Post flatbed load photos here V2.0

What's it weigh?

I don't see any friction mats under the coil bunks. Not all the chains go to the trailer (you have three points of contact on this side, negating/halving one chain you used through the coil) and I can't see how many binders you used.

It looks heavy, and I would not trust a "heavy" coil to that little bit of securement. I did 5x 9000 lbs eye-to-the-sky coils on Friday and used 12 straps. I wanted to use 14 but I needed the winches for other things. I still felt it wasn't enough.

 

You ever been on a job site that needed a net strung over the top?? I have and it was a definite #### show.

 

You missed reading some previous posts lol. Wasn't me. Just saw the picture on Facebook and posted it as a joke.

 

Lol, well I'm glad it wasn't you then.

 

I rented a car recently. Ford Fiesta. I just wanted to share,.. that this is probably the most miserable POS car on the planet. Probably doesnt help that I had just rented a Chevy Impala the week before. That was a nice ride.

First,.. they had some kind of valet key that had the car governed to 75mph. Seems reasonable until you try to pass someone.

Then the radio,.. how can anyone complicate something as simple as allowing someone to enjoy some music? For the life of me I could not figure this thing out. When I finally manage to get it on a station it said 'MyKey" volume locked at 45%. Again,.. the valet key thing. The engine buzzed so loudly and had so much road noise coming into the car that you couldnt even enjoy a good song.

Here is a picture of the dash. I couldbt make heads or tails of how the radio operated and I consider myself a pretty tech savvy guy.


Hurst

 

It was not governed, that was as fast as it could go.

 

LOL

Probably right,.. it took a while to get there.

Hurst

 

Reminds me of my time traveling on business, every time I got into rental car the controls were different. About the time I figured it out it would be time to turn it in and grab a flight to the next city and do it all over again. The WORST was being on a tight schedule to catch a flight, pulling into a gas station to top up the tanks, and not knowing which side gas or how to open the gas cap. I ended up having to call the rental car company once to be informed the gas door opens with a switch in the glove compartment. Rental car companies need simple users manuals.

 

Just finished a 36 hour round trip from OKC to Casper on a team load. These are three "curves", specialized drill motors. We had one curve on the deck for a backhaul. My driver's cut is $1300 for the round trip.

Note I used 2" straps for a multi wrap cinch to stabilize the ends. All straps have a twist. Only one of the 2" straps required any tightening on the outbound load, two clicks. No vibration, no loosening.