More than one chain on a D-ring?

In terms of DOT math, it would likely only be counted as a single point of securement, but it's perfectly fine to do. An anchor point is an anchor point.

 

Seems to me it would come down to the WLL of the D ring.

 

I hope so, cuz I have done it numerous times. lol

 

Cop can write anything he wants on a ticket and youll either plead guilty or waste a day fighting it. weld s'more on and never worry about it again.

 

I have a set of shackles on order that have a 17k wll. Far exceeding the 6k of 2 chains, so I hope so

 

Securement points aren’t required to be rated so you can tell them it’s rated at anything you want it’s still probably going to be considered a single point because if the ring fails so do two of your tiedowns.

 

If the D ring failed and both come loose you’d still have an “insecure load” doesn’t matter if it was an “extra” chain or not. I’m honestly just playing devils advocate, I’ve done it myself. In my business I find myself doing it a lot when I’m hauling something extra, I’ll load trench boxes, steel plates or something similar then throw something light on top like a piece of plastic pipe or something similar. I’ll chain the plates or boxes then I’ll strap the extra stuff down and the only place to hook a strap is where the chain is already hooked so I hook the strap there to. Is it legal? I don’t know but it’s secure. I’ve also secured extra stuff directly to what I’m hauling then secure that, not sure if that’s legal either.