Abstract: A device for fastening the free end of a tensioning band for securing loads to a loading platform on a truck by a tensioning band and a tensioning device. The fastening device comprises a sleeve having a hook which engages a D ring attached to the free end of the band. The hook is pivotably and resiliently attached to the sleeve and is remotely operated by an operating device. When the tensioning force in the band exceeds a predetermined value, which is determined by the spring, a switch is actuated by the spring and making a monitoring lamp positioned in the truck cabin to go out. The operating device can be a stay extending transversally from the fastening device and beneath the platform to the corresponding tensioning device, or a pneumatic, hydraulic or an electromechanic device operated from the corresponding tensioning device and/or from the truck cabin.