Don't be that guy....

Discussion in 'Flatbed Trucking Forum' started by mitmaks, Jan 27, 2019.

  1. Tb0n3

    Tb0n3 Road Train Member

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    Looks like they threaded one chain through the rail on one side and barely clipped it to the rub rail with the ratchets on the other. What happens when those loosen up just a bit. They're falling right off.
     
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  3. johndeere4020

    johndeere4020 Road Train Member

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    No no no, I’ve said the way he has his binders sucks. I’m talking about the way the chain is routed, something that weighs 3000 pounds and has two 3/8 chains indirect only needs two binders so how come they can’t be on one side.
     
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  4. Tb0n3

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    It's one chain. Has enough WLL for it, but it's still just one chain with one failure before it releases completely.
     
  5. johndeere4020

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    It has two chains.
     
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  6. Tb0n3

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    Oh, woops. Guess I internalized that from one of the other comments and hadn't looked again.
     
  7. Humblepie

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    I don’t personally like it, but not because the binders are on one side or because they are sticking out.
     
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  8. mitmaks

    mitmaks Road Train Member

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    You want to install binders between machinery and rub rail. And personally I'd put one binder on left side front and 2nd binder on right side rear, that way this machinery is not being pulled to just left side. I would run chain around stake pockets/rub rail stand offs and hook chain back to itself, not directly to rub rail. He actually has binder hook onto rub rail
     
  9. johndeere4020

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    I’m not defending the way he’s hooked to the rubrail, hooking to the rubrail isn’t a big deal in and of itself but the way he has it isn’t very intelligent. Putting the binders on opposite sides is a preference but not a reason to criticize someone. We have pumps just like that, I usually chain I’ve the skid so I have some down pressure but there’s nothing to keep that chain from tightening up on both side and it doesn’t pull the pump over when you tighten it. Critiquing is one thing but criticizing because they use a different technique is for the birds.
     
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