Flatbedders: Headache Racks REQUIRED?

Discussion in 'Trucking Industry Regulations' started by Jarhed1964, Nov 17, 2007.

  1. TrooperRat

    TrooperRat Medium Load Member

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    I dunno - I think they make it pretty easy anymore to figure out how many chains are needed for backohes/trackhoes/dozers and other equipment - they put little signs all over the things and show you were to chain it! lol
     
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  3. MACK E-6

    MACK E-6 Moderator Staff Member

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    On newer machinery you'd be right. Securement points are clearly marked, as are lifting points. And if not they are easy to find.

    But on old junk you have to rely on experience and common sense.
     
  4. Working Class Patriot

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    Chain these bad boys down..I dare ya:biggrin_2559:

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    [​IMG][​IMG][​IMG][​IMG]and how do you all suppose we chain this baby: [​IMG]down?:biggrin_2559:
     
  5. MACK E-6

    MACK E-6 Moderator Staff Member

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    Well, for the D-11 you'll need about 3 trucks. I assume the pan is a 637, which you can haul in one piece. For the material handler you have to remove the cab, and possibly the grapple. The wheel loader I think is a 992, but a 992 doesn't have 4 stacks. They have 2. For a 992 you have to remove the bucket, wheels, cab, stacks, handrails, and it would still probably be a super load.
     
  6. OhioTruckin

    OhioTruckin Light Load Member

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    You guys seem to know a bit about flat-bedding, so I've got a question for you.

    Can a skinny guy get along OK in the flat-bedding business? Obviously, not as well as a more husky guy when it comes to tying down the loads, but what's your input?
     
  7. jeff1200

    jeff1200 Light Load Member

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    Headache racks are no longer required as long as you add 1 extra sequirement device to the front of the load. Unbeliveable yes, but true.
     
  8. Working Class Patriot

    Working Class Patriot Road Train Member

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    You have to be "smarter than the things you work with" as my step dad would always say. Why not? I've seen guys much smaller than me work in construction like in pipeline and water jobs; and those jobs weren't easy even for some boys off the farm to do.
     
  9. Working Class Patriot

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    Yeah, well I'd still use a headache rack. One can never be too safe:yes2557:
     
  10. OhioTruckin

    OhioTruckin Light Load Member

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  11. Lurchgs

    Lurchgs Road Train Member

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    I missed who posted it and am too darn lazy to go back and look it up. I've just spent the past 30 minutes looking at FMCSA site - can't find a single *requirement* for a headboard/headache rack. Not one.

    393.110 specifies that if there is no headache rack/headboard, additional securement is needed.. to quote:

    ... it must be secured by at least:

    (b)(1) One tiedown for articles 5 feet (1.52 meters) or less in length, and 1,100 pounds (500 kg) or less in weight;

    (b)(2) Two tiedowns if the article is:


    (b)(2)(i) 5 feet (1.52 meters) or less in length and more than 1,100 pounds (500 kg) in weight; or


    (b)(2)(ii) Longer than 5 feet (1.52 meters) but less than or equal to 10 feet (3.04 meters) in length, irrespective of the weight.


    (b)(3) Two tiedowns if the article is longer than 10 feet (3.04 meters), and one additional tiedown for every 10 feet (3.04 meters) of article length, or fraction thereof, beyond the first 10 feet (3.04 meters) of length.

    That's FMCSA. OSHA, on the other hand, DOES address it via DOT.

    http://www.osha.gov/pls/oshaweb/owadisp.show_document?p_table=DIRECTIVES&p_id=1533

    49 CFR §393.106 FRONT-END STRUCTURE

    Sec. 393.106 Front-end structure.
    (a) General rule. (1) Except as provided in paragraph (g) of this section, every cargo-carrying motor vehicle must be equipped with a headerboard or similar device of sufficient strength to prevent load shifting and penetration or crushing of the driver's compartment.

    ...

    (g) Exemptions. The following motor vehicles are exempt from the rules in this section:
    (1) A vehicle which is designed and used exclusively to transport other vehicles, if each vehicle it transports is securely tied down by devices that conform to the requirements of Sec. 393.102.
    (2) A pole trailer or semitrailer being towed by a truck tractor that is equipped with a front-end structure that conforms to the rules in this section.
    (3) A full trailer being towed by a vehicle that is equipped with a front-end structure that conforms to the requirements of this section for a front-end structure.
    (4) A full trailer being towed by a vehicle that is loaded in such a manner that the cargo on the towing vehicle conforms to the requirements of this section for a front-end structure.
    (5) The rules in paragraphs (d) and (e) of this section do not apply to a motor vehicle manufactured before January 1, 1974.



    In other words, if your tractor doesn't have a headache board, the trailer has to.

    that's the way I read it.
     
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