Share Pics of People Hauling or Towing Something Wrong

[Yogi05]

 

[goeduck]

I had thought that I had seen it all.

 

[Thomas]

Just gotta move your head from side to side a nd say Du.. As.

 

[jigs_n_fixtures]

That would be absolutely illegal over here and should be everywhere. Bloody dangerous.

It is absolutely illegal in Nevada. Not because of the width. But, because it is unrestrained from forward movement. Even if you wrapped ratchet straps around it, teh minute you hit the brakes hard that load is snapping them and continuing along it’s merry way. I’ve been to accidents, where the bar was 300-foot down the freeway, stuck in a Toyota.

They first appeared in the Vegas area about 50-years ago. A commercial steel company built them for their crew trucks, so they could haul bar to small jobs, or a bit more bar to a large job, if they didn’t need a whole truck load.

Theirs were engineered, and had stops, tie downs and a twenty foot long base. Actually worked really well. Since then every independent guy who ties bar, has built a poorly thought out imitation.

 

[Jstpssng]

It is absolutely illegal in Nevada. Not because of the width. But, because it is unrestrained from forward movement. Even if you wrapped ratchet straps around it, teh minute you hit the brakes hard that load is snapping them and continuing along it’s merry way. I’ve been to accidents, where the bar was 300-foot down the freeway, stuck in a Toyota.

They first appeared in the Vegas area about 50-years ago. A commercial steel company built them for their crew trucks, so they could haul bar to small jobs, or a bit more bar to a large job, if they didn’t need a whole truck load.

Theirs were engineered, and had stops, tie downs and a twenty foot long base. Actually worked really well. Since then every independent guy who ties bar, has built a poorly thought out imitation.

I've thought about this a lot as I need to transport (2) 20' lengths of 1" pipe, 200 miles to my house.
My plan is to put them on my ladder racks and bolt several muffler type clamps along the length of the pipe, to use for tie offs to keep them from sliding within the tiedowns.

 

[Captain Dirty]

A 20' length of 1" pipe is generally pretty flexible. As you already have ladder racks, I suggest putting a (14', 16', or 18'?) ladder on the racks, lay the pipes on the rungs, and secure them. If. you have confidence in your knot-tying ability, lashing the pipes to the rungs with rope would likely be easier than trying to adapt clamps.

 

[ultrarunner]

I put a threaded elbow with a pipe nipple to hook the ladder to prevent launch in a panic stop.

I guess 4 10' lengths would not work?

 

[cqaigy2]

For sure those panic stops will launch stuff right on down the road, unlike a panic start. You'll see loads that are tied to stop the load from sliding out the back, but not for stopping. I guess if you use your horn, instead the brakes, you'll be ok.

 

[3Ts]

I've always been more concerned about keeping the load from moving forward than to the rear. I don't start up very fast, but I've seen incredibly quick stops (usually smushes the front end). I saw one accident where the van was towing a trailer with a pickup on it. The Van and trailer came to a quick stop, but the load (pickup truck) did not. It wasn't funny, but the pickup in the back of the van was a sight I'll never forget.

 

[Menagerie-Manor]

I've always been more concerned about keeping the load from moving forward than to the rear. I don't start up very fast, but I've seen incredibly quick stops (usually smushes the front end). I saw one accident where the van was towing a trailer with a pickup on it. The Van and trailer came to a quick stop, but the load (pickup truck) did not. It wasn't funny, but the pickup in the back of the van was a sight I'll never forget.

I was in downtown Newark NJ on a main 4 lane undivided roadway with a concrete surface driving a 1 ton C-30 with proper pipe racks on the passenger side. Truck was loaded with four 20' long steel T-skids used to deliver heavy mechanical equipment and were being returned for the manufacturers deposit. Car pulled out in front and brakes were locked up, at that point 4 torpedoes were launched and they traveled well over 100 yards down the road on that lovely slick concrete. Than god they hit nothing but there was a hell of a time re-loading.