LOADING STRAP TENSIONING DEVICES AND ADAPTERS THEREFOR.

An adapter kit for allowing use of a drill to operate a cargo strap tensioning winch having an axle around which a cargo strap is windable, the axle having a winch bar mount configured for removably mounting a winch bar thereto, the adapter kit comprising: a winch adapter securable to the winch bar mount, the winch adapter defining a winch adapter head axially aligned with the axle when the winch adapter is operatively secured to the winch bar mount; and a drill adapter mountable to the drill so as to be axially rotatable thereby, the drill adapter defining a drill adapter head removably mountable to the winch adapter head so as to be jointly axially rotatable therewith. Also a winch and a winch adapter.