For us that have HAULED for a living use the old adage (It takes IRON TO HAUL IRON.) . I have hauled loads up to 300000lbs and slung many ah chains and binders over the years and i have had two loads move on me where one or more chains have let go . One was a 68000 lb tire press and one was a brand new Gradeall when i had to do a panic stop . In each case there were MORE chains and binders on the load to make everybody happy BUT a chain is only as strong as it's weakest link. The Tire press moved because the company engineer came up with this new idea that they would place oil on the base of the press and then set it down on plastic on the deck of the trailer , then i was limited to chain placement and no place to hook chains to keep the lower part of the press from sliding side to side or ft. to back . Now this was AFTER i had moved 12 of these presses from Ohio to N. C and backed them into the plant to be unloaded with out one tiny scratch . You try and back a 11' 11 3/4 inch load thru a 12 foot door . anyway this load only made it 16 miles before it moved on me going around a curve in a school zone at 20 MPH . Yep i did scratch up lots of there new paint getting chains on the base and with the use of ratchet binders pulling it back over on the trailer enough to limp it back to the plant to have them lift and reset it as it took a special lift fixture to lift and reset . After we had a small talk with plant officials and some reengineering six weldments were added to allow six chains to be added to the base and no more oil and plastic . I use to carry a total of 28 chains and binder and 24 straps and ratchets . On my personal goose neck i carried 16 chains and binder and have used all on it when hauling a full load of plows and disc and other things from a sale . So IF you are getting into this lets haul tractors or IRON and you think you need 4 chains and binders Your wrong , you need no less then six on the trailer . WHY i only need FOUR , ok yes you need four to hold the load BUT WHAT IF one breaks and you only have four ????? On the use of straps i will use straps for hay lumber (as straps will not do the damage as a chain ) on pipe , round bar stock on items in shipping crates unless specified chains only over tarps to help hold tarps on a load . Oh and one more thing myself i prefer ratchet binder over snap binders as you can get a good tight chain with out over stressing , take a little longer to tie a load down to start but if and when you need to retighten there is no fussen tryen to get it just wright. Most of the stuff i hauled was ion the 60 to 120000 lb range up to 14 feet wide and as tall as 15 and a half foot but every once in a while i would get a charge to move. Now granted there are guys that move the really BIG stuff like my one friend as he runs a 23 axle outfit and i taught him how to drive many moons ago back in the coal hauling days . yea i taught him all the bad habits of run heavy and haul fast . But Gene can have them half million pound loads that take sometimes a couple months to move.
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