Post flatbed load photos here V2.0

Christmas was either late or very early. Friend of mine is moving shops and said "whatever is in that corner is free". 5-6 chains, binders, clevises, 3" portables, corner protectors etc.

 

Those are interesting edge protectors. Are they custom made? What are they made out of?

 

They look custom. I believe the inner is strap material. Then the outer black piece is sort of like a Kevlar, not so much a strap webbing. They are all different lengths, 1 to 2 feet. And the one side is Velcro, too.

Friend of mine hauls a lot of concrete, his company gave them to him. He also had a bunch of old rubber hose in the same lengths he said he liked using better.

 

Well better late than never. Here's how I use the fire hose and how it's cut. I especially like them for brick or block where you need edge protection but my plastic ones don't work along with wood vee boards.

 

From the left coast to the right coast. 11'6" wide.

 

Man I would like to have some of those edge protectors. Are they flexible or are the sides stiff?

I have an assortment of different sized plastic ones. Would love to have some like that. Nice score!

Hurst

 

They are heavy but still flexible. Kind of like 4 straps, cut to 1-2 foot long and stitched together

 

Video #1 - Guy is very funny good video. Don't Be Lazy!!!! I like that he put a dead-mans chain on the front coil as well. I think I would go one step further and put a chain on the back of the load pulling forward.

Video #2 - Good video showing the steps, but why would they put all the straps on the outside of the rails. The whole load strapped like that, I'd rather have my straps behind the rails, don't need to get side swiped, straps cut and load all over the road!!

Video #2 - This a great video on the doubles, I constantly see these loads coming thru Toronto mostly on B-Trains like @Dye Guardian . Always was amazed these loads don't move if tied down correctly and the amount of straps they take to get it strapped correctly.

 

They're sling protectors not strap protectors. You can use them for that, I do but they're designed to protect rigging from abrasions during a lift, I keep some on the boomtruck. They're like C below, mine are all black but the same thing. On those the black side goes against the sharp edge.

 

Figured since I had the pictures up posting in a different thread i'd throw them up here as well. Scrap load I grabbed a few weeks back on a Conestoga. Glad I didn't have to tarp this.