load securement violations no longer part of cargo BASIC

Yep. Hence my beef with the whole cargo basic idea.....and the even more ridiculous maintenance basic.

 

We don't need anybody getting tickets on my poor advice.

 

There is no such thing as "overkill" when it comes to securing your cargo. I'd much rather use "too much" and have whatever is on my trailer stay where I put it no matter what rather than try to get by with the bare minimum and have problems with a shifting load at some inopportune moment when it could cause a serious problem.

 

So am I reading this right autocar?

If I hook one end of the chain to the equipement then the binder to the trailer with the chain hooked in the other end of the binder then I only get to equate it to half of the WLL of the chain?

 

Yes. To get full WLL the chain must go from one side, of the trailer, over, around, or through the cargo, to the opposite side of the trailer. BY only going from the cargo, to one side, or if both ends are attached to the same side of the trailer, you only get half of the WLL.

 

Thanks for clearing that up and since we are on the subject with a piece of rolling stock you have to have securement for the full weight but with a stationary object (such as a stack of plate steel) you only have to cover half correct?

 

The DOT regs also state that all wheels/tires must be chocked on a rolling stock load ......

 

Your securement WLL must equal at least half the weight of any piece, rolling stock or not.

 

Ah ha ok well i have been doing it right but wrong all in the same sense. Thanks you are a wealth of knowledge.

 

Pape needs to get some of these and pass out to their drivers. A Sammons driver gave me one and it is very handy.
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