Is this legal??
Discussion in 'Flatbed Trucking Forum' started by D.Tibbitt, May 19, 2020.
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It doesn't make any sense to me...
All the weight is way above the tie down points. The angle of the chains isn't working/strongest in any direction that the weight of the actual load is going to want to move.
I'm sure the amount of chains is legal for the weight "by the books"... But it seems there isn't any consideration for any leverage bieng applied from the offset center of gravity of the load.
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Ahh, the angles of the tie downs don't coincide with the center of gravity of the load or where the "attachment points" are located.
I have no doubt it's Legal, as it only considers weight.
That load would piss me off if that's all I could do.D.Tibbitt Thanks this. -
Sounds like some antiquated reasoning to me.
I don't think you can fit enough engines on a railcar to provide the weight to compress the springs enough for a smoother ride.D.Tibbitt Thanks this. -
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We aren't transporting it on a railcar with stiff springs, not a trailer with spring suspension.
If the engine can't handle the vibration from an idling tractor trailer motor then how hand it even hold up to the forces it will be subjected to in flight?
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You could chain a chair to the deck and ride on an air ride trailer and see how much vibration you still feel through the chains.
Aircraft engines is one thing that is very sensitive to outside forces when it is not in the plane during its thing. Kinda like beating a torque wrench on the ground a dozen times and than using it to torque your main caps. Lol.
I don’t know the story on @D.Tibbitt’s load but most of the engines that have been completely overhauled or are new are usually in an enclosed crate on the cradle-car. Usually the ones going out to be overhauled are shipped like this one in the open so to speak. But even with the bad one’s they don’t want to damage them because that may cause failure during flight later on. -
Are they trying to keep the securement loose? So it can bounce on the deck?D.Tibbitt Thanks this.
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