Crazy securement you have seen?

It may be legal but it isn't all that secure.

It was that load where they used fir dunnage. The straps kept loosening up.


Safety Nazi place didn't want you climbing on the trailer, even a step deck. I did anyway just to put on minimal belly staps so I could GTFO. Was meaning to chain the front top pieces but it seemed just good enough every time I stopped.

 

Had my issues with one of those loads. at least it looks like yours are straight down the middle and not side by side rows like mine. Those dunnage boards are worthless. Ended up with several just pulling out and becoming insecure themselves. It was a scary load that if I ever see again will have its share of chains attached to it.

 

I'm personally not a big fan of hauling structural steel. I use lots of edge protection, straps for each level and sinch as well.

 

Earlier someone talked about drums on a pallet, or maybe it was another thread. I dislike having drums on a pallet. I would rather have them directly on the deck.

A couple of days ago I picked up a load that included these Hazmat drums. I asked them to take the drums off the pallet, then set them on the deck apart from each other and well in front of the rest of the load. After I finished securing the safety manager at the chemical plant came out at the request of the forklift driver to take pictures, because they saw that this was much safer than having drums with HEAVY liquid sitting on a pallet that can collapse on rough roads and there's no way this will get away from you. I explained I put a half twist on the straps to reduce vibration and made sure I didn't over tighten the straps to collapse the seal.

 

That's all well and fine until you have drums 4 to a pallet with enough pallets and drums that you can't do that with all of the drums.

 

In that case I would use a 2" strap around the drums, then cross strap as I did with 4" straps or use v boards and three straps across.

 

In that case I'd say use a van trailer.

 

Even in a van you would still have to secure the barrels.

 

Those plastic drums are much slicker than metal ones, they will slide off a pallet in a heartbeat. I prefer them on the floor myself.

 

Yes of course, but you can do it around them vs over top.