Post your flatbed load pictures here

I think you need another strap on the rolled up tarps!

 

That's what I'm missing.....no need now however:

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Fun concrete box, one light 31k empty box

 

What if it's loose?


For example, last week I hauled a pipe bender and coming out of the shipper's driveway, they had a huge bump, so a few miles down the road I pulled over to tighten it. Well I decided to add 2 more points of securement. Well doing so caused the other point to be loose.

So I stopped to tighten the first points and well, it happened again on the other chains. Finally I just let the one set of chains be loose since I still had my 4 points.

But it bothered me because I was worried that I would get pulled over when they see the loose chains even though I could prove I had legal securement.

 

Did you happen to pick that up in AZ and take it to El Paso???

 

FMCSR 393.106(d) copied from here.

(d) Aggregate working load limit for tiedowns. The aggregate working load limit of tiedowns used to secure an article or group of articles against movement must be at least one-half times the weight of the article or group of articles. The aggregate working load limit is the sum of:

(1) One-half the working load limit of each tiedown that goes from an anchor point on the vehicle to an anchor point on an article of cargo;

(2) One-half the working load limit of each tiedown that is attached to an anchor point on the vehicle, passes through, over, or around the article of cargo, and is then attached to an anchor point on the same side of the vehicle.

(3) The working load limit for each tiedown that goes from an anchor point on the vehicle, through, over, or around the article of cargo, and then attaches to another anchor point on the other side of the vehicle.

 

Houston to Carizzo Springs, Tx.

 

Well then I wonder why they don't just say the tie down number and rating must equal the weight of the load.......

 

some of you apparently didn't see from the pictures that the generator had tie points. it is quite possible you could only tie down at these points. if a manufacturer has an item with designated tie down points, you tie the article down there. you cant just add chains and straps willy nilly on everything you haul.

we haul an item that is usually 40 to 48 feet long and can only have two chains, one at the front and one at the back . and its perfectly legal, put tiedowns anywhere else and you bought it.

 

Very true about tie down points. I think most of us are talking weight to chain use. I totally agree on the manufacturer having limited tie down points. The bowl feeder I hauled only had two tie down points. Thankful it was only 5,000 lbs.