3/8" or 1/2" Chain

Very true. Also the chain ratings vary a lot depending on the "Rating" of the chain.
I recommend buying the heavier Grade......I know they cost more but saving money
on tiedowns is not a good thing.

Chain placement is also important. On I-Beam I always try to put a chain around
the front of the I-Beam....pulling back. Make sure chain isn't to tight.....snug is good.
Remember....if you end up doing a panic stop the steel will try to shift forward. If your
load shifts forward the rest of the tiedowns end up pretty much useless.

 

well i've pulled a reasonable amount of steel (both beams and structural (fabbed) and honestly some loads are 5lbs of poo in a 2lb bucket. 3 of these, 2 of those, 9 of those all stuck together

and while i might have enough for length and weight, ti's not actually enough to tie every piece down. (and many times had to put dunnage on top of the beam to give the chain/strap something to push down on.).

look from the back

this kind of "preloaded and chained down trailer" happens a lot. There's ZERO touching those two tubes.



another good one (and this happens a lot, another preload) it looks from the side like it's great, but look up the trailer (we're at the back here), there's ZERO touching those two.


but then sometimes the whole trailer is all the same size/length etc and it's just boom boom boom for length and weight.

 

Yep you have to love them loads and the look on their faces when you try to explain why that won't work. lol

 

Theres no harm in mixing chains and straps [with sufficient edge protection] on a load of beams right?

 

Nope

 

People do it all the time.

 

What is a armature...? A turbine shaft maybe?

 

Basically the shaft and winding in a generator, in other words the part that spins and the pulley is hooked to, but in is case probably the blades hooks to.

 

Just saw this, and correct. The water falls onto a turbine wheel, spins the armature inside the generator housing, making electricity. This week is moving the housing it spins in...just a measly 150k lbs or so the housing alone, and worth several million dollars. In total i have 8 of them to haul up there, so 16 trips. Been trying to find some back hauls, and stuff to make a couple extra bucks. Next week I will not be doing this, then the following week I will take trainee girl number three. These are perfect practice pieces, different than our usual equipment we haul. Loaded and unloaded by cranes, big dimensionally and darn heavy. So they require the full array of permits because we are too long, wide, and tall, and really heavy, and two pilots cars...so they get used to running with escorts and using them which they are not used to doing. I was guessing we were only 213k lbs gross till we hit the scales...seems they were a bit off on the weight they gave me and i had only pulled a permit for up to 215k. So they amended it for me, and i paid the extra $450 and now have a permit for 225k lbs and we are at 224k with 3/4 fuel. Hopefully we make it to the Bon Voyage hotel tonight and lay our heads down there. First one is always the hardest as we learn. Next generator will be easy peasy. The power plant expansion happening up there is huge. The whole town is in a boom cycle right now.

 

And the mp8 handles that.........?