Carrying Pipes

There are specific regs for the securement of concrete pipe, http://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/rules-regulations/administration/fmcsr/fmcsrruletext.aspx?reg=393.124
Steel pipe has no specific reg. I personally "gut wrap" the heck out of them, to prevent movement.

 

With concrete pipe loaded suicide, you use a 4x4 as a mini-bulkhead to prevent forward and rearward movement a the front and back, as well as tie the first and last two pipes together .
As far as lengthwise steel pipe, like sprinkler pipe, I cinch wrap it in the front, middle and back.

When I hauled big 72" wide steel reinforced concrete pipe that went lengthwise, I just tied it down like any other freight.

Oh yeah, don't slam on your brakes!!!

 

If it's a low load, a build a bulkhead.

As mentioned gut wrap the heck out of 'em. Even X chains on the front would help. The theory here would one of, the load will tend to move forward as a 'unit' when properly gut wrapped, so the X on the front would help.

 

Chain or strap from one side of the trailer, up and over, down the other side, under the load, up and over again, then down to the other side of the trailer.

 

Some people have never heard the term, nor been shown an example. Can't fault inexperience.
Here is an example. The 3rd and 4th straps from the front and the 2nd from the rear are all gut wraps. BTW, those are all 75 foot long straps, with no hooks. They go from winch to winch.

 

If I did every load to the exact FMCSA requirements and nothing more I'd regularly have freight on the highway. A belly wrap, gut wrap, etc.. is simply a loop. Attach strap to drivers side of freight, up over top, down passenger side, underneath, back over to drivers side, up again, across again, and finally down the passenger side. This allows the freight to be pulled together. However there are two main things to remember when doing this. First of all never count a single belly wrap as load securement. Every single one is extra. Second is kind of related to the first, remember that they always stay loose. For this reason you need to re-tighten belly wraps a lot more than regular strapping. What I do is usually have a belly wrap at the front and the back, then strap the load as if the belly wraps aren't there. Sometimes I'll add one in the middle too, depending on freight. If all you did was belly wrap that could potentially be worse than no belly wrap at all.