Airlines resting on catwalk

I have my lines bungeed together, then to my trailer. If I remember I’ll get a picture Monday morning and post it. If I don’t have them bungeed to the trailer, they’ll catch on my chain hooks on the truck.

 

If that hanger on the left is on a spring, then I'd just hook a long bungee from it to about midway of what's laying on the catwalk - that's kinda what mine is set up like - the bungee just keeps it an inch off the catwalk.

Why is a catwalk called a catwalk anyway - why not a budgerigar walk or a dog walk?

 

Hook a bungee cord to the headache rack down to the lines and it’ll hold up and also give you some stretch when needed.

 

"The word "catwalk" originates from a reference to a narrow, elevated walkway, particularly those on ships or in theaters, where the careful, delicate way a cat walks was used to describe the passage. The term likely evolved from the visual comparison of the narrowness of these passages with the graceful way a cat navigates them"

 

From what I remember, and have even received warnings, the hoses and light cord cannot touch the deck plate, even if wrapped. The Louisville Fords I drove, had a bar above the rear window, and a slider thing, well above the deck plate. I got a tall pogo stick for my trucks. Wrapping cords like that was considered high class, but I don't think an enterprising young trooper will see it that way. While I read, wrapping them does eliminate them from touching, with turning etc, apparently it's still considered a hazard.

 

As long as they’re protected there is no issues, no different than any other airline on the truck. Saying those two particular airlines can’t touch the catwalk even being wrapped and protected would mean that every airline that is protect and passed through a crossmember would be a ticket. Or any airline that is protected but touches fender brackets during suspension travel would be a ticket. Using that theory every air line on a truck would have to be mounted so it floats in space and never comes in contact with anything else.

 

That’s why they make pogo sticks.
Even with the plastic wrap I still don’t want them laying on the cat walk. law or no law.

 

You are correct in your thinking but the big difference that makes dot bears interpreted it differently is they don’t consider the trailer supply lines as permanently mounted items. All hoses and wires running through a frame are permanently fastened and can’t move freely like the pigtail can.

 

You’re asking for logic and reading from dot…..lmao
I fully agree with you though