Plywood Load

There should be a bolt at the end of the slide. Remove it and they slide off

 

Wait until you say load at a railhead for asian wood to Lowes or something, that stuff is 5000 dollars a inch if a spot. You tarp those regardless of weather. It will come to you.

I worked out of the Hagerstown Maryland railyard for lowes on the Tidewater, Lewes DE etc. A very peaceful workday.

 

Should be a bolt at both ends of the track that stops the wench from sliding off... if your going to be using a different trailer daily it's not really practical to change them out, but if you keep the same trailer might be worth making that adjustment...

 

You may have seen lumber loads with a piece of wood under the very front of the front bundle and back bundle. Lifts it up just a tad. Lumber especially will get pinched and sometimes a piece in the middle can be just pulled right out. Not really a big deal there actually. I was just tossing it out there. OSB and plywood can walk out the middle rarely

 

HAve your dispatcher route you past a tarp shop. They can get a good price and 10 men will strip your old tarps and gone and equipt you with new ones. It's almost neglect to be running and patching tarps. Make that a priority today.

Im not to tell you what to do, but sometimes in trucking something needs resolving today. Thats one item.

 

Check if you have winch rail both sides; lotta people don’t spec it on more than one side.

 

Plywood isn’t going to cut into the strap. I pulled a flat for 9 years hauling about 90% wood products and we only had one customer that requested edge protection on particle board stair tread. The rest, strap and go.

Load looks nice, I would’ve strapped it the same way. Plywood can tend to be on the slick side. People on this forum will like to burn you at the stake if you don’t spend half of the afternoon putting protection under your straps.

 

Looks good boss, now tell me how the f did u get a plywood load that doesnt need tarped. I dont think ive ever touched a plywood load that wasnt tarp, man i might throw a frickin parade downtown if i ever got one of those lol the best ones are the ones that u need both lumber tarps for 300 miles , oh gotta love it that seems to be my specialty these days , 45 dollar tarp pay is insulting to me especially when they throw the #### down in the mud and run over it with the forklift , i just stand there shaking my head , god forbid u show up without a tarp and they will ream ur ### to the moon , ask me how i know lol anyways nice work boss iwouldve thrown a couple less straps cuz im lazy and lumber has good friction on it so it wont move much , maybe plywood they try to walk out in the middle, but a strap wont really stop that anyways. Be safe out there my friend

 

Your securement looks great!!! Little known fact: I've never got a load of plywood that I didnt have to tarp haha. The wench being over the drive tire ain't that serious. Once you air the trailer up you'll be fine. Also, you dont need to be making super sharp turns in a spread axle anyway