Best/Safest way to Strap down Pipe ?

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  1. AModelCat

    AModelCat Road Train Member

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    Just don't be like the guy I saw today. Load of pipe shifted and butted right up to his headache rack. Looks like he got lucky and only damaged the rack and rear sleeper fairings. He got real lucky.
     
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  3. SilverBulletBand

    SilverBulletBand Light Load Member

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    Thank ya'll for the great and useful tips. I very much appreciate it.

    I had a very heavy load today of sewer catch bins, grates and manhole covers. I went to town on the strapping. All went well with no issues.

    Pic is 1/2 the load after I unstrapped it.
     

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  4. SilverBulletBand

    SilverBulletBand Light Load Member

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    No doubt ! I've been warned about ductile pipe that it will go right through the headache rack.
     
  5. AModelCat

    AModelCat Road Train Member

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    I don't think these pipes would've gone thru. More or less just push the whole rack thru the sleeper. 4 large pipeline pipes. Probably had to have been about 30" in diameter each.
     
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  6. beastr123

    beastr123 Road Train Member

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    Steel channel of a size to drop into pockets in the edge of your deck with a stop welded to it to keep from falling through. For flatbed they are mostly a standard size of 2X3.5inches and anywhere from 8 to 48 inches tall.
     
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  7. LoneCowboy

    LoneCowboy Road Train Member

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    Pipe stakes are awesome, esp for round pipe.

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  8. SilverBulletBand

    SilverBulletBand Light Load Member

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    Cool ! How does the forklift operator load the pipe with the stakes in place ?
     
  9. SilverBulletBand

    SilverBulletBand Light Load Member

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    Pics of a couple loads I hauled today.

    That big pipe is 30" ductile. Weighed 3108 lbs. Had a 30" 90 degree fitting on as well... bunch other stuff too.
     

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  10. beastr123

    beastr123 Road Train Member

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    I like what you are doing but have a couple suggestions
    1-pull a couple of those straps the other way on the plastic pipe
    2-on the ductile pipe try to put your dunnage blocks right under your end straps
    3- running your wrap straps over then under and over again puts more downward pressure on the load.
     
  11. starmac

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    On my gut wrap straps, I just threw them across before loading the pipe, then over the top, so you are pulling down on the pipe. I have watched guys do it by throwing it over the top and fishing it under, but all that is doing is holding it towards the center, not down.
     
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