• lemmyng
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    835 days ago

    In this case, I expect it’s going to be blowing those ratchet straps after they become unanchored, turning them into whips that’ll cleave the roof in half.

          • @[email protected]
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            15 days ago

            Look man I’m not a sciencologist but if a big ol tree smacks into that strap maybe the strap doesn’t break but the metal tie downs? Idk man doesn’t seem like it would work out well for the house or straps

            • @[email protected]
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              115 days ago

              A 2" wide straps is supposed to fail at about 10,000 pounds/4500kg of static load. The nylon strap will fail long before the metal hardware does, and the roof is going to fail before either of those do. If a large enough object fell on the strap, the most probable scenario is that the strap would end up acting like a wire cutter to the roof.

        • Fubber Nuckin'
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          85 days ago

          It might break the roof. Those straps are nearly as wide as that truck’s brake lights, i don’t see them snapping so easily.

    • KillingTimeItself
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      24 days ago

      unanchored

      whips

      schrodingers whip. How is it both unanchored and a whip at the same time.

        • KillingTimeItself
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          13 days ago

          if one of them goes, the other is pretty likely to go as well. Unless you just didn’t secure it properly, in which case skill issue.