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[CADplans]

Is this 1900 pounds of laminate flooring adequately secured by closing the tailgate??

The pallet is shrink wrapped, and there is a strapping band,,,

 

[Industrial Toys]

Many pickups (like mine) don't even have a spot halfway in the bed where you could put a strap, only corner to corner.

And if you could put a strap. What good would that do in a roll over for this shrink wrapped load?

For loads like that, maybe a tarp works best. Out of sight, out of mind.

 

[4570Man]

Is this 1900 pounds of laminate flooring adequately secured by closing the tailgate??

The pallet is shrink wrapped, and there is a strapping band,,,

My dump truck has a better chance of catching it before it goes through the back window but I’ve hauled a lot of flooring that way. Or sometimes I throw a strap over for show like this.

 

[CADplans]

My dump truck has a better chance of catching it before it goes through the back window but I致e hauled a lot of flooring that way. Or sometimes I throw a strap over for show like this. View attachment 624047

OOPS, no pic,
my daughter needed three sheets of 3/4" 4X8 plywood,, in the same truck, today.

We slid the plywood in over the closed tailgate of the 6 1/2 foot bed,,

She INSISTED that we add a strap to keep the plywood in the truck,,, :laughing:

 

[bcp]

OOPS, no pic,
my daughter needed three sheets of 3/4" 4X8 plywood,, in the same truck, today.

We slid the plywood in over the closed tailgate of the 6 1/2 foot bed,,

She INSISTED that we add a strap to keep the plywood in the truck,,, :laughing:

I want plywood strapped down, too.

Plywood slices into Florida woman's car in latest unsecured-load crash | Autoblog

Bruce

 

[Diggin It]

NOT how to haul (or toast) bagels.

"This Sunday, Oct. 6, 2019 photo provided by the Indiana State Police shows a load of frozen bagels that ended up toasted and strewn along a northwestern Indiana highway after a semi-trailer's rear axle caught fire near Rensselaer, Ind. State police say an off-duty trooper noticed smoke pouring from the rear of a box trailer being hauled Sunday along northbound Interstate 65. The southbound trooper turned around, but by the time he stopped the truck south of I-65's Rensselaer exit, its trailer's brakes were burning as the flames spread into its 38,000-pound load of frozen bagels"

Load of frozen bagels scorched when semi's axle catches fire - Times Union

 

[buckeyefarmer]

OOPS, no pic,
my daughter needed three sheets of 3/4" 4X8 plywood,, in the same truck, today.

We slid the plywood in over the closed tailgate of the 6 1/2 foot bed,,

She INSISTED that we add a strap to keep the plywood in the truck,,, :laughing:

Absolutely strap it down. I have witnessed flying plywood from a trailer ahead of me. Fortunately it did not hit me.

 

[duramaxsky]

NOT how to haul (or toast) bagels.

"This Sunday, Oct. 6, 2019 photo provided by the Indiana State Police shows a load of frozen bagels that ended up toasted and strewn along a northwestern Indiana highway after a semi-trailer's rear axle caught fire near Rensselaer, Ind. State police say an off-duty trooper noticed smoke pouring from the rear of a box trailer being hauled Sunday along northbound Interstate 65. The southbound trooper turned around, but by the time he stopped the truck south of I-65's Rensselaer exit, its trailer's brakes were burning as the flames spread into its 38,000-pound load of frozen bagels"

Load of frozen bagels scorched when semi's axle catches fire - Times Union

They ain't frozen now. Toasted and ready to eat.

 

[goeduck]

I want plywood strapped down, too.

Plywood slices into Florida woman's car in latest unsecured-load crash | Autoblog

Bruce

Holy cow! I will never load plywood again without thinking of that picture. And I have a full size bed where it sits flat. :shocked:

 

[PILOON]

Speaking of plywood---------
Some years back while driving on a very lightly snow covered road my PU suddenly lost all traction and a sheet of plywood shot out from under.
Seems that a delivery vehicle shed the plywood as he went uphill.

I walked some and discovered 8 sheets in all that were in excellent condition.
Those sheets served me well! LOL.
Now that was all in the interests of public safety.

Braking on a sheet of plywood on snow is as about efficient as like being on clear ice.