RedNeckRacin
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I think this is because the DOT wants the load to be shared by each "leg" of the chain. If you think of it this way, a large object sitting on a trailer starts with a chain connected one side of the trailer, then passes over the load, and is connected on the other side of the trailer with a binder somewhere in there to take out the slack. Each leg of the chain only sees half of the load in theory.
I believe that if you fix the binder to a trailer, and connect it to a load with a short length of chain, that they only give you credit for 1/2 of the WLL of the chain; which is total BS. Someone else can jump in here and cite the FMSCA if they want to.
I believe that if you fix the binder to a trailer, and connect it to a load with a short length of chain, that they only give you credit for 1/2 of the WLL of the chain; which is total BS. Someone else can jump in here and cite the FMSCA if they want to.