Don't make this mistake

I have too along with the really thick mud flaps but have still had pipe break. Especially the male end a if any wire is showing they cannot use it. Of course the smaller the pipe the easier it is to break.

 

wonder what a new seat costs in one of those because he is going to be buying one... LOL

 

Yea, That was sent to me last night.. Looking at the tracks it never should of been lded on a step.
The Exc. we moved last week was a Cat. unit. Right on the paperwork it stated any ld. with the track wider than 10'6" must use out rigger boards.. So I'm kinda wondering how he got away with lding it on that trl...

 

Wonder how bad that frames got twisted on the trk. and trl..
Wanna buy a slightly used Swedish Peterbilt and step deck..
Low miles, fleet maintained

 

Cnsper, What causes the breakage.. To tight or the ride down the road.. I have never hauled concrete pipe before

 

Getting it too tight. We use snap binders and you are NOT to use your cheater bar. Just snug is all you really need. The cables over the top do most of the stabilizing of the pipe.

 

Not that everyone else has already had their input, I'll throw in my $0.02 for anyone else who might also benefit.

You were severely under-strapped. Assuming you were loaded for US weights, I'm going to assume 45-47k net. While you're WLL is 23k, you weren't taking into account the length of the lifts (you already realized you needed to belly strap, so I won't mention that) and the height is going to add to that (which is why they require belly straps for lifts over 4 feet off the deck).

I would have strapped it as follows (as per my company policy, you could get away with one less per stack):

First set of lifts (look like 16 footers): One strap over the bottom three (somewhere in the middle) and 4 over top. 5 total.
Second set of lifts (look like 16 footers): One strap over bottom three (somewhere in the middle) and 4 over top. 5 total.
Third set of lifts (look like 16's, a 14, and a 10): One strap over the bottom three, in the middle of the top one. One over the bottom three at the front and two over the top of the top one. 4 total.

All in all, I would have used 14 straps. This is one of those situations where more is always better. Even if you can't belly strap (sometimes you'll get lumber of different heights on opposite sides of the trailer and you won't be able to belly) just throw more over top to make up for the lack of it.

You are *very* lucky it didn't give more and roll you.

 

Ah, I had a feeling. I was trying to see how many were on in the other photos but the angle didn't help much.

Here is a load I did with the absolute bare minimum for my company policy (all lifts are 14 foot and net was about 92,000 lbs):



Edit: The three-stack in the back has a belly over the bottom two lifts (it's a bad angle and they are pretty close together).