The Truckers’ Report flatbed Hall of Shame.

Learning from y'all, thanks.... for real. I'm gonna start watching better up in Toodlie'doo... just for s' and g's .. One thing I've never done is containers (nor tippers.)

 

That's how I always did it.

 

Most 40 footers have an empty weight of 8200 lbs give or take a couple hundred pounds so that 20 footer would have been 4-5k lbs so 4 straps over the top was more than enough.

 

Treated like normal freight it should be 5.

 

Explain. For an empty 20’ container that was plenty enough to meet requirements.

 

I missed the swap from 40ft to 20ft.

 

Only containers I hauled were those military ones that are 8’x8’ and I just used 2 straps on each. Made it 2100 miles and didn’t move a mm so I assume it was fine.

 

The military also uses 40' and 20' cans. I've hauled those 8' ones too, just like that 2 straps per can did just fine.

 

Sometimes we just have to try out stupid ideas.
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img038 by Big Bill

 

That's not a stupid idea, it was just a stupid design.