Securing plate steel on my flatbed?

I've done that plenty...like I said, on my small cell phone screen, it appeared he had used long chains, securing both ends of the chain on the same side of the trailer, with a binder at the mid-point to connect to another doubled over chain. Wasn't so much questioning the legality as I was the reasoning. If his chains were too short to reach all of the way across, using 2 shorter chains connected by the binder made perfect sense. As soon as the bungees were pointe out, it all made more sense.

 

I have those same binders and regret buying them big time. The ratcheting mechanism is in an oval steel surrounding instead of a circular like the other kind. This makes it incredibly hard to ratchet down tight on a flat surface like you did. Good job though.

 

I’m waiting for an enclosed cab rack and I’ll shell out the big bucks for USA made ones.

 

The other option is to put a piece of 4x4 under one hook of the binder. That lifts the ratchet off the plate and allows it to work smoothly.

 

Call me lazy but l would have put it up to the step and let that be my bulkhead and thrown 5 over the top and went down the road. Crossed one on the back for looks too.

 

I do that all the time.

 

Why is it back so far? must be pretty light on the drives.
More chains than needed but good job otherwise.

 

The pile of excess chain works in a pinch if you don’t have any blocks.