Hauling Palletize Rocks

You did a good job, more than most guys who haul river rock daily would do.

It will settle for a hundred miles or so and the cages will bulge a bit but dont let it bother you. If a cage starts to blow apart or load shift, belly band it to the neighbors with a 2" ratchet strap by hooking the J's together and cover wrapping them with a strap tail. Maybe not legal but itll work.

 

Please, Do not EVER chain a rock basket or youll bust it plumb open.

Theyre like bag mulch, you cant really bind down very tight on them. The stones will move over and youll eat into the cage then break it open. Youd be better with no strap at all.

 

Them rocks are definatly gonna settle on ya . thats one them loads od be checking every 20 miles or so until they get nice and tight..nice job with straps and edge protection thats how i wouldve done it too

 

Its a regular 2" hand ratchet with the J hooks clasping each other so the strap becomes a loop. Cinch it down tight with the ratchet binder around the belly of a pair of cages and then take the extra free slack of the strap tail and run it through the slit of the first J hook, wrap it over the pair like header wrap, then through the other side slit and tie it off. All this cover wrap does is prevent the hooks from unclasping if you get some slack in there. Think bra clasp.. Hook the J's together like a bra then wrap over em. Theyll stay together if you can keep the loop tight, but flop apart if it slackens.

 

Oh and i do think the big vee boards are a great idea but be real sure they dont fly off.. This junk continues to settle and slacken the straps far longer than anything else ive hauled. Its a lot of retightening.

I suspect every big brick vee board i ever got off the roadside was from river rock letting it go. Brick packs really dont loosen straps up that much.

 

Oh dang, im in the gorge. Did you pick at newport or soddy daisy? Im thinkin youre going to burlington.