The Truckers’ Report flatbed Hall of Shame.

I must see things thru a different set of glasses. If you have a coil and you have the correct racks and beveled lumber, the idea is to hold the coil down... as in hold it down in the rack and tight to the wagon. You never purposely pull a coil one direction or another. On top of that, if the coil is on shotgun, keeping your chains and binders tight to the eye will help keep that coil from sliding or telescoping. The farther you stretch the chain and the more indirect your downward force is, the less secure that coil is. I'm also fully against the regulation that you can't cross chains on a suicide coil. Whoever came up with that idea has never seen what a coil does when it rolls in a straight line.

 

No cosmetics dont rule my life. I like my work to look good. Always have always will. It aint about doing it for other ppl. I do it for myself. Wont ever see me with a sloppy tarp job or securement job. Same concept of straps over tarps and why im against it. I do it only for me, because i like it clean. Same thing with my clothes and truck and house. I am a clean person and flatbed securement is just an extension of that. Hey ppl make fun of me for it especially the old hands , i dont care. My truck my rules anybody else could kick rocks.

 

Well said, sir. Well said.

 

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Again, very well said. I totally respect how you do you. I am the exact same way. I consider how I strap, chain and tarp loads an extension of me. I keep myself in good shape, clean cut and well dressed. My truck and trailer are kept the same way. Other drivers have always given me a hard time about how long I take to strap/chain and tarp. To me open deck is artwork. Other people get to see exactly how you have your load secured and tarped. I want my load safely secured first and then to look good.

 

Never done it, and dont like it.

 

I can understand to help tarping on a open deck. But that's it. However I know some company policies want two crossed on top.

 

Stolen from Twitter.

 

He heard it was easier to polish wheels when you can spin them? Just roll it to the far back to get the front axle and drives...

 

Chains look tight.