Securement Question

I picked up three of these from United Rentals in Winnipeg about a month (and a half?) ago. I used like 6 chains and 12 binders.

Your way looks a whole lot easier and simpler.

Now that I think about it, I could have hooked the chain-ends of the straps in the securement hoops and used winches as well.

 

FYI if a machine is 10k or over MUST have 4 points of securement.

 

How I've hauled these in the past is one chain, one binder for two lifts on each side. I hook my front chain pulling back, and my back chain pulling forward, put the binder on either front or back, witch ever works best. I would've had 4 chains and 4 binders per side.

 

Figured that you did but a few posts back someone said they would secure 11k machines this way. Or something to that effect.

 

Looks fine.Their not going forward or backwards and not side to side.

 

I think as narrow as those are, you could have done what Mac said, only just split them into two groups. That's only 2 more binders per side, and that would eliminate any chance of the load bellying to one side if something went wrong on the road.

25' is too long a span with your chain tension perpendicular to the lateral load for my taste. Although the way you had the chain linked through each junction, they weren't going to go anywhere.

 

Thanks for posting this hurst. I learned alot and now I know I can haul the load with my 11 chains.