Post flatbed load photos here V2.0

Not exactly a load,..

Just couldnt help snapping a pic of this.

Not trying to pass judgement,.. but how does a driver let a flat tire get to the point where there is no rubber left on the outer rim an the inner tire was just starting to shred?



Personally I would be too embarrassed to pull something like that into a truck stop.

Hurst

 

Low and light to start out next week.

 

My first load....and rather than it paying me...it cost me 2k :/

 

I first got into trucking with a truck similar to that, back in 1986, I picked up an electric manlift.

I like the Army greenish color on yours. Mine was dooky brown.

Hurst

 

Jabbed the brakes a bit to quick going downhill on a yellow light. I let up just as fast, but not fast enough, and then came the "chatter" of the load shifting and then that crappy feeling in your gut sinks in.
I had 10 tightstraps on the load; 2 in front, 3,2,3.

I thought it was interesting to see where the friction broke.

 

Interesting. I would have thought the top bundles would have moved. Now and again I see guys building a bulkhead on lumber and palatalized loads. Ive never bothered unless its steel or something nasty looking. Probably would have worked like a charm in your deal.

 

I alway had the impression that these were simple loads. I'm glad you shared your experience it really changed the way I look at this type of load. I typically put 3 straps on each strap and I think I'll start adding a bulkhead.

 

At least you didn't do this with your OSB ... yes, it's not automatic and it's not to be taken for granted as "easy to tie down"

 

Easy loads get drivers complacent.
Saw a load of crushed aluminum bales laid over the side of a turn on an exit ramp last week in ny just outside of the city. Couldn't be easier to load secure and run. Get going too fast and it'll move just like anything else.
Not putting blame on ya @skellr
Things will move. "Too much securement" hasn't ever happened.

 

Complacency was a factor for sure... It didn't take much.