Pics?

 

^ agreed.

 

Earlier I posted just "chain".

Better yet maybe , if you're going to do it, is to use a piece of steel cable.

Chain, if too long, can wear and leave worn links in the roadway. Cable just wears on the end. Either one will spark at night (or in day, but no one notices sparks in day light). If the cable wears much, it'll just hit the high spots, but if it works at all, it'll still work.

The static straps are impregnated with a conductor and the plastic helps with slowing wear.

I'm not totally convinced that it works, nor will I say it doesn't.

I've used 1/4" cable on my GL1200 A to try and cut down on dust accumulation. With a MC it had to mount to frame, thus after several hundred miles it was worn so that it only toucvhed on bumps because it got worn on bumps. With a trike or 4 wheeled vehicle, it could be attached to an axle and grounded to the frame so it's mounting point stays same distance from the roadway, thus not wearing out 2.3 inches above the roadway.

Only sure test is take two identicle vehicles, same color even, attach cable or strap to one, drive both over 100 or 299 mile day ride and look at differences as you consume an "after supper ice cream cone" at Dairy Queen.

 

Wow didn't expect this many replies.

Most of the welding trucks around here have them. From what I've seen they work pretty good. For five bucks I'm going to try it.

FX4life can you post some pics of how its mounted. Also what length did you get. Its going on my f-250 with 35's.

 

They fasten to any grounded portion of frame or undercarriage with a single bolt. They just need to be long enough to reach ground.

 

They're impregnated with carbon, that makes them conductive. They're main purpose is to release static electricity from vehicles so as to stop the arc from zapping you when you get in and out of your vehicle. Dust reduction, is an added advantage. I want to get some for all our vehicles. My only concern is will they freeze to the ground / ice over night - in the winter and get torn off when you move the truck or car? Say you park in an area where there's wet snow/slush or puddled water and it freezes. Are the straps strong enough to pull out w/o breaking?

 

The biggest cause of static is the large amount of plastic that they use in modern cars and synthetic material in clothing. Try wiping down the interior plastic parts with water with a small amount of Dawn dish washing detergent in it. Or wipe it down with a used anti-cling cloth like those that some people put in their cloths dryers. (A new, unused one might leave everything waxy and a used one still contains enough anti-static material to work.) I used to work on some very sensitive electronics and static would frequently cause it to go haywire but both of those methods seemed to prevent static build up and subsequent software crashes.

Static is rarely a problem her in Florida so you guys in the drier parts of the country will have to let me know how that works for you.

 

LOL! We've gotten over 5" of rain in one day TWICE this week! Dust is not a problem right now!

Florida!

 

I've never been a believer but my truck has never zapped me. My DD has, and both my truck and DD are black, so they always look dirty

There is a guy at the local cruise in with a lime green built up Dart and he has two straps under it. I thought it was bazaar at first but now I am used to seeing it.