Chaining down a load question

kwray · Nov 29, 2009

REDD said: ↑

I am aware & I refuse to get it.
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Just curious.....can you explain why?

RenegadeTrucker · Dec 26, 2009

TripleSix said: ↑

There are some 'tricks', but most of the tricks have to do with your tiedown equipment.

Loaded a combine Friday with 4 other drivers from 4 different companies (TMC, Hunt, Warren, Valley) Each of us used a different method to secure the loads. One driver used j-hooks. One driver removed his hooks from his 3/8 chain and reattached them on the other side of the j-hook bracket. One driver had his chain hooked straight down to a d-ring, around an axle and then pulled foward at the front and rearward at the rear.
I have 6 ft sections of 3/8 chain with a grab hook on one end and machine hooks on the other. I hooked the machine hooks into the j-hook brackets and hooked the ratchet binder to the sides of the lowboy (2 in the front, 2 rear. Then I used four 2ft 3/8 shortchains and hooked the axles.
Strapped down the tires, hung the flags and banners and I was ready to go.

I guess the main trick would be how you run straps through the winch and secure the ends.
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Call me crazy, but I always put 2 1/2" chains on the back of anything big like that to prevent it coming forward in the event of a sudden stop. Id hook em to the strongest point I could find and suck all of the slack out of em.

REDD · Dec 26, 2009

kwray said: ↑

Just curious.....can you explain why?
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Because it is nothing but a money scam!

Below are 2 quotes of mine from a different thread that we spoke about this.

REDD said: ↑

I still as of today don't have any coil certifications.... NY or AL.... I don't feel the experienced driver's who know the dangers & how to properly secure a coil needs one.... So I refuse to get one & they refuse to load me a coil.... Oh well.... No sweat lost off my sack.
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REDD said: ↑

It is only good for loading/unloading coils in the state of Alabama. This includes skidded coils that are being loaded/unloaded in Alabama. If you load coils in other states & are just traveling thru the state of Alabama, then the coil certification is not needed.

Sounds like a bunch of crap to me... If the certification is required for loading/unloading in Alabama... Then why does a person just traveling thru get by without it? A coil is a coil is a coil.... They can do the same damage whether they fall off a local truck (which Alabama is known for & as to why they have this new law) or fall of a truck that is just traveling thru....
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notarps4me · Dec 26, 2009

RickG said: ↑

This might help . http://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/rules-regulations/truck/vehicle/cs-policy.htm . But if you don't have experience and get hired you will likely go through a training period .
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Or more than likely we will see it or read about it..........

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