Post flatbed load photos here V2.0

The excavator was closer to where the they needed to place the footings. So we tried to use the excavator first. The crane was 1000 feet away or so. But the footings were 35000-40000 lbs a piece. Which was a little too heavy for the excavator to lift and walk done the hill safely. So that's why they're both in the one pic. He was just changing over the chains to the crane and the excavator was getting ready to get out of the way.

 

Oh it looks a lot closer in the picture. And also another reason I asked was I’ve been on a lot of jobs where I’d be sitting in the upper of a crane that a company will be paying an 8 hour minimum for and watch them overloading equipment to move stuff when I’m sitting there bored out of my mind. At least if anything it was always entertaining!! Another thing I never understood, on days I’d be signaling, a guy would always want to move something heavy by hand. My response was always “you know we brought a million dollar crane that was built to pick stuff up and put it down....right?”

 

@Ruthless I was thinking about your pumpkin when I came across this article... The one you have appears to be in much better shape than this guys...
https://www.turnto23.com/news/natio...in-but-crack-will-keep-it-out-of-record-books

 

Haha yeah man that was me. No other twin with a crane track on the deck. I was rolling southbound to go home for a day to see my family and then go deliver.

 

He means that if you put dunnage under the last bundle at the rear, the bundle will tilt forward and you’ll have very little chance of the wood walking out at the back and falling off.

 

I did just that on a load of MDF that I loaded in Rocklin, CA and took to Denver. Not a single board moved in the rear.

This was actually only the 3rd time I remembered to put my small dunnage down on the deck to give it the forward tilt.

 

What was the name of the place?

 

Yes, I understood what he was saying. Y’all got me geeked on it so I checked it multiple times on trip. I climbed up and definitely some looser boards on the back. So I took my half steel tarp and partially unfolded it and put it up under the last strap and cross straps and that keeps it from moving back. If/when I haul this again I will get r done.

 

Once I found out about using the 4x4 on the front and back I told the shipper on my second lumber load what I was going to do and he said that he wouldn't be able to get the forks out if I put the 4x4 under so I just left it as is.So far for lumber I have hauled a load of 8' fence pickets,cabinet grade plywood,2x6's,and 4x4's.Knock on wood none have slid out.

 

The smaller stuff it is more effective. Like1x1 bundles loaded all the way to the end of the trailer. Seems like the middle parts of the bundle never get tight from the straps and tilting it up keeps them from walking backwards...i used to carry a staple gun and find pieces of the wrap they uae to wrap the bundles at the mill. Staple that on the back and that works well too. Althought it will get torn in heavy winds