Over securement?

You'd never see that coming out of the woods in Oregon (wrong setup straps or not) but if that's what it takes to make the driver feel safe then all the more power to him...

 

Most of the guys down here who tried them went back to the old style wrapper.

 

I have never even seen one, but would like to try them. If I haul short 35 foot logs, I am right pushing 15 ft high, and some guys have trouble throwing the wrappers over. They tell me the synthetic ones are like throwing fishing line over. lol
I can see where they may not last as long, even more so on some kinds of logs, or those not processed well.
I get by with stuff guys down there can't too. I will generally run to the pavement before I wrap up, which can be anywhere between 5 and 35 miles, the logs are shook down tight before I throw a wrapper.

 

I looked at them but they looked flimsy to me. They're probably alright but I talked to another guy who bought some and he went back to regular wrappers. He said the new style abraded too quickly, were hard to throw over a load when the wind was blowing, and came with a warning label that cautioned against using a cheater pipe to tighten the binders down. He also said they got slimy in the rain and mud. That was quite a few years ago. They've probably improved them by now.
When we ran off-road loggers we'd have the shovel operator drape the wrappers if the load was much over sixteen feet. We'd usually load until we ran out of saddles and some of the loads were pretty tall. Twelve foot bunks, no extensions on the stakes, and gut wrappers if the load was looking shaky....I don't know what some of those loads weighed and I was probably better off not knowing.

 

Old style wrappers are better.

 

All I can say, is that AIN"T the kind of wrappers I want to try. lol Now teach them a little country....... lol

 

Maybe just a really low WLL on each strap?!?