TMC driver parks his Truck in the back of another

Thats way to much math!!! lol, but chains and cross chains on the nose of the load would have helped, The more the merrier is my motto!

 

That depends, the breaking limit of securement devices is 3x the WLL, so a 5400 strap would require about 16,200lbs to break it. So if he had about 17-18 straps it might hold.


Joe

 

He had x chains on the front but they broke I seen the pictures from his cell phone. It was first said he did not have the x on it but the pixs do not lie. If he was not going 30 something mph when he hit it whould have stayed put. I just meet the guy for about 10 mins and I asked him if he had pictures that is when he showed me the chains that broke.

 

I was driving by after it happened, looked like it only had straps over the top to me. And then other 20 or so TMC trucks sitting in traffic only a few actually had chains and cross chained the front. If it was crossed in the front I don't think it would have moved. The truck didn't come to a complete stop after hitting the freightliner he parked it inside of. He pushed him quite a few feet before coming to rest in the median. There wasn't a chain on it from what I could tell, looked like about 6 cut straps laying over the sides

 

Even if it took 2 seconds to stop, that's still 70,000 lbs that had to be restrained.

 

So what? How often does stuff come flying off a trailer after it's properly secured? Not much. Securement laws are in effect for such reasons. This being one. You have to secure your cargo from moving in any direction, forward in this case, didn't seem to have securement, which would be cross chains or even straps in the front for that matter. The fact it wasn't properly secured.

 

Securement is only rated for stopping, an actual impact changes everything. I'm not saying this stuff was secured right or not, because I don't know, but depending on the force of impact chains including X in the front will still break.


Joe

 

Apparently some of the super truckers here are using some super heavy duty chain if they claim they can keep the load intact regardless of crash or impact. I just don't see how they can scale anything with all of the chain weight they're toting around. Is this the chain they're using???



I think some don't understand the exponential orders of g-force and energy difference between a hard E-stop and a crash frontal impact stop with a stationary object as heavy as or heavier than they are. If any load can be properly secured from forward travel in a frontal crash with a stationary object, why do flatbeds need headache racks?

 

They don't !

Haven't for years!

 

Should have found a better parking spot and it wouldn't have moved.. gotta be careful.