Driver-made bulkheads

They helped me out a lot when i did mixed steel loads and had lots of bundles of varying sizes. No matter how hard you work to get everything tight, sometimes one would work loose. It was always a nice safeguard for just in case.

They were definitely a must when I had on cold finished bars. That stuff is slick enough it doesn't need a hard brake to slip everywhere, no matter how well it's secured.

 

Yep they work. Haul greasy steel bars. Build the bulkhead then load up against it. Choke the load. In a hard brake situation you still might crack the bulkhead, but done properly should move very little.

 

Can't remember their name but, There's a place down in St.Louis that ships those 20 foot greasy steel bars that require 2 Bulkheads,Because they wont load it Belly for safety reasons...........

then after you set up 2 bulkheads- You gotta drop paper......#### pain in the Butt for a Broker load comin back to Chicago for a measly $700 bucks,, boy Do I remember that so well

 

A bulkhead isn't supposed to "catch" a moving load, it's supposed to prevent it from moving in the first place. It's a "block against forward movement". Not having the load touching it will only slow down whatever starts moving through it.

 

I have kinda wondered why flat beds don't have stake pockets welded to the trailer beams every couple feet running down the middle of the bed.

Than have a movable bulkhead that could be tied back from the top running down to the side pockets.

That way you can prevent the energy from being built up in a deceleration and seems the only practical way to manage slippery steel.