Post flatbed load photos here V2.0

It's not really an option. You need to be able to bulkhead. Some places will not load you, if you don't. If you're hauling lumber for dunnage, you need a few extra for bulkheading for your safety, and to be able to load at those places that are smart enough not to want to see a driver lose their (shipper's) freight all over their (drivers) cab and the road.
It's not that extra an amount of weight.

 

I’ve heard of a cab rack be required but never a bulkhead.

 

Cab rack or trailer rack regulation requirement died in 99 "front end structure"

A bulkhead is prefered on greasy bars, but to meet regulation requirements for forward movement securement, it needs to be within a few inches of the product, and the higher it is, the less effective it is due to how the forces act on the bulkhead essentially as a lever with the fulcrum at the trailer bed.

Realistically, if you are worried about the bar moving, just slow down more, leave more following distance, and make sure your straps and chokes are tight.

The longer the material, the less likely to move it is. Rebar even poorly banded wont move on you because the ribs on the product help to interlock the peices together. Exception: If you have really long rebar that flops off the rear end of the trailer is more likely to walk (in a rearwards direction) because as it flops up and down it will stress the straps, loosening them and work itself backwards, but a bulkhead is not an option then anyway.

As for places not loading if you cant build a bulkhead, ive never actually run into that as an issue, but some places do require x # of 8 foot dunnage and get pissy if you dont have them. Personally, i have 3 8 footers and 6@ 5 foot peices of wood, its never been a problem, even the place that "required" 9 peices of 8 footers.

Lastly, your truck or trailer is heavy, if an extra 4 or so 4x4s would make or break the 48k limit for you. OR youre just carrying too much unneccessary gear.

I scale at 31k full of fuel, all my securement, old long kw (though not double framed), about 500 lb of tools and a 48 foot all aluminum trailer. See what you can do to lighten things up elsewhere regardless

 

Structural to Johnson City NY

 

This is how you don't get holes in your tarps. Polypropylene tarp protectors. Worst I've done in the past 10 yrs is have a bungee hook wear thru the tarp.

 

Well those and not using them lol. Thanks for the tip.

 

A few recent ones

 

Loads like that is what makes me angry only having ratchet binders. I prefer them, but you can’t use them on a flat surface, or some shorter angles. I’d hate to carry both.

 

Whats holding down that lower bundle of angles?