Securing Freight, Flatbed Style

if it's on, it shouldn't fall off
if it's in, it shouldn't fall out
P.S. tarps and bungee chords hold (hide) a lot more than most would like to know

 

Just last night I hauled some satellite dish's that were crated with some cheap
1" by 4" wood.

The second I put just a little tension on the crates they began to bend and crack.
I told them I wouldn't haul them unless they found a way to strengthen the crates
which they did. Even after they did this I still could not tighten them like I needed
to.

I shouldn't have hauled them, they needed to be in a van, but I did anyway and
towards the end of the trip I was having to stop every so often to re-tighten the
load. When I got to my destination the crates were lopsided, broken, and about
to come apart all together.

Lesson learned, do NOT haul those again if they are crated the same way and if
you feel it's not able to be secured enough DO NOT haul it.

 

Is 2 chains on a 48000 lb. coil sufficient?

 

Are you serious??



































































If they are each rated at 24K and your binders the same.....

 

takes time trial and error and experiance did i mention time?

 

Only need to be rated for 1/2 the load weight, so technically you could almost legally secure a 48k with 2 chains. 1/2 G70 chain has a WLL of 11,300# and 1/2-3/8 ratchet binders are rated for 15,000#. Not really a good idea but you could do it with 2 chains and a strap.

 

Yeah but would you want to?

 

haha, not really. Takes longer to reload one than it does to chain it the first time.

 

Livestock are loaded in a column of twos with their hooves nailed to the floor. The front two wear goggles. Be sure to retrieve the goggles when unloading, for use on the next load.

Chickens are usually hauled in vans so that the driver can beat the sides of the trailer if overweight at the scales. Flying chickens weigh less than setting chickens.


If chickens are hauled long haul, a flat bed is better. The chickens are fed by mixing feed in a pail of water. Balls of feed are thrown to the chicken cages like snow balls.

 

ya know, i was starting to believe that until i got to the overweight at the scales part, and my BS meter maxed out.. had to pick me feet up off the floor and put them on the desk.