Do you guys do this? Insufficient load securement

I have a friend the went over a ditch back over the road over the other ditch and ran it a culvert, and when we went To pick up his trailer nothing on the trailer (truck beds and hoists) never moved

 

not necessarily, depends on the manufacturer, some are stuck together like glue.

in the days long before drug testing and before cdl were even grandfathered in, shingles were rountinely hauled from sav,ga to ft. worth, tx with nothing but a tarp over them.
but then that was before the big mega carriers hit the scene and turned the masses loose on the highway.

the house carrier is probably only taking them to a warehouse near the plant.

and on brick or pavers , the best way is to use v-boards, or else they make work loose anywhere in the pallet sometimes.

heres a question, how many of you know how to stop lumber from working its way out of a stack, or use the same thing to help keep plastic pipe in a bundle?

and its not anything to do with securement at all.

 

I use a can of sprite just enough stick and doesn't stain.

 

we have a winner.
you sir are wise beyond your years. works like a charm dont it? 7-up works also, but i prefer to drink it and spray the sprite on the wood

 

I just try to pay attention it's getting more difficult to learn little tricks like that because its getting harder to find people willing to share their knowledge. Probably been told I know one to many times now the just figure everyone knows everything so they sit in silence. This is a thank you to all the more experienced drivers out there still willing to try and pass on their knowledge

 

I would have never thought of that.

 

where to begin i had a big day for idiots:

#1 Had 6 Container chasses stacked on a flatbed with 6 straps holding them down....straps across the tires.....as in he hit the brakes they all go flying forward....

#2 A truck with 2 coils, 2 chains on each 1 pulling forward and one going backwards on suicide coils

#3 PRIME truck with 1 BIG coil and 4 little chains on it (i dont know what it weighed but i can only guess that 4 chains wasnt enough this coil was BIG





American Trucker

 

AMEN to that! Just gotta pay attention to the old timers, I have learned a lot from them and give thanks too.

One thing to really get an old time flatbedder on your side is to help undo his tarps with him and then when he comes and helps you and gets a wierd look on his face as your doing something just ask is there a better way to do this that you have found? LOL Then they usually tell you how you look like a monkey "f riding" a football and here's how I do this.

 

one point to remember, its hard to show someone who thinks he knows it all anything, because he thinks he knows it all already.

one thing to remember about the container chassis at . they do have spring brakes. the tires would have to slide across the trailer along with the landin gear also. hauling container chassis like that with 6 straps isnt a big deal.

you also dont know the weight of the two coils nor the other coil. sometimes they fool ya by looks, and if tarped you might have missed a chain when ya counted.

one thing i see happening here on this flatbed is some guys with not to many years or months for that matter of flatbedding being way to critical of some other drivers.

if you want to put every available strap and chain on a load by all means do it, you have to do what makes you feel comfortable. but this being critical of every load one sees and calling the drivers idiots needs to stop.

what i may do and will know that will be sufficient after 33 years of flatbed , may be totally different than what you feel comfortable with . it doesnt mean if we both secure the same load in different ways that either one of us is wrong.

but sometimes that attitude may ooze out of you and prevent someone from helping or giving you a tip when they see you doing something incorrect or perhaps show you a quicker easier way to do it.

example, we just hauled 65 foot steel beams from philly to texas, 3 trucks, one beam each, and we all secured them differently. one guy used straps, one used 8- 3/8 chains, and i used 7- 5/16 chains and one trip ran around the front. we all arrived within 30 minutes of each other safe and sound with no problems.

just as there is more than one route to a destination, there is more than one way to secure a load.

everyone needs to remember some guys out here have slid a coffee cup across a counter more miles than most folks have driven

 

Well said!