Load Securement / Rubrails

Again, no punt intended. The pictures are great. Something to think about if I ever get in a situation. I’m a skateboarder.

 

I over looked that you drew bracings on this. This would definitely be a must. I was thinking of having the shipper weld a heavy duty steel ring on top for point of securements.

 

None taken!

 

An outside the box would be to put it in a dump trailer and then fill it two thirds with sand. The unloading would need a vac truck though

 

We will put sand in our dump trailer, maybe two yards in a 15 foot trailer, when I get weird shaped stones. It acts as a cushion for loading. Then will have them add more sand to keep them fixed in place. At site can dump it,with cushion from the sand. Take the stones out. We either use the sand, if no need I bring it back to the stone guy at next pick up

 

Another thing that crossed my mind, it would be preferable to be loaded on a step or double dropped trailer.

 

Definitely, I hadn’t thought of that. The step would be a great brace for the forward braces

 

A set of coil racks and a pair of chocks. If chains are allowed, form a circle out of chain smaller than the diameter of the ball to ride on top, hook 4 points. Ball is captured.

 

I like it, like a champagne cork cage almost, but made from chain. And no two hours of carpentry

 

Photo is blurry, just had the CPKC Christmas train roll through the backyard