Unsecured load

Some one just jumping on you, that speed read the post. Didn't read the whole post. I know the feeling some what about people not knowing their job and then try and fight you when you say it needs to be secured a certain way..

 

Are most of these Non-English drivers that come to get loaded at your place based out of the Chicago area?

 

Chaoss, ok let me ask you this, because I don't know. Do you haul machinery or what do you haul mostly, thanks

 

At the moment, no. At the moment I'm hauling a lot of beams, poles, lumber, steel, whatnot.

But I cut my teeth in a job where I hauled parts for an equipment dealer, which included a lot of stuff similar to the above.

 

If you follow @ChaoSS posts they are almost always just trolling to tell someone how they are doing something wrong.

 

Fair enough. I always prefer blocking to be wider than it is tall, but I get that it's not always possible. 12 inches is big enough to prevent it from toppling, not like you are using a 16x6 inch block or something.

So let me ask you, clearance issues underneath it aside, what is the practical difference between two blocks 12 inches wide and 6 blocks 4 inches wide? You have a set up that, at the end of the day, isn't much different than two I beams sitting on a few pieces of dunnage. You have friction from the straps, friction on the blocks, and that keeps it in place. That is what keeps the vast majority of freight on flat beds in place, like lumber loads, like countless steel plate loads, like countless pipe loads, countless loads of many different types. Friction.

 

Ok, so here we go. These rigging beams you just can't sit on top of a Bunch of 4 x 4 I will hust about bet. M16ty please correct me if wrong. Big blocks, maybe stacked 2 high at the most. Then I would just about bet the tie points would be right at the blocking or in front or behind it. The reason for this is to keep down pressure on the blocking to keep it from shifting. M16ty, please again correct me if wrong. Any time I have a ld sitting on blocking, I want to have down pressure as close to those blocks if at all possible. Straps can and might work also. Each ld is different. But no tie down on a ld. Then throw a tarp over it, then secure over the tarp to hold it and the ld down to me is just asking for trouble.
You said you hauled parts for an equipment dealer. Are we talking like JD. Farm parts etc. 2 different worlds than hauling spreader bars, lifting jigs etc.

 

Now you tell me after my long tie down class post. Lol

 

Sorry pal.