Flatbed load goes through cab. NORTH ANNVILLE TOWNSHIP, Pa

I always hated hauling beams. There’s just no way to get the chains as tight as they need to be. That idiot had straps on them, which is a guarantee for slicing. Don’t be like him.

 

I hauled some similar type Loads (not as high) on Flatbeds (with Headache Racks) and The Load Points would NOT let Trucks leave with such "strong strap" SECUREMENT, but that was in the early 2000 decade, when apparently COMMON SENSE was still widely prevalent.

SEEING the picture of the Cab, "driver" must have possibly EXPECTED such Cab reconstruction to become a hospital patient.

 

Looks to me like he threw all his straps over the top. It probably wouldn’t have slid like that if he had gut strapped it. The company I drove for pulling flatbed didn’t carry chains and binders, any steel we hauled was strapped. We carried rubber squares to put under our straps and we never had a “shifting” load.

 

^^^THIS^^^

personally im partial to heavy duty felt pads, but rubbers are decent protection for some things

 

It was scrap pieces of conveyor belting that the shop would cut up.

 

Not trying to defend the guy, but I travel that road often. That spot where it happened is notorious for ugly accidents. That intersection sees a lot of traffic. Makes me wonder how fast he had to be going for all that to happen. Think the posted limit is 45, which is probably a bit much during rush hour

 

That stuff is so handy, in the flatbed industry. It’s the best coil underlayment protection money can buy.

 

There’s more to the story. Apparently this particular shipper DOES NOT ALLOW CHAIN SECUREMENT on their loads!!

 

Sounds like they need to learn to strap properly then. You can tell all the straps were thrown over the top.