Sealing Of Trailers

I don't think sealing a trailer has anything to do with DOT. It just shows the receiver that the load was not tampered with during transport.

Are you referring to locking the trailer?

 

if a dot officer pull u over and inspect a seal cargo for any reason they will reseal the trailer.

 

I haven't sealed a trl in 5 years now and no problems with DOT Or the local guys, and the only time I put a lock on is if I breakdown and trl is unattended. My Co looks the other way cause #1 I don't stop when loaded. #2 I'm the one closeing the doors and doing the bills. #3 I unload trl and no one else is there to verify seal#.

 

It depends on what i am carrying. I figure loads like those giant paper rolls dont really need a seal, would love to see someone walk off with one of those, lol! I do padlock my trailer regardless also when empty.

 

You areprobably thinking of padlocking hazmat when running California

 

I tried to seal my flatbed, but couldn't decide where to put the seal.

 

This reminds me of a driver that did a flatbed relay at one of our terminals. It was a "high value" load on a flatbed that was to be tarped.

When we relay high value loads we have to put door locks on and a kingpin lock. This guy puts the door lock around the DOT bumper and puts the kingpin lock on. When I saw that I almost died laughing.

Ethan