---
kind: "section"
citation: "49 C.F.R. § 393.112"
title: "49"
number: "393.112"
heading: "Adjustability of tiedowns."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/49/393.112"
---

# §393.112. Adjustability of tiedowns.


Each tiedown, or its associated connectors, or its attachment mechanisms must be designed, constructed, and maintained so the driver of an in-transit commercial motor vehicle can tighten them. However, this requirement does not apply to the use of steel strapping.


## Notes

### Source

Source: 67 FR 61225, Sept. 27, 2002, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 31136, 31151, 31502; sec. 1041(b), Pub. L. 102-240, 105 Stat. 1914, 1993; secs. 5301 and 5524, Pub. L. 114-94, 129 Stat. 1312, 1543, 1560; and 49 CFR 1.87.

### Source

Source: 33 FR 19735, Dec. 25, 1968, unless otherwise noted.