What do you call the Bulkhead (edited since I know now)

That is correct. Thank you for the information too.

 

I will watch the video. Yes, from the picture, that is what they will have in place prior to my arrival for testing, and what I nee to go over in pretrip. The interviewer said to me, "they are just looking to see if you know there is supposed to be 2 chains, that you will check the chains, and check the links for stretched or broken links." He pretty much told me what they will look for from me, but I figured I would go in there knowing as much as I can about it.

Thanks for the help.

 

I don’t know who told you it needs to have two chains... that doesn’t make any sense to me. One chain, with each end wrapped around a spool on the trailer, and hooked to itself (as seen in the above video), is the only way I’ve ever done it or seen it done.

 

You can get creative with your bulkheads... Here I have a concrete block that I use as a counterweight for my moffett in the winter, doubling as a bulkhead:





And here I am using my moffett fork extensions as a bulkhead (It’s actually on the tail but you get the idea):

 

The man I am interviewing with. He said, "the tester will be looking to see if you know that two chains go on it when he was trying to tell me what the tester will be looking for. I might have misheard that for all I know, but I know he did say specifically, that the tester is going to be looking to see if you check the chains are tight, that there are no broken links, none stretched or damaged, and that the bulkhead is supposed to have two chains on it and that those are tight, not stretched, broken or damaged as well." At least that is what I thought he said. I can't imagine him saying that the cargo has two chains on it, and when he said two chains I assumed he meant bulkhead because the freight would be independent based on the length. He did say that there wouldn't be straps but chains.

He said they also know that I am fresh out of school, and don't have experience with securing freight, and they will/would take this into consideration. So I am just hoping for some grace in the situation. He said they are mainly looking to see if I know enough to do what I mentioned above during the pre-trip inspection because the freight would already be secure upon arrival.

 

I just watched this. Simple enough and my guess is this is what they are looking for. Thank you!

 

Confusion by whoever told you this.

From the older "trucker Bible" it used to be written 1 chain for ever 10' length with bulkhead. If no bulkhead was built, 2 chains in first ten feet, then 1 chain for every additional 10ft of length

When an article of cargo is not blocked or positioned to prevent movement in the forward direction, and the item is longer than 10 ft in length, then it must be secured by two tiedowns for the first 10 ft of length, and one additional tiedown for every 10 ft of length, or fraction thereof, beyond the first 10 ft. An example of this is provided below. If an article is blocked, braced or immobilized to prevent movement in the forward direction by a headerboard, bulkhead, other articles that are adequately secured, or other appropriate means, it must be secured by at least one tiedown for every 10 ft of article length, or fraction thereof.

Cargo Securement Rules | FMCSA

 

Yes, between what I see at sale sites (even if steel, but bolt-on) and the pic you posted (the fixed, not timber), absolutely different rigidity.

Thanks

 

omg, that epiphany moment of "OOOHHHH!"

It didn't register at seeing that pic, nor did memory register of all the flatbed rigs in the tow yard where I assumed that stack of lumber was for any odd load rigging, like anti-roll rails for pipe er sumpin', hell I don't know, lol.

Nope, it didn't register until 2 hours ago on 40 while looking at trucks going down the road, when I saw a flatbed trailer with a timber bulkhead.

Must be my age.
Or, it was 1976-'1997 !!

Hey thanks for the knowledge, I may not be a trucker, but I'm with you out here every day in a rollback, and very often I get called to a semi wreck, be it with the skid-steer, or my wrecker side-puller is needed to suck mangled tandems out from the trailer, or to recover the many separated yet full semi cabs, or engines & trannies, reefers, dollies, whatever, then suck it up onto my deck to get it to the yard.

More knowledge is good, no matter how old I get.