this post was submitted on 10 Oct 2024
215 points (96.9% liked)

Microblog Memes

5781 readers
2039 users here now

A place to share screenshots of Microblog posts, whether from Mastodon, tumblr, ~~Twitter~~ X, KBin, Threads or elsewhere.

Created as an evolution of White People Twitter and other tweet-capture subreddits.

Rules:

  1. Please put at least one word relevant to the post in the post title.
  2. Be nice.
  3. No advertising, brand promotion or guerilla marketing.
  4. Posters are encouraged to link to the toot or tweet etc in the description of posts.

Related communities:

founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
 
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] Cadeillac 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Most of the comments I have seen say that the wind on the straps is going vibrate the roof away. I don't know personally, but that sounds like a likely outcome

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Couple twists in each strap will fix that.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

How does that work if you could explain?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Wind causes a straight ratchet strap to vibrate, almost like a reed in certain types of wind instruments. You'll notice the same thing if you strap something to the roof of your car or in the bed of a pickup and drive it in the highway. It makes for a very noisy ride.

Giving the strap a twist or two, wherever it's not contacting something, will stop it from vibrating and it will be much quieter.