Tips and Tricks of flatbedding

Doesn't all securement have to be legal no matter how much you have?

 

No if you have more than what's required you don't have to count all of it in your aggregate weight rating. Therefore if you've got 45,000 lbs of pipe with 8 straps and one of them is using that device that doesn't count your still covered under the aggregate rules not counting if as securement.

 

My winch bar doesn't have the boxed end, it's just a pipe with the tip for the winches

The boxed end ones have a little lip on the tip and won't work with our conestogas.

 

I made up some short chains for strapping over the wheel wells of the step. I painted them red so they are easier to spot in my chain box. Its not ideal but it works in a pinch.

 

I do about the same I put the strap through the handle run a regular Brundridge through both holes and hook both ends under the trailer Will work around his main strap to

 

Get a spread axle flatbed, your gonna wanna put 40k on the back with that big. Heavy sleeper. I take it you live in your truck no other reason for that.

 

Thank you for that 'light bulb' moment.

 

Couldn't he just unhook a chain and let it fall though behind the binders? He could do that until he needed the two outside chains, then he would need to remove every binder.

 

Load leveler. Kind of hesitant to post this, if you do it wrong or use for the wrong product you could really screw something up. But for the load I picked up today it worked great and I have a project at home to use the 2x6's on so really not out anything.