On the shelf — Townsville & Cairns

Silverback. Load restraint for trucks and trailers.

Silverback make the straps, chain and binders that hold a load on. Ratchet tie-downs from 25mm through to 75mm, G70 transport chain kits, load binders, ratchet dogs and the hooks that go with them. We keep the range on the shelf at both Townsville and Cairns, which is rather the point of it — restraint gear tends to be bought the morning it is needed, not ordered and waited on.

Silverback stocked here

Our position

We use this gear ourselves. Batteries and golf carts leave here strapped down with our own straps, which is a fair test of a product — you find out quickly whether a ratchet holds its setting, or whether webbing frays where it turns a corner. Load restraint is also one of the few things on the shelf where getting it wrong has consequences on the road rather than in the workshop, so the counter is the right place to work out what a job actually needs.

What we carry

The range, and what each part is for.

Ratchet tie-downs

The everyday restraint, in 25mm, 35mm, 50mm and 75mm webbing. Hook and keeper, J-hook and double-wire J-hook ends, in lengths from 5m through to 13m. Lashing capacities across the range run from 1000kg to 5000kg, printed on the label of every one.

G70 transport chain

Chain kits for the loads webbing will not hold — steel, machinery, anything with an edge that would cut a strap. Clevis slip hooks and winged grab hooks to suit, and G100 oblong links where the rating has to go higher again.

Binders and ratchet dogs

What tensions the chain once it is over the load. Ratchet dogs and Maxibinders, in the sizes the trucks around here actually run.

Straps for awkward loads

Wheel straddle straps for carrying vehicles, load chokers for anything that has to be pulled tight around itself rather than strapped over the top, and over-arch kits for loads that sit high.

In the workshop

On the shelf, in Townsville.

Photographed on the racking at Garbutt. The lashing capacity and the standard are printed on the gear itself, which is where to read them rather than off a website.

Silverback Cargo Care G70 chain kit buckets on the shelf at Townlec Townsville, labelled 6000kg lashing capacity and AS/NZS 4344, beside Austlift chain kits — Chain kits by the bucket. The label carries the lashing capacity, the chain size and length, a batch number, and the standard the kit is marked as conforming to.

Pink Silverback ratchet tie-downs with blue capacity labels showing 1000kg lashing capacity and polyester webbing, in a box at the Townlec workshop — Every strap carries its own label — lashing capacity, webbing material, length, batch number and the date it was made.

Boxed Maxibinder load binders stacked on the racking at Townlec Townsville, with the warning panel and quick use guide visible on the carton — Maxibinders, boxed and on the shelf. The carton carries the warnings worth reading before the first use rather than after it.

Why we stock Silverback

The honest take.

Restraint gear is one of the easier things to buy badly. A strap is a strap right up until the day it is not, and the difference between a properly rated tie-down and a cheap one is invisible until something moves. Silverback is a known name in transport and it is the range we keep on the shelf, which means it is also the range we can talk through with you rather than point at on a screen. Bring the load, or a description of it, and we will work out what holds it.

Where to find it

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Load Restraints

From the catalogue.

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Load Restraints

FAQ

Load restraint, answered.

What does the load capacity marking on a strap mean?+

Lashing capacity, marked LC on the label, is that strap's rated capacity within a restraint assembly. It is not the weight of the load. How many straps a load needs, and at what angle, depends on the load itself — bring us the details and we will work through it at the counter.

When do I need chain instead of webbing?+

Chain suits loads that would cut or abrade webbing — steel, machinery, anything with sharp corners — and loads needing a higher rating than webbing gives. Webbing is kinder to paint and finished surfaces and is quicker to throw over a light load.

Do you stock it in Townsville or Cairns?+

Both. The range is on the shelf at the Townsville workshop and at the Cairns branch.

Can you order in something you do not have on the shelf?+

Yes. Silverback's range is much wider than what we hold, so tell us what you are after and we will find out what can be brought in.

Next step

Bring us the load. We'll work out what holds it.

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