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Tips or picks for securing utility trailers to flatbed

Discussion in 'Flatbed Trucking Forum' started by SIGNATURE.SIV, Mar 19, 2019.

  1. Mar 19, 2019 #1
    SIGNATURE.SIV

    SIGNATURE.SIV Bobtail Member

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    Supposed to load some of those little cargo tongue trailers but dont have chains only straps.
    Any tips or pics on how to properly secure them to a flatbed with straps?
     
    SIGNATURE.SIV, Mar 19, 2019
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  3. Mar 19, 2019 #2
    TripleSix

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    Multiple stops, big stacks of them with styrofoam blocks between them?

    The load is going to sway. If you have straps with J hooks, strap the hook to the top trailer of each stack and cinch it down evenly 4 points securement on each top trailer of each stack. Be sure to check it periodically.
     
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  4. Mar 19, 2019 #3
    SIGNATURE.SIV

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    Its supposedly the cargo style covered units. I'm assuming I'll have to strap the axles and tongue's down
     
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  5. Mar 19, 2019 #4
    Tombstone69

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    I would throw one over the top to keep it from going side to side, and criss-cross over axles and springs.
     
    Tombstone69, Mar 19, 2019
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  7. Mar 19, 2019 #5
    cke

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    2 over each axel and one over the tongue. Block the wheels front and back. Should be good
     
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  8. Mar 20, 2019 #6
    HillbillyDeluxeTruck

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    How about get some chains/binders so you have the proper securement for the load?
     
    HillbillyDeluxeTruck, Mar 20, 2019
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    D.Tibbitt and Razororange Thank this.
  9. Mar 21, 2019 #7
    HighwaySuperTramp

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    That would be my go to. Nail some 2x4's down to block the tires, run a chain over the axle and bind it down, then a rubber pad under the dolly leg and strap the tongue down.
     
    HighwaySuperTramp, Mar 21, 2019
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  10. Apr 7, 2019 #8
    xsetra

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    Most places I have trailers loaded. They won't allow chains. But they have secured with 2x4's, wood blocks and styrofoam blocks as needed.

    I have chained thru the stake pockets to secure after leaving loading site.
     
    xsetra, Apr 7, 2019
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