Log hauling with dump trailer

[bitternut]

I recently hauled some logs home in my dump trailer and did not strap them down. The logs were stacked just below the top of the side boards. On the trip I got to wondering if I was legal or not hauling them unsecured by straps. I have a D-ring in each corner of the trailer floor but once the logs are in they can't be accessed.

So what do you folks do, straps or no straps? I am in NY State and the trailer is a 7 x 12 12000# trailer.

 

[GreatWhitehunter]

I usually will forgo tying them down if the logs are below the sides. I'm sure the DOT cops would advise them being strapped/chained regardless.
If stacked above the sides I always secure them.

Matt

 

[oosik]

If I'm hauling log around on the property - I don't strap them down. Around the property I'm never going more than 5 mph. I have no idea what the DOT would require if I was out on the public highways. I would strap the logs if out on the highways - as a safety measure. Better to be strapped down out on the highway for safety sake and also, so you don't get a ticket if its required.

If you have "standard" straps - split the strap into its two pieces, put each end hook thru the d-ring, load the logs, pull the straps over the logs and tighten with the ratchet.

 

[GLyford]

I have a D-ring in each corner of the trailer floor but once the logs are in they can't be accessed.

Hook your straps/chains to the D-rings, then load the logs...?

 

[DB Pilot]

WOW! I am in western new york also and have a similar dump trailer. I often put the Bx2200 in the trailer. Of course I always strap it down to those 4 d-rings. I have never seen any strap requirements for the different types of cargos that might be hauled. I do know that no matter how correctly the cargo is secured, should it fall, roll, fly or slide out of the trailer and do damage to something. The driver will be liable.

That being said, I don't think you broke any laws. I would not like to see any more regulations in this state but everything goes better if I secure any load in the trailer or truck and that includes a cover tarp for loose trash to the landfill. I see trailers and trucks full of fire wood with no securing at all and think that might not be very smart as I have found loose pieces of firewood in front of my house ( I live on a curve).

Glad you started this thread. From now on instead of thinking it's a chore to secure a cargo I'm going to see if I can secure one better than anyone else. :thumbsup: Why use two straps when four will do. :laughing:

 

[Trials]

Don't you have a roll-away tarp? You should always tarp your load if possible, that keeps everybody happy

 

[4570Man]

I haul plenty of logs in a dump truck. I don't strap them down. I don't load above the side boards. I have hauled logs on a gooseneck trailer, and those get chained on. I have never secured firewood either. How exactly do you go about doing that?

 

[bcp]

...I have never secured firewood either. How exactly do you go about doing that?

You aren't trying hard enough. Anything can be strapped in.



Bruce

 

[4570Man]

You aren't trying hard enough. Anything can be strapped in. <img src="http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/files/trailers-transportation/450153-log-hauling-dump-trailer-sandstrap1-jpg"/> Bruce

But that doesn't mean the strap will actually do anything.

 

[RandyT]

I wouldn't worry so much about the tie downs for logs in a trailer with sides. I would be more worried about the DNR or whomever is in charge of forestry products in your state. In IL hauling 2 or more logs at a time requires a logging license,