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Posted by Truck. witrh an explanation. on December 13, 2000 at 20:42:02 from (172.144.244.227):
In Reply to: Re: Re: Re: Re: Long Distance Hauling Advice? posted by RayE on December 13, 2000 at 17:27:30:
Okay, didn't mean to stir up a rats nest, but....
Given the fact that you can damage the drivetrain of a tractor by leaving it in gear during trailering.( Ever ride a gooseneck trailer? It makes those bucking bronco rides at the fair seem tame!)This is why 4 separate chains are preferred.
Remember we are not looking to see what we can get away with, but what will be safest in all forseeable conditions.
If you have one chain, going thru an eye on the front of the vehicle, and one similarly mounted chain on the rear of a load like a backhoe, what will happen if by chance we have a severe strain on the chain , such as would happen during an accident?
If only ONE LINK breaks, you have a loose load. There are no forces now opposing the other chain, so it gets loose also.Bye bye backhoe.
Now if you had two separate chains on the front, and ONE LINK busted, the load still would have an opposing force to the rear chains. The load remains still.
Now that one link busting could be replaced by a weld breaking on the tie down loop, a kink coming out of a knotted chain, or a load shifting sideways and allowing chains to loosen. Even a slow leak in the tires on the vehicle can cause loosening on the chains.
In the towing industry it is common practice for untrained operators on car carriers to use only the tow cable on the front of a car and one rear chain. There have been people killed as a result of such arrangements, mainly because chains loosened during emergency manuevers or accidents.
You can break DOT regs, but you cannot break the laws of physics.
All said, yup, I have gotten away with one front and one rear chain. But the best procedure, and the safest, is to use one at each corner on a rollable load.Let's do it right so DOT doesn't need to make us another target group.
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