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Its a tractor trailer , not a special truck .
Air flow?
Ive seen a load when there are more trusses keeping them from turning over but but these should have been laying down on a flat bed.
Tim .
That's his rudder. Helps him turn the beast.
That's his rudder. Helps him turn the beast.
That's a good point . Im picturing a possible 60 mph cross wind . Ouch!
Tim
looks like straps & a pipe in a stake pocket
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I think there is pipe there too . There would have to be . But a bed is only 6 inches deep at best.
Those straps are really holding the lumber as it looks like an angle from the top of the bed to over the lumber stack. However , I cant see the straps holding the trusses . Look how low the straps are where the trusses cross them.
Tim
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I pulled this off the site too ;
I am posting this for WindWalker. This is a photo he recently took of a dangerous load being hauled down I-39 in Illinois. This is a local delivery truck, but an example of how NOT to secure a load to travel on public roads. WindWalker quote: Look at the small group of roof trusses on the right. There are two chains going from near the peak of the trusses to the rubrail on the right side. There are 4 channel irons in the pockets of the bed, and they are the only things that are holding the trusses on the bed. To keep them from sliding off the right side, they're fine. But only two of them go up to the top of the load. There is NO SAFETY going across to the left side at all. The two channel irons that are holding them vertical are not enough, in my opinion. And, I've pulled flats for some years now.
I stand corrected on the tractor trailer . OUch.
Tim
It doesn't look bad to me. The trusses are up against the poles, and they're tied off to them. The only problem would be if the poles broke off. Don't know how likely that would be without looking at them.
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