Melton, Whatcher 20

Where did you get those yellow straps?? I see your straps also have cuts in them like mine....I always use edge protectors, but over time they show up with cuts, I don't how.. anyway, how bad do they have to get before Melton replaces them? Can we just go to a terminal and exchange them??

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i have some yellow ones from a shipper. they wanted me to leave 4 straps as they used 4 on the load. so i left them with 4.
and yea last time i was in laredo i switched out 2 straps, from a repower i did. guy gave me crappy straps so i just returned them. have to visit tulsa for the 4 inch ones, i have 3 no good ones.

 

All but the front 2 a scrap straps. Old straps cut in half. I've found some and got some via repower.

Just go to a terminal and tell them you want to swap straps. If they are damaged, I don't think they will say no.

 

I need to find a terminal. I got a few bad ones but never near. I made muffins and French fries, best drinking snack everr

 

Muffins and French fries... never heard that one! Lol

 

Under the trailer between the tandems (at least on this trailer) is a box with a valve switch on it. Just like with plumbing, if the valve is turned across the line it stops the air. I'm not sure why it was turned off, but it will be something I check from now on when I pick up a new trailer.

Others may have already known about it, but thought I would pass it on. Could save a driver time and the company a couple of hundred $$$.

The paint stick with one of those short rollers (3"?) works really nice for pushing and pulling straps; stiffer than the PVC. At HD both are less than $15.

 

Hey guys, new to Flatbedding here. Quick question, got a load of steel tubing that I just secured like I was taught with 4" straps every 5 feet alternating pull and making sure each row had equal straps on it, plus 2 straps within the first 5' and last 5'. Pipes were preloaded on my trailer, this is my first load with Melton. No bulkhead required since they went from end to end of the trailer with no room for any bulkheads. Anyways, I guess I should've took a closer look at the bol, but after getting all the way down here (7 hours from delivery after I sleep tonight) I just read the bills and saw that it says pipe stakes were required. I'm going to put them in now before I deliver the load, but I'm wondering how you secure them to the trailer? Or do they need to be? Do they just slide in the pockets and you call that good? I really don't know, I'm very green to this side of trucking and was only given a 3 day crash course orientation to learn how to flatbed. Now I'm on my own, but I got you guys and all the mentors that I can call. So not really alone. Thanks in advance.

 

Pipe stakes are secured by chains and binders at the base across the trailer. I would leave it as is. At the con you could put pipe stakes in the pockets as a safety precaution, if asked. What size pipe (length and diameter)?

 

Two stacks of around 25' in length (doesn't say on bills but I have a 53' trailer and both stacks fill up the whole thing) and like 4" in diameter, maybe 5". Haven't measured them. There's only two layers on each stack with 4x4 rows of dunnage on bottom and between the two layers.

Load plan specifically said No Tarp, then lady at the p/u once again reiterated it to me to not tarp it, and on the bills in big bold letters it says DRIVER DO NOT TARP. Guess drivers have been ending up tarping anyways so they got to the point to bold it and tell us 2-3 times before we take it. lol