is it required to have a headache rack or bulkhead?

Where does the extra chain go? And how do you know if it's the extra one?

 

Don't quote me been out of flatbed for a bit but if to be legal you need 6 chains going by weight you now need 7 and the extra one needs to be near the front of load.

 

How much you looking to spend on one?

 

They need to legislate a speed limit on how quickly they can change the rules.

 

you must be kidding

 

I was stopped in OR during the Blitz, he gave me a warning for not having the front pallets with an extra strap. due to the lack of headache rack. he was on the US 97 North Bound side after Chemult, OR.



I had 23 on the entire load was a bit tired tarping and forgot to throw the front extra like usual. It happens to the best of us.

On a side note, as he was telling me the error of my ways. a Refer truck over weight on all axles went over the scale and he didnt stop him. i was mumbling under my breathe.

 

Neither is required anymore, but there are some shippers who will refuse to load without one. The outfit I'm with did away with the bulkheads for a while and some drivers, including me, weren't to happy. Now with the new racks on the trucks there's plenty of storage.