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Strapping down tractors

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David in Wales

04-19-2007 00:13:16




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Hi Gang;
Sure glad most of you guys dont work for the police on the highways ! LoL
RECOVERY = truck used to collect broken down vehicles. The lights on the cab top are warnings.
WINCH = look behind the headboard behind the cab, there is an electric winch and the hook was on the tractor front axle pulling it forwards.
LOAD STRAPS = this 35 only weighs 1.5 tons so those ratchet straps were ok for that weight. I was short of one protector on the right rear wheel rim. (blast - those things do get lost). I always stop every hour to check the straps and strech my legs & have a smoke.
I agree with you about chains for heavy loads, the truckers do use chains on the huge modern tractors.
POLICE = having towed trailers with implements and compact tractors around the Country for years, I've noticed that if the load looks secure they dont bother. Always used more straps & rope than required - makes the load look "over secure".
That little 35 came home at 55-60mph and never moved an inch on the truck.
Cheers David

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RVS

04-19-2007 05:34:29




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 Re: Strapping down tractors in reply to David in Wales, 04-19-2007 00:13:16  
Hi David,Over here in Canada,the last time I spoke to a DOT person he told me that the straps you use must have a tag on them or a color stripe. The stripe tells them the weight that the strap can be used for. The load weight of the strap must exceed the weight of the load it is holding. You must also use a four point tie down. Four straps or chains. They do not accept the winch as a tie down.But all this is their interpertation of the law ,depends on how they feel or how your attitude towards them is that day.

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richard in nz

04-19-2007 23:28:22




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 Re: Strapping down tractors in reply to RVS, 04-19-2007 05:34:29  
Same here in N.Z. The staps must be rated to 1/2 the wieght of the load sideways, and 1 x the wieght of the load where loaded against a head board, the straps have to have a rated load tag on them, and the straps must have safety hooks on them where they hook on to the lorry rope hooks, those staps are illegal here because of that, but are o.k. in England. It is so if a strap rubs through it does not fall off the lorry when it breaks and litters the counry- side, far better to have it secured so it goes under the lorry wheel and tares the side of the lorry off! yeah, right!

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