Post your flatbed load pictures here

There is a big difference between wood and steel though.

 

true, im not saying im happy with how its secured. But i do feel thats its secure and legal or i wouldnt have moved it.




American Trucker

 

IMO, yea it would be better. Whether or not the shipper allows it is another story. The wook was fine, and I don't feel they are dangerous at all as long as you don't roll the truck over.

 

DOT wouldn't have said diddly. The ABB facility I'm thinking of in MO ships 20+ loads a day, just like that. In fact, they have procedure charts on how to tie down on the wall.

 

You answered your own question. That transformer has a lifecyle, and should a rust hole appear where you rubbed the anticorrosion finish off with your strap, the lifecyle would be severely shortened. In the future, load them together , not apart, that way you avoid the wheelcover issue, but I have been known to tie down to them when I do t have a choice. I would not have done the back like you did, I would have just gone to the wheel cover, as you don't have that much down force the way you have it now.

 

i didnt load it, it was a preloaded trailer. They had 100+ preloaded trailers all loaded exactly the same.

Can you hook to that plate? whats to stop the hook from slideing?




American Trucker

 

There should be an arch to that edge over the wheel. Hook near the center and it won't go anywhere. I have no idea what kind of load that lip can take but I used to hook to it with 2" straps all the time when I pulled a step.

 

its not arched, its flat and smooth all the way across, i didnt want to start cranking down on the chain and rip the plate off lol



American Trucker

 

Hmm, how about if you run a chain across hooked into the siderail (where you regularly hook a chain) so it goes along the top of the wheel well and hook your tie down chains into that chain.

 

Trust me, you aren't going to rip the plate off. Non wheeled loads need down force.