Putting a single twist in your ratchet straps will help, too. Truckers do it for just this reason:
http://truckined.blogspot.com/2012/09/twisted-straps.html On Tue, Sep 10, 2013 at 11:56 AM, Daniel Brown <[email protected]>wrote: > Hi everyone. > > I have a couple recommends. You probably experienced some strap vibration, > yes? LIke a string on a violin. The vibration can cause the strap to weaken > through abrasion even on something like the edge of a plywood board, for > example. Not a given, certainly, but something to be aware of. > Duct tape helps. > > There are various quality of straps and ratchets too - not all tie-downs > are alike! > > Which brings me to my second recommend: Plan B. If one strap breaks, is > there a backup strap to keep the whole thing from kiting away? Backup your > sense of assurance with a second strap in case one breaks. > > Also, we used a piece of mdf cardboard stuff as a shield. MPG went from > 22-25 to 19-22. Hooray yurt wind shields! > > And yes, we drove to the desert upside down. > > > On Wed, Sep 4, 2013 at 12:23 AM, Bob Waldrop <[email protected]> wrote: > >> What a great solution! Not only for hexayurts, but for almost anything >> else you might need to tie to the roof of a car. Nice work and even better >> documentation. >> >> Bob Waldrop, Oklahoma Cityhttp://www.ipermie.net -- How to permaculture your >> urban lifestyle >> >> On 9/4/2013 12:01 AM, Ray Kornele wrote: >> >> Now there is documentation. And, you wrote it. >> >> >> KrazyKyngeKorny (Krazy, not stupid) >> >> >> >> On Tue, Sep 3, 2013 at 5:21 PM, Bonnie <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> Just got back from my first burn with an H12 strapped to my Honda Fit, >>> and I'm officially in love with hexayurts. I only saw a few other cars with >>> yurts on their roofs headed into BRC; I guess most people transport them >>> inside trucks/vans, which seems like a waste of truck space to me. >>> >>> I wasn't able to find much good documentation of how to transport a >>> hexayurt on a car, so I took some photos of my obsessively over-engineered >>> solution. The photo album with explanations is here: >>> http://imgur.com/a/Yhxsw >>> >>> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "hexayurt" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/hexayurt. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "hexayurt" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/hexayurt. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "hexayurt" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/hexayurt. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "hexayurt" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/hexayurt. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
