Current textIn force on Oct. 15, 2025Source: eCFR
§ 393.112 Adjustability of tiedowns.
Current wording, effective November 18, 2024.
49 CFR § 393.112 — Adjustability of tiedowns.. Text in force on October 15, 2025. This wording effective November 18, 2024 to present. Source: eCFR as of October 15, 2025, https://www.ecfr.gov/on/2025-10-15/title-49/section-393.112. Retrieved from FMCSR.com, https://fmcsr.com/reg/393.112?asof=2025-10-15, on October 26, 2026. Unofficial compilation; verify against the official source.
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.
Amendment history
2 distinct wordings on file since Oct. 1, 2002- Oct. 1, 2002 → Nov. 18, 2024annual editions 2002–2016
A new entry appears whenever the regulatory words change between government snapshots. Day-precise from the eCFR (2017 onward); before that, one snapshot per annual CFR edition (revised as of October 1). Bracketed citations are the Federal Register history printed with the section.