It was a fun job in the Army being a truck driver with the M977 HEMTT. My question is what is the heaviest load without going over weight? I have always thought hauling those train rail car wheel sets on flatbed. They take the bow out of the arced trailers.
Great question Eric. It all comes down to the axles and how many you have. Most flatbeds have 5 axles, so we can gross 80,000lbs. The spread axles on the trailer let us be more flexible with weight placement since they can each take 20,000lbs. Most flatbeds can take 48,000lbs easily, and I've taken over 50,000lbs. legally.
Nice video sir. Loading these for the first time right now in Pueblo, CO. Hauled a lot of things in my career so far but never Slinkys..lol. Thanks for the help!
Shouldn't have 5 rows been secured with the straps pulling to the rear of the trailer and 3 pulling towards the headache rack🧐 to meet that DOT 80% rule.
I like the way you fold the strap before going in the winch, less dog tail to look after, i'm new to trucking and i hate rolling them up lol awesome trick. Thanks you made my life easier.
Craig. Do you know what the angle is for the cut on the 4x4 beveled dunnage you ran at Maverick , or can you get me the answer. Thank you. Also, did you ever use 4x4’s without the bevel on coiled rod or standard coils? I’ve seen them used but sometimes they’ll twist. Any advise?
Sorry Anthony, I don't know the angle. I do know it isn't even, one flat is like 1.5" and the other 2". I've never used dunnage without bevels, if you have to make your own I'd run them through a table saw to put a bevel on them. Any bevel would be better than none.
I havent run flatbed in a few years but I remember taking these out of a place in northern Wisconsin about twice a month. Good Memories and a really great video too!
It was a fun job in the Army being a truck driver with the M977 HEMTT.
My question is what is the heaviest load without going over weight?
I have always thought hauling those train rail car wheel sets on flatbed. They take the bow out of the arced trailers.
Great question Eric. It all comes down to the axles and how many you have. Most flatbeds have 5 axles, so we can gross 80,000lbs. The spread axles on the trailer let us be more flexible with weight placement since they can each take 20,000lbs. Most flatbeds can take 48,000lbs easily, and I've taken over 50,000lbs. legally.
Nice...that is how u do it. I just learned a shortcut thanks.
I wish I knew every shortcut!
Share the shortcut with us
Thanks for the video. Very professional. I hope to start flatbed. great video.
Best of luck! Thank you.
Nice video sir. Loading these for the first time right now in Pueblo, CO. Hauled a lot of things in my career so far but never Slinkys..lol. Thanks for the help!
I'm glad to hear it helped Mike. They can be confusing.
Shouldn't have 5 rows been secured with the straps pulling to the rear of the trailer and 3 pulling towards the headache rack🧐 to meet that DOT 80% rule.
Maybe so! I kind of split it in half. You're obviously a safe driver.
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I like the way you fold the strap before going in the winch, less dog tail to look after, i'm new to trucking and i hate rolling them up lol awesome trick. Thanks you made my life easier.
Thanks, I think about every Maverick driver straps that way.
Thought DOT Regs are against folding the strap and sticking it through the slot,
@@mutationbuilder3446 only if it Doesn't go all the way through the Winch
Thank you Sir for the video.i learned alot.
Glad it helped. Slinky's are confusing, but easy.
Craig. Do you know what the angle is for the cut on the 4x4 beveled dunnage you ran at Maverick , or can you get me the answer. Thank you. Also, did you ever use 4x4’s without the bevel on coiled rod or standard coils? I’ve seen them used but sometimes they’ll twist. Any advise?
Sorry Anthony, I don't know the angle. I do know it isn't even, one flat is like 1.5" and the other 2". I've never used dunnage without bevels, if you have to make your own I'd run them through a table saw to put a bevel on them. Any bevel would be better than none.
Don’t ever throw the metal side of the strap to the other side it can be dangerous ,,,
Depends if anyone is over there. I guess you could poke an eye out.
I havent run flatbed in a few years but I remember taking these out of a place in northern Wisconsin about twice a month. Good Memories and a really great video too!
I've loaded them out of Saukeville? I think.
That stuff looks like it would be a pain in the butt. Do you have to retighten a lot on your load checks?
Not a lot, but yes these need to be looked after for the first couple of load checks.
Just wondering, how long did it take you to secure and tarp that load?
I don't recall, but most loads are usually between 1 and 2 hours. The tarping on this goes pretty fast.
Question :: What is holding the wood planks in the front and back of the coils , is it the down force of the coil itself ??
There are coil racks underneath that restrict movement.
A set of coil racks
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To be honest doesn’t worth it to do all that job for the shitty payments flatbed drivers have.. I do prefer to keep driving refeer.
I don't mean any disrespect. You do know that securing to the rub rail will get you a load securement violation? It carries a load value of 0.
No problem Kevin, thanks for the input. What you see me do is Maverick policy. I'm quite sure they would be aware if it was in violation.
As far as I know, most rub rails have a WWL of 5,000lbs if the rail is at least 1/4” thick.
Kevin no it not u fucking loser