Do you need a headboard on a flatbed??

As do I...It also gives me a nice place to stow my chains and binders and my cool collapsable ladder.

I never slam my doors...I always close them very gently!

 

PLUS ONE! REMEMBER THE OLD SAYING ! STUFF HAPPENS!HMM HMM!

 

You only need one if you value your head...

 

Welp you all talked me into putting a headache rack on my next truck! Thanks for the advice!

 

I doubt that's the justification for them having the hardhat, but it does seem silly to require one when what we're dealing with could crush our bodies into a red pancake on the ground... hardhat or not.

Especially when it's >30C/85F outside.

One steel mill I go to has some of the strictest regulations (long pants and sleeves, regardless of weather, safety goggles, etc) but no fall restraint systems for people tarping loads. MAKES NO SENSE.

 

Dang, a 4.5 yr old thread back to life.

 

Great, now we're gna argue about headache racks for the next few weeks.

I don't like the headboard, gets in the way but headache rack makes thing easiers.

 

Sounds like one of the mines I go to. Heck this mine actually has standards set in place as to the proper type, size and location of your reflective stripes. And they tell you what kind of boots you have to wear (apparently CSA approved with 6" heel is no longer good enough).

 

Because they look cool on the bak of the truck!