Ok so I have a new truck I’ve moved from a box body to a curtain and want to keep my straps tidy I’ve tried tucking them back up inside the ratchet part but they keep falling out I’ve tried tucking them back behind itself and between the curtain with the same result - have you guys got any idea how I can stop em falling out and flapping all over I think it looks a mess when they start doing that
See the lip on them? Hook them behind the vertical part of the strap.
Tuck them behind the strap where the body touches the curtain before tightening them. When they tighten it will pinch it between the body and strap.
Can you post a pic so we know what type of strap you have?
Find a Stobart driver and get them to show you. They get taught it in their induction.
I managed about 3 days doing that, now I leave them to flap free to their hearts content.
Could try looping them out and back in through the ratchet then when locking it down it should grip the strap.
m1cks:
Tuck them behind the strap where the body touches the curtain before tightening them. When they tighten it will pinch it between the body and strap.
That’s the best way if the end is long enough. If it is too short, just leave it. The other way of looping it back always annoys me as it makes it harder to release.
Yep I always tuck them pointing backwards for a more streamline effect, less drag when going up hill and saves fuel 
Best you go back to the box body. VOSA and HSE are having a purge on all curtainsiders, and they have determined that the straps that go from roof to deck are “load containment” straps, and are not suitable for securing a load. They have now decided that the load HAS to be strapped to the deck…which now means on a 26 pallet load, chucking over the pallets 13 straps secured at the deck either side…deep joy…!
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dafpower:
…have you guys got any idea how I can stop em falling out and
flapping all over ?
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Let them flap.
They dry quicker. Less rot. Less buckle rust.
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Dieseldoforme:
dafpower:
…have you guys got any idea how I can stop em falling out and
flapping all over ?.
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Let them flap.They dry quicker. Less rot. Less buckle rust.
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You really do post some utter ■■■■ on here. When have you ever seen a rusty curtain buckle? Maybe something to do with them being made from stainless steel? 
You still head of SARP?
Rob K:
Dieseldoforme:
dafpower:
…have you guys got any idea how I can stop em falling out and
flapping all over ?.
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Let them flap.They dry quicker. Less rot. Less buckle rust.
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You really do post some utter [zb] on here. When have you ever seen a rusty curtain buckle? Maybe something to do with them being made from stainless steel?
Lol classic!
Let them flap. I can have 6 trailers in one night. 4 is the norm.
I get sick of opening and shutting the blinking things.
We strap all our loads down internally.
What annoys me, is when those straps are left sticking out the bottom of the curtains…
It sounds like the same thing, but they can be any length.
Jaydee.
shirts:
Best you go back to the box body. VOSA and HSE are having a purge on all curtainsiders, and they have determined that the straps that go from roof to deck are “load containment” straps, and are not suitable for securing a load. They have now decided that the load HAS to be strapped to the deck…which now means on a 26 pallet load, chucking over the pallets 13 straps secured at the deck either side…deep joy…!
Yep Kudos on the best lurking I ever seen, 6 years to make your first post is exceptional lurking IMHO 
Curtainsiders should be treated as a flat bed albeit with a bit more comfort for loose loads, 26 pallets x 13 straps = no problem (I might even have some ropes on it as well just to keep my hand in on the dolly knot and it looks good for VOSA).
Seen many curtainsiders bulging at the seems so much they should be routed. Not that its the drivers fault as the load may have dictated a bit of overhang but when its just on the nearside something tellls me they have turned right at a roundabout at somepoint on their journey.
Dipper_Dave:
shirts:
Best you go back to the box body. VOSA and HSE are having a purge on all curtainsiders, and they have determined that the straps that go from roof to deck are “load containment” straps, and are not suitable for securing a load. They have now decided that the load HAS to be strapped to the deck…which now means on a 26 pallet load, chucking over the pallets 13 straps secured at the deck either side…deep joy…!Yep Kudos on the best lurking I ever seen, 6 years to make your first post is exceptional lurking IMHO
Curtainsiders should be treated as a flat bed albeit with a bit more comfort for loose loads, 26 pallets x 13 straps = no problem (I might even have some ropes on it as well just to keep my hand in on the dolly knot and it looks good for VOSA).
Seen many curtainsiders bulging at the seems so much they should be routed. Not that its the drivers fault as the load may have dictated a bit of overhang but when its just on the nearside something tellls me they have turned right at a roundabout at somepoint on their journey.
When I see the load bulging out at one side only it tells me that the trailer has been loaded from the opposite side and stuff pushed across with t’forks.
axletramp:
When I see the load bulging out at one side only it tells me that the trailer has been loaded from the opposite side and stuff pushed across with t’forks.
Ahhh that old chestnut, although I don’t mind a bit more weight on the offside (just a bit mindue) as it offsets the road camber a bit.
shirts:
VOSA and HSE are having a purge on all curtainsiders . . .
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Don’t panic - they’re only looking for buckle rust.
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Dieseldoforme:
shirts:
VOSA and HSE are having a purge on all curtainsiders . . ..
Don’t panic - they’re only looking for buckle rust.
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£20 a wind on your landing legs, plus a fiver for every rusty buckle!