what would you do differently

A 60mph truck, chocked full of cattleprods and an automatic tranny. Elogs, sleep study, everything the fearmongers tell the general public needs to be in a truck to make the roads safe ...

What went wrong?

 

I've seen a few conastogas using nothing but 2" straps on slinkys. Maybe thats the way to go...

 

I can't see how that style of securement can have any chance of holding that first roll from moving if it is used by itself without another strap going through the same roll at deck height.

To me it appears all the strap has to do is roll an inch or 2 off the apex of the roll and than all tension is totally lost and the roll can precede forward quite a distance.

 

Isnt it obvious? Its not fully automated yet.

I don't think those straps are cut. Too ragged for a cut, looks like they overloaded and broke during impact.

Looking back at the pics of your load, I dont see any friction matting under the coilracks or 4X. I have a personal rule that a coil rack never touches my deck. Always sitting on friction mat.

 

Chewy i think the point they are making is no matter how much padding you put on, in a sudden stop of this magnitude that padding will cut through along with the strap.

Now obviously if there is a sharp edge you pad it, not saying you don't, but adding chains and a truck load of felt won't make a bit of difference in these situations.

 

Well, it was 10 am, so he probably wasn't tired. The area is mostly corn fields, with some small undulations, but he should have been able to see the traffic stopped for the other accident.

Everything seems to indicate that he wasn't paying attention for some reason.

I'm sure the answer from the District of Corruption will be to ban radios in trucks, and put cellphone in lead lined boxes during driving.

 

Put them in an end dump!

 

You havent seen the inside of my trailer boxes. Six cargo blankets, ten 5' carpet strips, twenty 1" thick heavy duty felt pads, ten 4' rubber strips. twenty plastic edge guards, plus a worn out 4" strap that I can cut up in an emergency. I haven't run out of edge protection on a load yet.