An empty flatbed will act as an airfoil and can become unstable.
By strapping a toy truck, it disrupts the airflow and stabilizes the flatbed.
Toy truck on flatbed
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DOT cop stopped me at the scale house, asked me what i had inside.
told him, "independent contractor supplies"
he said...."huh"?
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I've been doing open deck for about 6 years, give or take and I personally have never done the toy truck thing, but I was curious about it when I first started open deck. The answer I received was it was superstition. Its bad luck to run empty, so when d/h people would put a toy truck on the deck.
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Someone told me it meant that you're headed home.
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