Did a search and I can't find any answers anywhere, so I will give this a try. I have been driving local for about 5 years and have been Regional for the past 7 months. My question is: Has anyone ever been cited for not having a securement check flagged on their log. I haul dry van and I thoroughly check my load before leaving and take a quick peek at almost every stop. The regulations state that a securement check is required at 50 miles or within one hour of the start of your trip and 3 hours or every 150 miles after that unless there are stops in between, which then it is assumed to be checked and not needed to me flagged.
Now, I am not sure if this is something my company just requires me to log on my log or if it is required to be logged by the FMCSA. Either way I typically just flag it once I get to my stop whether I stopped or not. It is almost always more of a hazard to stop out there on the open road to check the load than it is to just check at each planned stop. I can see flat bed haulers needing to stop just to check every so often, but not a dry van hauler.
Either way, I would just like to hear how some other drivers go about doing this. Thanks drivers
Securement Checks
Discussion in 'Trucking Industry Regulations' started by Collinl, Aug 14, 2013.
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We don't do them because all of our loads are sealed. But we do use straps and load locks on all loads. But breaking the seal to check securment is a big no no.
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As a flat-bedder, I do frequent load checks. If a planned/routine stop exceeds the one-hour or three-hour window then I flag a stop (meaning it takes less than a 15-minute increment on the log page), write the location and the time takes (eg., 6 minutes).
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Our logs dept claims that drivers have been cited for not showing load checks. I don"t personally know anybody who has... and I have to say that more often than not if I end up running with another driver, few of them place any priority on regular load checks.
I do regulation load checks and log them when I do them. To me it just makes sense to be checking your load and vehicle every few hours. -
Our loaded trailers are always sealed, even on multi-stop loads. Thus they are exempt:
http://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/rules-regulations/administration/fmcsr/fmcsrruletext.aspx?reg=392.9
see b(4)
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