Posted by ScottyHOMEy on August 31, 2009 at 10:40:27 from (70.105.234.53):
In Reply to: Re: Tractor hauling posted by MF Poor on August 31, 2009 at 09:12:25:
You make a good point.
My view is the best thing to do is read the book and have it in your truck.
I've had a number of different questions, some to do with registration and others with different regs. In each case I ran them by DMV, State Police, DOT bears . . . whoever seemed appropriate and I have yet to have a consistent answer to any one of those questions. Most times each of them agrees somewhat but has their own little twist, so I can't even get a best two out of three to go with. That bear on the side of the road ain't gonna buy "another cop told me" or "I was told by DMV" any more than he's gonna buy "wunna my online tractor buddies told me."
As far as the binder question, a properly rated and properly tensioned binder on an adequately rated chain fixed to adequately rated securements is legal, whether a breakover or a ratchet. The regs do not differentiate or even dictate a binder. They require only each component (chain, binder, strap . . .) of whatever is used for restraints to be rated for the load and be tight enough to actually secure the load.
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