Squizzy - Good work, on digging up those relevant NTC websites with all the pertinent info .. :thumbsup:
All we need now, is for the dumb truck drivers to read 'em .. and learn ..
Some excellent pics on the last pages. Some of those FU's with steel loads moving forward and penetrating cabs, must have hurt ..
Saw a good one a few years back, where some clowns with a single drive, ridgid 8 tonne truck, were carrying a huge number of sheets of corrugated galvanised iron on a framework above the tray and cab.
The CGI extended forward to the front of the cab. They raced up to a level crossing (at Bassendean), slammed on the brakes, and the CGI took off - all of it - and the whole lot landed on the cab, crushing it down to near seat level.
They not only wrote off the truck, but blocked the level crossing too .. thus ensuring that all train movement was stopped, while the wreckage was cleared ..
Wouldn't like to have seen the insurance claims on that lot ..
Two things I hate .. which is aside from the discussed problems relating to chaining down equipment .. is truckies who don't anchor down unused chains, binders, gluts or wood blocking, on flat decks, when empty .. and drivers who don't take into account wind pressure at speed, with cargo.
I see way too many loose items floating around (and falling off) flat deck trucks, in my travels .. as well as wind pressure making light loads come unstuck at speed.
The Tonkin Hwy is my worst rated road around Perth. It is littered with debris that regularly falls off trucks, particularly the section from the Airport going South.
I have seen gluts, chocking, star pickets, unidentifiable chunks of metal, large numbers of cargo or part-cargo items, all lying in the traffic lanes, on a regular basis. The dangers posed, by not only the items falling off, but lying on the road while traffic is whizzing over it at 110 km/hr mostly, is obvious.
My pet hate, is truckies who shed tyre treads from blown tyres, and do nothing about removing them from the traffic lanes .. :cussing:
Re the equipment tie-down .. I have always been most concerned with tying down large rubber tyred equipment, as the sponginess of large diameter tyres is a real hassle when it comes to securing equipment solidly.
The system of using blocking or support stands under the frame, and pulling the frame down onto them .. thus eliminating the bounce from large diameter tyres, is the best technique I've found.
