Is this load ready to go?

You can also cut up some fire hose and use them as edge protectors in a pinch.

 

Yeah, that ought to beat ya to death
34 front axle, 16 on the rear. Neck brace?

 

Are you sure your back trailer axle was on the scale? That was my initial thought when I saw that ticket. 16 seems pretty light for a front to back load like that, 32k would make more sense to me.

 

The scale master should have plowed the snow.

 

I always assumed they zero out the scale after each use.... or do they zero out automatically?

Either way you would think CAT Scale would want them to be kept clean

 

The steer looks light too…. Unless he’s slid all the way to the rear on the fifth wheel slide?

 

Edge protection can be almost any material that keeps from damaging both the materials loaded and securements used. Plastic and metal corners. Carpet, burlap, old straps even old mud flaps cut into strips are all examples. Some work better than others for given situations. You have to use your best judgment.

I note that you have a half twist in some straps, but not all. Adding a half twist in long and open runs will reduce the straps vibration. The strap works like a reed. In the photos, you have two straps running over the load and into winches by the rear axle. Those straps are going to vibrate, they will get damaged at the point where they go over the material on the deck just above. Adding a twist, plus something at that point will prevent damage.

 

We will not or in my 45 years I have never been ticketed for a strap outside the rub-rail in Canada.