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Secure load?

Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by eardna2, Mar 28, 2012.

  1. Mar 28, 2012 #1
    eardna2

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    I haul 40 ft flat bar bundles. Usually 5 bundles for a load. Each bundle weighs 5 tons. The customer I go to unloads with a crane that uses chains so they require the steel mill I haul from to give them a 6 inch gap between each banded bundle. Do I have to have blocks in the spaces between the bundles to have what the DOT considers a secure load which is immobilized or is having my straps holding it down sufficient?
     
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  3. Mar 28, 2012 #2
    STexan

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    They do this and there is no good answer. If you put a block in between, there is virtually no way to "snug the bundles in" to insure the block stays put and on top of your trailer. Without a block, in theory, the bundles could migrate inward causing the straps to loosen.

    I've once tried weaving a strap through the bundles, then add another strap over the top as normal, just off-set from the weave, tighten the top strap, then tighten the weave strap "slightly" but enough to keep the leather strap protectors in place ... it seemed to work ok, but not sure of it's real effectiveness.

    I think so long as you bulk-head the load, most motor carrier cops would be ok with no dunnage in between the bundles.
     
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  4. Mar 28, 2012 #3
    dirtyjerz

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    Id go with that stexan said, just bulkhead it and you should be fine.
     
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  5. Mar 28, 2012 #4
    AZS

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    yeah just put another strap at the front, like stexan eluded to there is nothing you could put in that gap that dot would recognize as being sufficient blocking anyway. Just have two straps within the first 5 feet.
     
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