Post flatbed load photos here V2.0

Discussion in 'Flatbed Trucking Forum' started by leftlanetruckin, Feb 18, 2014.

  1. RStewart

    RStewart Road Train Member

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    The plastic pipe that is "crated" is less likely to shift but the bigger stuff that's usually just banded together has a higher chance to shift. Doesn't mean it will but it can. I bet the guys that have steel go through the cab when they stop never had it happen before either. Just saying...
     
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  3. DeereRunner97

    DeereRunner97 Medium Load Member

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    Got her pointed towards Texas
     

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  4. PoleCrusher

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    Loaded the same stuff I brought out to Cali, headed back to FL...

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  5. God prefers Diesels

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    Yes! Those are on the list, I just haven't managed yet. I'm also going to install a winch rail on the passenger side. I want the pocket winches for over top my trailer tires.

    Here's today. Not many miles, but almost eight bucks each, and got me to the town I wanted to 34 in. I mean, I'll 34 in a cardboard box under an overpass if I have to, but this place has tons of parking, and diesel is $2.53 per gallon. 20210402_134652.jpg 20210402_134643.jpg
     
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  6. staceydude

    staceydude Road Train Member

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    That is a nice well stacked mulch/soil load there!

     
  7. Kyle G.

    Kyle G. Road Train Member

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    What’s with the netting in the front? Did the shipper put that on there or is that yours? I’ve always wondered if something like that exists. I mean I’ve seen smaller ones on pickup trucks but never on a big truck. Seems it would come in pretty handy for some of those sketchy pallets we all love to deal with.
     
  8. LTL Bull

    LTL Bull Road Train Member

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    That’s cargo netting over an air freight pallet. Pretty standard stuff for air shipments. Designed to secure stuff to a big aluminum plate that rolls on cargo aircraft
     
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  9. PoleCrusher

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    Air Force load. They use these pallets for air cargo, and the netting secures the freight to the pallet. They can literally "drop ship" a pallet right out of the sky.
     
  10. kylefitzy

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    What wrong with hand ratchets? I carry 12 4” and around 6-8 2” hand ratchets. I’ve never seen anything those pocket winches can do that I can’t do with a hand ratchet, but there’s plenty of times a pocket winch would be of no use.
     
  11. RStewart

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    Not trying to argue, but what is a situation you've been in that a pocket winch wouldn't work but a hand ratchet did? Wanting to know for my own education.
     
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