two ends of the rope. Or we could use something that will break at known poundages and just keep going up until someone can't do it.
I bought a few from. Strapworks.com a few years back that worked great. I hardly ever use them anymore since the platform revolution happened a few years back.Hey murph and g2 what ratchet straps would you reccomend? Bought an ocb for my ros but just can't get used to it. Been using ratchet straps for over 20 years. Thanks
If you already have the strap with flat hook on the end, just grab a quality ratchet from your garage, truck bed, neighbor's truck bed, TSC, or online. Just take the flat hook with you to make sure it can "hook" onto the ratchet. There's a beefy black ratchet on a site that I'm familiar with and the hook works great with it.Hey murph and g2 what ratchet straps would you reccomend? Bought an ocb for my ros but just can't get used to it. Been using ratchet straps for over 20 years. Thanks