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02-02-2007, 00:59

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tetloader

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What CHP told me on transporting CUT

Thought this may be helpful. I went into the CHP (Calif Hghway Patrol) and spoke with an officer about transporting my CUT and implements. I showed him (via a sketch) what I was doing and he said I was OK, and confirmed that a 4-POINT tiedown is required. This means four chains and four binders, each to the frame (or equiv) of the tractor. He also liked the idea of web straps across the loader and the LX5.

One long chain, hooked to the trailer on one side, wrapped thru the tractor (around frame or axle) and hooked to the other side of the trailer with a load binder is NOT a two point tiedown. It's a one point, so I am told. This makes sense because if you loose one of the chain points at the trailer, you loose the integrity of the whole chain.

I see some scarry stuff out on the highway, like forklifts tied down with one chain wrapped around one axle, or thru the forklift. One snafu and that lift is bouncy into someone's windsheild.

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02-03-2007, 03:03

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What CHP told me on transporting CUT

Quoting MURF: That means the "safe working load" of the binders, times the number of binders, must exceed the weight of the object so secured. Period.

I guess i would agree, ...and that god I'm not transporting commercially. But, it seems to me that common sense and adding a safety factor would dictate using more than two chains, even if the tiedown ratings well exceed the cargo weight. Shifting of a load is one thing, losing it is another. If you only got two chains and you loose one for some reason (binder pops, load shifts, chain failure, evasive manuever, whatever), the one remaining is going to do little good, especially since it will be loose quick enough.

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