The Truckers’ Report flatbed Hall of Shame.

Now here’s my question. With stacked pipe like that’s on @tiddlytanker ’s load would putting a “belly wrap” cause the pipe to bunch up the more you tighten it?

 

Wow man glad ur ok . dont kick urself to much. #### happens that is out of our control . you may not have been so lucky if that was structural steel or something heavier. Belly wraps would help you out a little bit , but i got a feeling it still wouldve shifted on you.

 

If I have something sketchy like that where I am worried it may shift forward, and a choke/belly wrap doesn’t quite do the trick, I will throw a stack of pallets or something in front of it and strap that down. Sort of like making a poor man’s bulkhead if you will. Of course that’s easy for me because I load out of our own warehouse so I can pretty much steal anything I need. But you can always ask the shipper if they have any extra pallets laying around that you can put on there. I know I would give you some!

 

Just curious, how did you fix it?

 

Almost like a sling.The more the object moves the tighter it gets.

 

Just slow down. There is always a stop sign over every hill is the mentality to have

 

Glad you're ok, that's the most important thing.

What @kylefitzy posted about belly wraps is the answer to your question. Notice its the pipe in the middle of the bundle that slid out, and once it got some momentum that was all she wrote. Belly wraps will tighten the bundle together, making into one big piece instead of a bunch of little pieces.

 

Don't crank on the belly wraps right away. Once you get the top straps on, then you can go hard on the belly wraps, and it won't bunch up.

You'd want the style belly wrap that goes under-over-under to get max side squeeze as opposed to over-under-over.

 

Called a tow company. They came out with a flatbed tow truck and a bobcat. It didn't have the reach we needed, but he made it work by getting at the load from the sides of the trailer. They only charged $200 and I was back on the road in about 2 hours after the accident