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Don't make this mistake

Discussion in 'Flatbed Trucking Forum' started by Chewy352, Mar 22, 2016.

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  1. Mar 22, 2016 #1
    Chewy352

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    I know I'm going to get some well deserved criticism for this but it's worth sharing if it helps someone out or saves a life.

    I took this load of dressed lumber from VA to OH. I was fully aware that dressed lumber requires straps over the first couple layers and then straps over the top. However I've ran into a couple places that just throw it on you 4 high and I see everyone just throwing straps over the top. So like an idiot I've done a couple loads like that. This was the last time I'll ever do that.

    First picture shows the whole load. The forklift driver is moving the 2 ten foot bundles from the back that he swore needed to be back there but after weighing and proving they didn't and then threatening to make them unload the whole thing he finally did what I said.

    Second and third pictures show the load shift after I swerved to avoid an idiot 4 wheeler.

    The load was approximately 6 feet tall. Thus I was technically legal but legal wasn't enough in this case. 20160321_143151.jpg 20160322_120114.jpg 20160322_120128.jpg
     
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  3. Mar 22, 2016 #2
    sawmill

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    At least you're willing to discuss it openly. What scares me are the guys who will do this and not realize what's going on and continuing to tempt fate.
     
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  4. Mar 22, 2016 #3
    TripleSix

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    Swerved?
     
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  5. Mar 22, 2016 #4
    Chewy352

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    Yep. He slammed on his brakes to hit the off ramp that he almost missed.
     
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  7. Mar 22, 2016 #5
    w.h.o

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    Doesn't look like it shifted that bad. Next time gut strap it. I had ask loaders to take a few off so I can throw a strap in. Usually anything over 2 tier high
     
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  8. Mar 22, 2016 #6
    Chewy352

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    The middle tier moved to the rub rail. Yep from now on its stack them two to three high depending on how high we're going, a couple straps and then the rest. No reason not to. I have 15 4 inch winches now so I had plenty to do it.
     
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  9. Mar 22, 2016 #7
    glockwise

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    Secure the stack of bundles with tiedowns:
    • Tiedowns over the second tier of bundles or at 1.85 m (6 ft) above the trailer deck (whichever is greater).
    • Tiedowns for other multiple tiers not over 1.85 m (6 ft) above the trailer.
    • Tiedowns over the top tier of bundles with a minimum of 2 tiedowns over each top bundle longer than 1.52 m (5 ft).
    - See more at: https://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/regulatio...essed-lumber-and-similar#sthash.f0rZZz2y.dpuf
     
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  10. Mar 22, 2016 #8
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    Get a 10' steel rod put a hook on one end, bend a handle on the other. Push the rod through to the other side, hook your strap and pull it through. Same rod will pull chains through those large spools
    of wire. Using one too many straps is better than not enough
     
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  11. Mar 22, 2016 #9
    blairandgretchen

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    I use an extendable paint roller handle, (Sherwin Williams) with a mini roller ( roller removed ). - in case you're in that situation with a snappy loader.

    Lesson learned, thanks for sharing.
     
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  12. Mar 22, 2016 #10
    cnsper

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    I make them wait for me. They do get upset some times but then I ask them where their family is driving today.
     
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