Well, I see a couple of small things wrong with this load. First of all, I'd really like to see a back strap pulling forward on the rear vehicle to keep it from rolling off the back. (I think the pallets and the front wall on the trailer would stop any forward motion of the front vehicle.)
Second, he probably should have put some old carpet or cut up tarps under the straps to help prevent paint scratches. That's what I always did on Cat loads.
Third, and this one's open for debate, I'm wondering if he should have used chains instead of straps. "Steel on steel," amirite? Of course, if he used chains, you'd want to see better scratch protection than old carpet scraps -- maybe rubber pads or good moving pads. Also, with chains, you'd want him to use ratchets rather than snap binders, to minimize any slight damage to the product that might occur if you got too much pressure on the chain when you snap down that binder. Ratchets allow better control in that regard.
Lastly, although I've never hauled cars or pickups, I'm pretty sure you're supposed to roll down the windows and strap through the vehicle rather than over the top, like this (if you're using straps instead of chains):
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Wow that one is crazy ^ i wonder if he got fired
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...................there has got to be something else going on here, right? Scrap maybe?
I’m too young to already believe people are THIS stupid. Good grief. -
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53ft trailer. 18 units. If he would’ve loaded 48ft instead of 40ft he would’ve had enough tarp. We used to be able to tarp off property with these loads so we didn’t have to use their machine but too many guys were damaging product. So now we have to tarp before we can get our paperwork and they have guys pulling stuff like this.
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