Do you need a headboard on a flatbed??
Discussion in 'Flatbed Trucking Forum' started by ducatijay, Jun 11, 2011.
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There is a difference in the tie down requirements with a headboard. With no headboard, you have to have 2 tie downs on the front of the load, no matter . Got a ticket for that being used to step decks, and strapped down as usual, lol
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yes but it will make a difference if it is a crane hook that hits you.
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I disagree with you on this...One of our company hands had a load of pipe on and he had to do a quick stop and a couple of pieces of pipe slide out and hit the headache rack, HARD!....Had he not had a headache rack they would have surely hit the back of the sleeper and probably come through causing at the very minimum massive damage to the sleeper and possibly much worse.
Personally, I would NEVER even consider running a flatbed without a headache rack.areelius, TURKER, hammer head mn and 2 others Thank this. -
There's also two I-beams that are part of a cab shield.
Amen on the crane hook. That plastic hat could keep a hole out of your head.
Seen some crane operators that were new or in a hurry scare me.
I don't like when they lift that #### over my truck I want it away ASAP.
I wonder if these mills would say anything if I bought a replica WWII German helmet and ditched the plastic brain bucket. -
one time while loading 15'' pipe, a peice of pipe slid off of the forks into my headache rack and bent it pretty bad.......the result was a new headache rack and about an hour of down time............if i didnt have a rack it would have hit the sleaper, meaning that i would have had body work and lots of downtime........in my opinion it paid for itself that one time without considering any other benefits
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ie; a load of 40 foot pipe would require 5 tie downs, you could have 3 within the first 5 feet at the front and 2 with 5 feet at the rear.
Of course, the above is based on the weight being light enough to require 5 tie downs only. -
Pull tankers... problem solved LOL
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Your starting to sound like a door slammer.spyder7723 and ducatijay Thank this.
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