Have a load of railroad rails today. 15 on the bottom, 15 on top, with a skid of plates on top. When I'm hauling beams, I usually use a combination of straps and chains. This load I'm thinking 2 straps on the bottom stack, 8 straps on the top stack, and 2 straps on the skid. I usually overkill the tie downs. It's only takes an extra minute or 2, and saves picking it up off the road. Would you throw some chains as well?
Strapping railroad rails
Discussion in 'Flatbed Trucking Forum' started by W Bench Farms, Oct 28, 2021.
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I followed a guy that I watched load rails and he did something I never thought of. He loaded the first layer forward tight against a 4X4 on 5 2X6s that was strapped down and had cleats on his nailing boards, then his second layer was set back 12 inches and had a 4X4 setting on the first layer and chained down. there was a 2X6 directly under the top 4X4. It was a mini bulkhead on each layer and then the bottom got 3 straps and the top got 5.
I did the same as he did and threw 2 3/8 chains as a feel-good measure.
I don't know if that was enough to stop a forward slide but it made me feel ok.
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