{"id":3420,"date":"2008-12-17T08:53:35","date_gmt":"2008-12-17T02:57:23","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2013-04-10T17:03:28","modified_gmt":"2013-04-11T00:03:28","slug":"rope-ratchet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/rope-ratchet\/","title":{"rendered":"Rope Ratchet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I wanted to rig a single line of rope across the ceiling of my garage for a storage solution, but was concerned about getting the line tight enough to keep from sagging. Rather than tie up a come-along winch &#8212; which requires a lot more hook up room and has a tendency to release quite hard  &#8212; I saw the Rope Ratchet and decided to give it a try; I&#8217;m glad I did. The contraption is basically a rope that&#8217;s fed into and around a ratcheting wheel and bracket that holds the line and prevents backspin; you can release the line with a lever. It&#8217;s quite simple, but I haven&#8217;t seen anything quite like it. I&#8217;m using one to hold up a 70-lbs. tackle bag 6 feet off the floor of my garage and another holding about 80 lbs. of plastic lures on a rope stretched across hooks against the ceiling of my garage. I&#8217;m using the 1\/4-inch Rope Ratchet that&#8217;s rated for a working load of 150 lbs., but there are different sizes for different needs: the 1\/8-inch will hold 75 lbs. up, while the 1\/2-inch  will hold 500 lbs. After a number of months, mine are holding strong with no sign of failure.<\/p>\n<form mt:asset-id=\"4665\" class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\" style=\"display: inline;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"rope-ratchet2.jpg\" src=\"\/wp-content\/archiveimages\/rope-ratchet2.jpg\" width=\"73\" height=\"200\" class=\"mt-image-none\" style=\"\" \/><\/form>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Quick, easy tie-down<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[41],"tags":[1350],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3420"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3420"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3420\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11527,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3420\/revisions\/11527"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3420"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3420"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3420"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}