Post flatbed load photos here V2.0

Yes that is a RGN and we did get the drives straddling the first axle. If I don't do that then I can't get the neck back on. It is not as hard as it looks, that is a 9' wide trailer. Love it for hauling excavators and such. That extra width is the difference between needing the outriggers or not in most cases.

 

Three 17 ft trailers. 11k each. Heading to long Beach ca to catch a boat to Japan.

 

Where are you unloading in Long Beach, the ports? Did you get your day pass already? I've had to jump thru hoops at the ports there. I've had no problems with Seattle, very little with Oakland and Hueneme. But LA/Long Beach has been a different story for sure.

 

I see you've got over center load binders on the back but the rest are ratchet. Most of the mines and a lot of big companies don't let us use the over center binders any more which is a pain in the ###. Same as on your side of the water?
Edit : lol that didn't let me say ###

 

Mostly it is driver preference. I myself carry 8-1/2" ratchet binders 4-3/8" ratchet binders and 10-3/8" snap binders. Everything that is equipment gets secured with ratchet binders but like the booms and other attachments on excavators and dozers get snap binders. You have a dozer with a blade attached and a ripper attached, where the hell is it going to go if the rest of the machine is secured? Same with an excavator and the boom. I also use the snap binders when hauling pipe to make sure I don't get it too tight.... LOL

Basically, my thinking is that if it is heavy and I have to get the chains as tight as possible it gets a ratchet, otherwise it gets a snap binder. You kinda get the hang of what needs what type of binder. Take the scrap metal bales for an example. When I haul these I use snap binders. Basically because I have to reposition the binders so much as the chain crushes into the bale that ratchet binders would take a week to secure properly.

I have even thought of getting some 5' straps with the chain ends and using those with the winches instead of binders on some loads, like the concrete pipe or the scrap bales.

 

Ozdriver, Pipe40, and Heavyhammer, looking at your pics and reading your posts is like watching an episode of the Discovery channel.[/QUOTE]

Well crikey cobber thats beaut. The only Arctic blizzard here at the moment is coming out of the ac and that's flat out like a lizard drinkin.

 

That what happens when you try to post from iPhone missed half the quote

 

Nope I work for a cheap company so it's mostly snap binders. I aquired 4 ratchet binders from a loaner truck I had but I only have 10 snaps and the load needed 12 thus the mismatch.

The owner seems to think we should only have 6 chains and binders on each truck. I've gotten up to 11 chains now through acquisition. Every time I have a load that takes more then 6 chains I send a picture to my dispatcher and he sends it to the owner.

On this load I was wishing I had one more chain. I don't like using one chain for 2 points of contact for no other reason then personal preference.

 

I use 1 chain for 2 points of securment when ever I can. Mostly out of laziness. How ever.. if one side breaks.. it will not effect the other. So essentially its just like 2 independent chains.

As for the snap binders... I use them often. Mostly on light weight machinery or equipment.

Load I have on now is a really small grader. 19k lbs. I prefer the ease and quickness that I can with snap binders. I dont trust them enough by themselves as if a chain comes loose or just the right bump or bounce could potentially open the binder. I use bungee to ensure it stays closed.



I use ratchets exclusively on things like heavy coils or large machines where I want it extra tight.

Hurst

 

I've been told but have never been able to verify that snap binders must be secured from snapping open. Any truth to that? I usually wrap the slack chain around the binder a couple times and then bungee that tight. I have also put hitch pins in my binders.

I'm sure it has happened but with as tight as you can sometimes get snap binders I find it hard to believe they could just pop open. I have a slip knot in a section of rope so I can get more leverage on a really tight binder.