Isn't securement in a dry van supposed to be the same as a flatbed?

You can still get unsecured load ticket, your just not advertising it to the world when you pull into scales, but, your straps are limited to where you can attach, but it can be done, and we expect load securement, what about the children?

 

At work last week I saw a couple bent load bars and it was from a load shifting that included a few 1800 lbs skids. Any type of momentum from something weighing over 2000 lbs can start bending things once it rocks back n" forth. For extra security I would of including 2 straps by cross strapping over the mni back hoe loader. I'm not sure the weight but adding extra security doesn't hurt it only hurts if there isn't enough security for the load.

 

This is why you see coils in the sleeper after a dry van tried to stop. Because there's nothing holding it in place except gravity. Works great until inertia comes into play.

 

Hauled a few coils on pallets. Was pissed when I realized there was no way to get a strap on any of it.
took my paslode and nailed some boards down then to show my displeasure nailed the pallets down too.

 

Those load bars are not designed for strength front to back, they are designed for a vertical load.

 

Use to haul lumber in dry vans. No securment what so ever. Those van walls will hold it in, right.

 

Sounds like every van trailer should be built like a sea can in order to keep stuff properly contained. Rails along the floor and walls to secure odd shaped things or heavy objects.

That is a small excavator. Maybe around 6,000 lbs or so. Our 5 ton is quite a bit bigger.

I see the tracks are up against the wall.

On rubber tracks, it’s pretty much like any skid load.

I have seen some questionable things hauled in van trailers even when I was a teenager.

Back when I was a teenager I’ve seen a 1949 Model R diesel tractor at the front of a van trailer. That’s a 5 plus ton tractor on wheels.

Only the parking brake kept it from moving.

I’ve heard he’s only driving an hour away to his new home with his tractor but usually I see farm or construction equipment tied down.