The Truckers’ Report flatbed Hall of Shame.

Dude forgot that strap over the ROPS!



Stolen from
https://www.reddit.com/r/Truckers/s/Uc5nqFKuac

 

With a lead pole car, still had a strike. Someones insurance company is not going to be happy.

 

There's a lot going on in that photo, from the pole car to the rops.

 

Nope. The tracks are not tie down points, and if you tie only to the tracks the machine can move inside the tracks. I used to, until we hauled an old feller-buncher with loose tracks. Had to stop moderately quickly and the machine moved and stretched one of the binder hooks. Those are 1/2" grade 100 chains, so we end up with adequate WLL just going to the track frame. Those track pads can bend/break fairly easily, plus you put a lot of sideways pressure on the idlers.

That said, I don't put down folks that do tie to the tracks to get to their WLL, I just prefer not to..........but then I still cover the exhaust too which probably isn't necessary at all.

 

Brand new trailer too... That sucks!!! Wonder what shipper this is?

 

Well said. Anyone that thinks tracks are tie-down points has never pulled a tracked machine on a beam, imo.

I put at least four off the car body on all excavators. The dozers are a little bit trickier.

 

Some folks will go to extreme lengths to get their rocks off? Just sayin

 

WTH ,no straps no chains just can't make any sense out of it.