When direct hooking, which to my understanding is you hook both ends of your securement device to the same side of the trailer, you cut the weight in half of whatever you are carrying. Nowi also hear people say when you go across load to other side of trailer, you divide load in half.. to be on the safe side I am securing everything to the weight of the load.. but I am spending allot of time messing around.. can I get some clarification on that explained in a way that my simple self can understand.... Thanks brother
Working load limit confused me?
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From one side of the load to the trailer thats indirect 1/2 wll.securement over the load to both sides thats direct WLL.
The way i've being doing it 80%weight to keep the load from going forward 50% backward 20% upward.
U gotta have a strap every 10 linear feet regardless of the weight.
Also the WLL to consider is the weakest one on your securement -
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You need a strap for every 10' of length but, the strap doesn't have to be every 10', except for the first and the penalty. If you have no bulkhead you need a penalty strap. That must be within the first 10' of the load. -
Anything exceeding 5' or 1100lb's requires a min of 2 straps, from there the written rule is,
2 straps for the first 10' and 1 for every subsequent 10' or portion there of.
10'=2 straps
11-20=3
21-30=4
Ect... and wll may increase your required securementRooster1291979 Thanks this. -
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Trust me! I lost a weeks pay over this exact thing!
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