65k, 4 chains, good to go

Maybe gravity is much greater than 9.8 m/s squared on his route so those babies will hold her y not

 

Where's it going to go? It's not like a load of sticks.

 

Maybe he thought he was working by indirect securement rules and doubled it. Did you tell him you were calling DOT if he didn't fix it? I might have if it was 2 chains short of covered.

 

For some countries he has three chains too many.

 

I was on 287 just south of Amarillo today, and a work truck with a gooseneck trailer hauling a BIG forklift slowed in front of me to turn into a C-store parking lot.
When their trailer "rocked" because of the culvert grade entrance the forklift rocked up sideways.
Upon closer look, as I regained my speed, I saw they hadn't secured it AT ALL.
Not a single chain.
Not a single strap.
Not even some duct tape.

Now, some may say, "they probably are just moving it from one side of town to the other"..
But , what if one of those 15yr old knotted up tires on that rusted up gooseneck pops?
Or, if someone stops in front of them?

I bet that thing weighed 10k lbs.

 

IDK, I've hauled heavy machinery, and found steel tracks can slide, but anything on rubber usually stays put. Besides, where else are you going to put chains except front and back? Like with any machinery load, especially step deck,, you gotta be careful, but I'd probably run with this.

 

I haul that exact truck all the time, it has tiedown points in the middle right behind the pivot. I put my front and back the same way but I put two on the middle pulling towards the front.

 

Thanks, but you know as well as I do, that little chain in the middle isn't going to do squat with a machine this size in an upset. For looks only. I'd probably put a chain in the middle, like you show, and I've hauled some pretty big loaders, not far, but never for a minute thought that chain in the middle would do any good.