Critque My Load Securment

103 degrees? You must have been up north in the cold mountain air.

 

Why not hook your hook to the pocket you run your chain through? On the other side where you hook your binder too, I like to hook back to the chain its self to get that half link to get that "right amount " of tightness.

 

well i am flattered you thought of me....

 

blind d river, you should have just hooked back to the pocket, if the chain gets loose it wont go anywhere , in hooking back to the chain if it gets loose it could come completely unhooked and the chain fall thru the pocket, I don't understand the "twist ", if you hooked back to the edge of the pocket the chain would be pulling the same way it is now, and from the picture the pockets aren't in pristine shape anyway. if you bend the pockets, you have probably way overtightened the chain.

 

I see no problem with the way you ran your chains. I would have hooked to the pocket my chain went through but I don't see any issues with the way it was done. I understand why you did it this way and it definitely makes sense might have to try that sometime. I have a quesrion though why in the hell didn't they give you spools on that trailer???

I after having them I don't know that I could live without them haha...same way with j hooks...guess I'm spoiled

 

If he's watching his load I don't see how you can miss a chain flopping around. The twist is probably more in if the load shifts. In hooking back to the chain there's no difference between what he has done and using a spool on the rub rail. Same concept or using a j hook in the floor. Anytime you hook back to a chain that risk is there. You know this every flatbedder knows this its just one of those things. Just have to watch things a little closer and check things a little more often.

 

I assume your trailer doesn't have chain pulls in the deck? Id, just run the chain down the outside left of the pocket, under it, around the outside right and hook it with the hook int he top of the right of the pocket. Long turn it could cause twisting, but wrapping the way yo did will cause damage as well. either will work. though. if you do hook back to itself like you did, I prefer to hook it higher and make more of a triangle. Physics says your putting a lot more weight on the one part of the chain then the other when you don't make it more triangley. (yes triangley is a word, i made it up)

That being said, your way is 100% fine. We all have a our personal preference though.