Post flatbed load photos here V2.0

I'll have to look for it. I know how to secure a single row of slinkies. I got to thinking when I saw yours and I don't think 30 foot straps would work to secure them the same as you do the bottom row.

 

Found it.



And a single row for good measure.

 

Awesome thanks. I don't think I'd ever need to do it down here but it's good to know. Maybe some aluminum slinkies someday lol.

 

Truck got filthy this week... some peices for a crusher plant or something and a telehandler to come back.

 

You need to be a seamstress to secure that double row load.

 

There ya go, a new fallback plan for me. Dye the seamstress...

 

that double stacked slinkie load looks way too scary for me. that's for the big boy's........lol

 

Got to a job site where they had finished putting in a new small railroad bridge on Thursday around 3 in SE MN. Was loaded by 5. Done by 8 with a hr and a half left on my clock. Po dunk nowhereville

They wanted to throw a 3rd set of steel on the top but after hearing the dunnage crack when they set the 2nd layer on I said no. Not to mention the 3rd wouldn't have been very level. They added 4 job boxes on the tail which no big deal but one of them had wheels on it. I said put it up on on blocks or it doesn't go. Their logic was it has wheel locks..... I said and straps get loose to and I wont be able to see when it slides out.

Those wooden floats were caked in ice underneath and I said, "I said you got wood to put underneath so it'll sit flat?" They were just going to throw it on. They stretched from rubrail to rubrail. I helped them chip away at the ice so the floats would sit on the steel frame.

As you'll see from the pictures it was a hot mess. Rainy and dark securing everything. I'm glad the boss stayed behind and kept the flood light on however it was more blinding than helpful. I took my time crawling around on the load to throw chains and straps but he started getting pushy about the last hour. Wish I'd taken some after pics but I was in such a hurry to get home and had to stop every 80 miles or so to keep the chains tight. Load kept walking because the guy who put the 2x4 to fill the space was put in after the fact.

Now I know why people don't like brokered loads. Trucks trashed inside and out as well as 2 sets of clothes. The delivery site wasn't much different. Glad its the weekend.