A load-strapping device including at least two frame parts connected by a pivotable joint, where one frame part is attacked to a strap, where the joint between the pivotable parts is provided with a spindle extending between parallel flanges of the frame parts, the pivotable joint between the pivotable parts provided at opposite ends of the spindle with a pawl-and-ratchet mechanism which provides one-way rotation of the spindle when the pivotable basic parts are pivoted repeatedly in opposing directions, characterized in that the spindle is provided with two recesses arranged at respective different oblique angles relative to the rotation axis of the spindle and that the recesses are mutually spaced, and in opposite orientations.