Rod Saver Stainless 40-Inch Retractable Transom Tie-Down

The Rod Saver Stainless Retractable Transom Tie-Down is a 40 inch pair in stainless steel, with a swiveling head.

The swivel is what separates this from a fixed-head tie-down. It lets the webbing align itself with the pull rather than twisting at the anchor point, and twisted webbing loses a significant part of its strength. It also stops the strap chafing against its own edge, which is how a tie-down fails without any obvious damage.

Stainless throughout rather than plated steel resists the corrosion that ramp water and road salt cause at a transom, which is the wettest place on a trailer. Forty inches covers most transom widths, and the retractable housing takes up slack rather than leaving webbing loose at highway speed. Explore more trailer tie-downs.

• Swivel head keeps the webbing aligned with the pull
• Twisted webbing loses much of its strength
• Stainless throughout for the wettest trailer position
• 40 inch pair, retracting to take up slack