have any of you guys ever lost a strap
#21
07-03-2008, 11:26 AM
coils suck. especially when you have to tarp them too.
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#22
07-03-2008, 12:12 PM
The trailer I'm currently pulling, a Utility step deck, has a sticker on it that says straps with flat hooks will be secured to the lower flange of the rub rail.
As for straps outside the rubrails, the current interpretation of the securement regs says inside or outside, it doesn't matter.
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#23
07-03-2008, 12:19 PM
Originally Posted by dixiebound
FYI.......Ask any D.O.T. in America or Canada, and they will tell you it is illegal to use the rub rail as an anchor point, look it up in the load securement manual, it's there in black and white. I've been a trainer for a number of years and find it incredible that so many flat bed drivers would not know this....lol.
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#24
07-03-2008, 02:20 PM
you are right snake ize, I have a copy of it on board since they changed it last year (rub rail rule)just incase but I have yet to have DOT say anything to me even before the change. Some loads like sheet rock, osb, particle board if you put the strap thru the rub rail it will break the bottom of the product,.
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#25
07-03-2008, 02:51 PM
Originally Posted by ct77
you are right snake ize, I have a copy of it on board since they changed it last year (rub rail rule)just incase but I have yet to have DOT say anything to me even before the change. Some loads like sheet rock, osb, particle board if you put the strap thru the rub rail it will break the bottom of the product,.
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