Is Load Securement that hard to learn?

I am referring to the multitude of people who sign up to do a job, but don’t want to do what that job requires. Like tarping. Or running into the northeast. Or throwing tire irons. Or the weather. If you accept the job, do the job.

Wasn’t referring to you in general, was just talking about the work ethic that brings the tough love talk from others who do the job.

 

Learning load securement isn’t hard to someone who can think outside the box and has good work ethic. Tell the boss you want to throw chain...he will take care of everything else. You will be fine.

 

When you are securing something raised off the bed, and you are chaining in down, the chains should slant in opposite directions goind down to the trailer, so that the load can't move on the deck. A friend described it as pulling the load apart, or compressing the load.

 

Think of the letters A and V. An A pulls apart, a V pull together.

 

That doesn't mean that the rear chains have to pull to the rear, though, or the front chains pull to the front only. The opposite works just fine.

I prefer an X. Square object go from one side of the object to the other side of the trailer, pulling forward or back at the same time. Opposite chain the other way makes an X. Then pull the opposite way at the other end.

Confused yet?