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Discussion in 'Flatbed Trucking Forum' started by MACK E-6, Dec 11, 2017.

  1. Lepton1

    Lepton1 Road Train Member

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    This video is a perfect example of paying attention to the crown of the road with an ultra high center of gravity. This was on a straight road, but there is such a thing as taking a curve too #### slow if the road is banked.
     
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  3. tucker

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    I think he was backing up and the trailer flexed. Allah malley
     
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  4. TripleSix

    TripleSix God of Roads

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    Ay de Madre... “Oh Mother!”
     
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  5. Zeviander

    Zeviander Road Train Member

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    This one got me a little uneasy. Looks like he had a little load shift on the back end.

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  6. AModelCat

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    Watched a guy come in and pick up a skid steer with his car trailer and 1 ton from our shop. Drove it up and then drove away.

    Seen a different guy today with one of these rollers on the back of his flatdeck pickup. One 2" ratchet strap over the front hood and one over the back hood. Those hoods are just some kind of plastic or fibreglass.
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  7. MACK E-6

    MACK E-6 Moderator Staff Member

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    Looks like someone had the bright idea of using nylon bands. :rolleyes:
     
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  8. MACK E-6

    MACK E-6 Moderator Staff Member

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    I get disgusted when I see that. Sure, those little rollers aren’t much, but those bottom loops are there for a reason.
     
  9. Tb0n3

    Tb0n3 Road Train Member

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    Possible, but they usually fuse them instead of crimping. I honestly have not had plastic bands break on me.
     
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  10. MACK E-6

    MACK E-6 Moderator Staff Member

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    I have, but usually when it happens it’s because they didn’t use corner guards.
     
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  11. skellr

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    Wish I had my dash cam running. A pickup hauling 3 pallets of sod. One pallet in the truck and two pallets on a single axle trailer, no straps, doing 50mph down the highway.

    Two pallets of sod on a "motorcycle trailer" :D
     
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