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What do you use for tying down your flat car loads? - cncproadwarrior - 09-26-2013 I've tried slicing electrical tape, scale chain, wire and pony tail elastics. The pony tail elastics work great but they dry out after about a month and break. What is an easy source of tie downs?? Re: What do you use for tying down your flat car loads? - MasonJar - 09-26-2013 I try to follow the prototype: Wood - [albumimg]1096[/albumimg] And gravity - [albumimg]2820[/albumimg] Andrew Re: What do you use for tying down your flat car loads? - tomustang - 09-26-2013 I use electrical tape, thinly sliced and leave a bit for the ends so I can squish them into the tie-down holes