Unsecured load

And somehow my 20 years of open deck doesn't make me a professional? Hmmm...

My specific reasons for going dry van instead included such things as paying better (more miles for the dry van fleet) and having a better truck (at this particular company, which I picked because it was nearby), and because I was starting to have some back issues and decided to take a break from heavy lifting.

It has nothing to do with my experience level lol

 

Strange.

A few months ago when you were passing along bad info you were just a tow truck driver. I recall you posting screen shots of incorrect info from some pro towing website and passing it off as law. I don't recall you mentioning your 20 years of open deck work at that time? Right?

 

Source:
https://www.ecfr.gov/cgi-bin/retrieveECFR?gp=1&ty=HTML&h=L&mc=true&=PART&n=pt49.5.393#sp49.5.393.i

 

@Razororange beat me to it but here's the link again and a screenshot from the chapter 393.102

https://www.ecfr.gov/cgi-bin/retrie...=L&mc=true&=PART&n=pt49.5.393#se49.5.393_1102

 

I also want to point out that you that I still have NEVER heard of anyone being cited for this and I pointed out a pretty good example with my steel pipe scenario which you can't refute.

 

You should charge your battery.

 

I should.

 

Breaking strength is normally 3-4x the working load limit

 

I think the safety factor is 4X, if you take a rigging class they teach you that you can only consider the working load limit not the breaking strength. If you exceed the WLL your overloading the rigging regardless of ultimate breaking strength.

 

How about this shipper feels he is paying a great rate but effen broker is taking half????


Be Safe Out There


Captain Dave