Posted by the tractor vet on December 07, 2022 at 10:20:31 from (108.220.145.239):
In Reply to: Ratchet straps posted by Geo-TH,In on December 07, 2022 at 05:40:26:
Ah yea ya can. While playing Commercial tourist and hauling the big ugly stuff i carried 24 ratchet straps and 24 grade 100 chains . And there were times i had them all out on a load , the chains to hold the load on the trailer and the straps to hold the tarps on the load . And a little tid bit here did you know they will not keep a tarp on in a hurricane , neither did i BUT i had 12 get ripped in half along with a shredded lumber tarp . I was caught in Richmond Va. loading a Big heavy printing press that fit on the trailer with out any over hang But took up the whole trailer . We had just got the tarp on over the load with the overhead crane when one side of the three phase went out and the weather out side started to turn nasty . being inside i was nice and DRY while i finished getting everything tied down . I added in 12 2 inch straps over top the tarps for added protection . when done i went and looked out side and thought NOPE i am going to stay right here inside till this blows over . There were another half dozen trucks inside still loading or waiting . It was around 8:30 in the evening when this Richmond cop comes walking in and want to know why we all were still here . I told him you think i want to go out in this , its DRy in here and NO wind . He looks at me and points to the one wall that has lines on it and dates and he informed all of us that those lines on the wall from storm surge water of even storm that has come thru even after they closed the flood gates and they were about to do that shortly and we all had to leave NOW . So i had to take my MUST STAY DRY load an Go all 98780 lbs of it out into winds of 115 MPH . Then factor in the 35 to 40 MPH speed it only took 12 miles and i had NO ratchet straps left and one huge lumber tarp GONE along with around 100 tarp straps , The chains never did break . Also here is another tid bit At times i would haul new Cat Skid steers after i dropped of tire presses in Wilson N.C. the run over to the Cat plant and load a full trailer load of Skid steers for Keen When you hauled for them NO straps were allowed and each little old skid steer had to be CHAINED down with no two or three chains and binders but FIVE . First round for me with my 24 chains and binders did not cut it and i had to by eight more more chains and binders off them to get out the gate i had six skid steers on and two extra in case one chain broke you had two back ups . I was one of the vary few that was not a company driver to haul for them and about the only non company driver who could load his own drive on loads out of plants and docks . I personally will NEVER use a strap when hauling anything made with IRON . Plastic pipe . stuff in wooden crates with edge protectors and padding Hay and Straw when placed over the tarp. Chain wise Grade 70 and above only.
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