Can I strap my spillkit on catwalk with bungie cords?

Just in case, I would go to Wally-World and buy some cheap cargo straps. They're no better but it looks like you've tried your best to impress truck inspectors.

 

Anything you "attach" to the truck, needs to be attached by a device with a WLL rating......rubber snubbers don't work.....legally that is.

 

I hope that at least you're not still getting training pay. If that's the case, it's time to submit that 2 week notice.

 

Bungie cords are not a legal tie down device. So it is illegal. Go to Wally World and get yourself a little 1 inch ratchet strap.. Then it is legal.

 

Well...this thread is interesting.
I have always used a bungie cord to secure my glad hands to my cat walk when I am bob tailing.
I know that they cant be 'free' and just laying there but thought that was good enough..

Maybe I need to get a 1" ratchet strap at WW now??

 

some states in the hunt to come up with violations are enforcing that bungy cords do not have a load rating, so cannot secure any kind of load. So another name for them, tarp strap, is about all you can do with them.

 

I doubt VERY much anyone would give you any problems for that man.
I use bungies to keep my wet line off of my cat walk, and never had any problem. I think it is more so for things that can come up off the catwalk, and hit someone.

 

I have a short air hose bungee corded down to the deck plate and the long one on the hose rack. I have gone through several level 2 DOT checks with no problems but that is a grey area and could depend on the mood of the inspector. Something heavy like a spill kit should be held down with ye olde ratchet strap to be on the safe side. I used to put extra hoses on the trailer fenders with a bunch of bungee cords but was leery of crossing scales like that.