Load locks for beer loads

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  1. truckdriver31

    truckdriver31 Road Train Member

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    put strap in next hole and ride. that beer isnt going any where
     
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  3. Mototom

    Mototom Road Train Member

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    Load locks against freight straps as close to the freight as possible.
    But load locks first then ratchet the strap real tight.
    Would take an act of congress to move that load lock then.
     
  4. O.Henry

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    I do what I can,then take a pic.
     
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  5. SteveScott

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    Been hauling beer for years, and the only parts of load that ever fall are kegs when stacked. If they used air bags and we're talking cans or bottles, it's not going to move with or without load locks.
     
  6. truckdriver31

    truckdriver31 Road Train Member

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    say it again brother
     
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  7. Dave_in_AZ

    Dave_in_AZ Road Train Member

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    I delivered too many beer loads when I did all this dudes local stuff. Line drivers would drop in yard, then I'd do the delivery.

    The most pulverized loads ever were beer loads.

    But that is 100% do to moron at the controls.

    One dude slammed on the brakes so hard, he smashed the standoffs in the front of the trailer, and pulverized several pallets and then some.

    What a mess.

    Silver medalist did kind of the same thing, only to the rear of the load, not even sure how. This guy ended up killing two people in a rear ender on 17 less than a year later.

    SO

    If you drive like a normal dude you'll have no problem.

    I've done half a dozen Miller loads since at Landstar, they're no hassle. Get unloaded fast.

    Budweiser if you like pain.
     
  8. bryan21384

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    I haul beer in reefers all the time. In fact, the places we go to never use air bags. I use 2 load locks depending on how its loaded. The bar fell off on your load because either you didn't stretch it out far enough or the walls to your dry van have been pushed out some. Now this is worth mentioning: those air bags will hold that load in place, as will load locks and straps, but if if drive too fast or like a maniac, all of that will rendered useless. A veteran trucker told me when I first started to drive the load not the truck, and you won't have any issues.
     
  9. Dockbumper

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    Reefer walls don't flex or belly out like dry van walls.
     
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  10. JC1971

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    The one time I used one, it was a load of gun safes loaded all the way to the back. Wouldn't have been able to use a load strap to squeeze the sides of the trailer in. I didn't know the hammer the load lock in trick then. The only reason I used one was because one of our drivers told me he opened the doors on one of those loads and a safe almost fell on top of him.

    Anyways, I used two load locks and a load strap to pull in the sides on this Miller load and it seemed pretty secure. I'll just have to take load locks from now on which sucks because my truck doesn't have a load lock rack on the back of the cab.
     
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  11. supersnackbar

    supersnackbar Road Train Member

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    What I was told early in my career, drive the load like there is no securement on it at all.


    ours do to a point, but nothing like a plate trailer does. Pulled a load out of Kenosha going down to Phoenix...no drivers allowed on the dock, you back in with doors shut, and 2 load locks inside. They open it up from inside, load you, loadlock the load, shut the doors and seal it. When I got to Phoenix, both load locks were on the floor, but everything was still up in good shape. Guess the shipper never learned to angle the load lock before latching it and forcing it back straight for added tension.
     
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