East has modified their winch clip specifically to work with the winch track design most widely used on flatbed trailers today: the "Double-L" winch track design. The new built-in safety feature makes the difference. The East winch clip allows the strap to go inside, not over top of the rub rail. This protects the strap from chafing against the rub rail (which also doubles its potential service life), and from shearing or cutting should the trailer be accidentally involved in a mishap.
