how to secure logs 4x4

If ur talking about dunnage then i used to keep them on deck stakced nice and neat with chain and binder over top . some guys keep them in landing gear with ratchet strap and bungee. Had an old hand tell me if the shipper needs dunnage on something then they should provide it , well i adopted that mindset as well . so i dont carry it no more. Seems to always be in the way and creates more work. Not to mention keeping the customers from thinking its theirs and take it from u. Say no to dunnage and carry on down the road

 

I can understand not wanting to go OTR, but you said, "scared." What part of OTR scares you? There is absolutely no way I could allow myself to be afraid of what most brand spanking new rookie drivers do every single day. I would have to go OTR until there was no more fear. But that's just me.

How to secure dunnage under the trailer? Go to HomeDepot/Lowes/HarborFreight and get a 2 inch strap, stack dunnage together either underneath the side braces or the landing gear braces, secure it to the braces via the 2 inch strap and cut the excess strap off cleanly, leaving an extra 2 ft of strap, and then take a lighter and burn a new straight end on the strap so it doesn't fray from being cut. BTW, with that strap ratchet being under the trailer, it's going to get dirty. Rust is going to set in. Be sure to lube it occasionally.

Luck in battle.

 

You know how some people go around giving excuses why they aren't anything because of something traumatic happening in childhood? At birth, we get forcefully shoved out of our comfort zone, held upside down and buttwhipped. It's part of life.

 

I used to be one of them peope that was scared to get out of the comfort zone . otr truckin has taken most of my fears away. Everyday is uncomfortable when u first start out trying to learn the interstates and getting lost time and time again, avoiding accidents, making dumb rookie mistakes, talking and meeting new people everyday , being able to deal with a customer professionaly even when they being a complete a hole.etc .. I used to have real bad attitude and been fired from every job i ever worked and burned every bridge there was to burn. Not to mention the negative outlook i had on life , thought the world was against me. I tell ya i dont know what it is but the road makes a man out of u and there is so much wisdom and knowledge out here from the folks been doing this along time not only about the job but life in general . when u been starin out a windshield for 40 years or so thats along time to think and ponder life so i make sure to listen even if it is some crazy war story i heard for the 500th time. Ever since i been drivin if i come up on a opportunity i maybe not comfortable with, i notice now i say to myself " #### it, lets see what happens" rather than "no ill do it some other time" or "its to far fetched and i dont think i could do it" . if u wanting to go otr cuz u hate runnin cans , just do it brother , put some skin in the game and get out here or u may find urself regretting it the next time u go into the port and they are on their 3rd break already and its only 9am. Good luck to u watever u decide

 

I think his "scared" is from when his truck broke down... Believe he had to rent a car to go pick up another truck to tow his truck back to his hometown... He posted the fiasco somewhere on here...

 

Heroic!
You went from a negative charge to positive. The next adult beverage shall be consumed in your honor.

 

Long pieces (~6-8') can typically go across the braces for the landing gear or your trailer might have braces from the frame rails out to the edge. If it's your own trailer you might want to add a basket and/or enclosed box for a few smaller pieces, straps and various other items. For "garden variety" flatbedding, I agree with the "customer to supply dunnage" stance. However, when you get into specialized/heavy haul you will likely find it necessary and invaluable to supply various dunnage/blocking.

When securing dunnage, make sure you use securement (e.g., a strap) that is stamped or tagged with a WLL. Many brands of 2-inch ratchet straps are marked. Although me and every other flatbedder has safely secured dunnage for many, many miles and years with bungee cords, it is an "improperly secured load" citation in-the-waiting, especially if you encounter an ORC... Officer Richard Cranium.

 

Its hard for me to do something new.

Witness my ranting about plant beef or the soy killing the Borden Milk Company in the USA. At least our milk is made on I-30 daily for now. Where they get theirs god only knows with long haul tankers. Not my old time farm to farm collecting, grading, weighing milk to the diary. Those days are done.

I don't adapt to change very well. Hence my constantly poisonous thoughts verse engineers who think to slap auto braking radars on 18 wheelers. So stupid.

Ive had too much change in my life to not take on something new as something to be overcome and move on to the next problem. Too often in trucking I have been patted on the head, told to quit whining and get the load delivered. Never mind the broken truck you are complaining about. Thats trucking. Suck it up princess. Oh great, now I gotta ######rigsomething to force the rig to get moving again on a pencil, some tape and a couple of bolts. What do I have to do to hack it and make it move again? If the boss dont give a #### then I don;t give a ####.

I once worked as a temp much later in life at a auction house moving big trucks before I was promoted to crew boss over 20 temps with CDL's One time a customer (A dealer licensed to buy vehicles there, our bread and butter) came to me and whined his merchedes has a dead battery can I fix it?

I told him as a temp that auction house's staff failures to respond to his precious baby's battery jump problem is not my emergency. And pointed to him the trouble truck who had a sleeping employee in it waiting for a fire call or something. He stomped off angry. How dare I explain to him I do not make enough, am not in that level of care nor have the equiptment to get his precious baby moving again. #### thing cost about 90000 dollars retail. I only made 6.25 a hour 4 hours a day two times a week. What a snoot suit.

Yes the auction house failed him badly as a Customer. he never came back, thankfully. I keep repeating that the failures of THEIR equiptment is not my problem at that low level of a pay grade. Come bother me if one of my crew people has a problem at school, home or day care and wants out now.

Even my bosses got shed of me before too long. They could not stand customers complaining to them that there are temps on the property who do not give a ####. Not paid enough to give a ####, not trained adequately to give a ####.

We were treated badly at times by their royal hignesses and their precious 90000 dollar babies. I hope they choke on it.