hit a real bad pothole while traveling 65-70 MPH in bumper to bumper rush hour traffic.
Heard a BANG, felt my truck shift, looked in right hand mirror and yelled.... HOLY ****ING #### !!! I was in the 2nd lane from the Right... paused to let drivers around me to react (BRAKE LIKE HELL more like it) and got my ### off to the shoulder.
THANK GOD I didn't hit anybody and no one crashed !
What would you do (if anything) different in the strapping/securing this load ?
Pipe busted loose ! Straps caught them !
Discussion in 'Flatbed Trucking Forum' started by SilverBulletBand, Mar 21, 2021.
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Oh man. I would have had at least 2 straps belly wrapped on that. Maybe 3.
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Man I would love to see a pic of it prior to that happening. How many metal bands did the shipper have on that? Was it all loaded together?
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Thankfully you had plenty of straps on that!
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Yeah some belly wraps wouldve been helpful. It looks to me like the dunnage broke in half. That is one hell of a load shift . Nice save driver
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I would of had ratchets pulling from both sides versus just one, alternating them...
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Oh I see now....you had like 5,4,4,4 with dunnage in between? Yea for sure belly wrap would have prevented this.
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Oh yea man you were golden except for belly wrap....
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