Tag: load securement

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How not to secure a mattress
Securing your load is critical all the time, but especially in high traffic areas and interstate operations. See how this four-wheeler secured its load.
February 21, 2019
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New tool for placing hard-to-reach edge protectors and more when securing flatbed loads
The new steel Gavase Tool, designed at the instigation of owner-operator Ricardo Flores, mounts to an extension pole and is suitable for a variety of flatbed load-securement uses, including the basic installation of straps and plastic or metal strap/chain corner protectors and V boards or other wood, and more.
February 19, 2019
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Cargo control distributor’s new website
US Cargo Control recently launched a newly revamped website that has been in the works for over two years. Check out the features of the website on Overdrive.
February 15, 2019
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Light violations aren’t the only ones being stacked
Readers offer further examples of multiple violations written that stem from one root cause, known as “stacking” and discouraged at the federal level.
October 24, 2013
Find a variety of ways to manage the CSA program, as well as discussions of the regime’s inequities and what’s being done to challenge them, via our CSA’s Data Trail main page.
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Load securement: Minding your CSA score
How cargo securement impacts Compliance, Safety, Accountability scores and what carriers and drivers can do to keep from getting dinged for load securement violations.
February 25, 2013
Drivers at Maverick must go through load securement classes during a week of hands-on training and exercises.
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Securement 201: How best to chain to a stake pocket
What is the best way to use a stake pocket as a chain anchor point? Reader J.D. Bronson, among others, offers his preferred method.
September 25, 2012
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FMCSA nixes EOBR mandate, states looking for trucking options, U.S. trucker jailed in Mexico
June 1, 2012
Some Texas cities are looking at this conceptual freight-carrying system to reduce reliance on trucks.
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Cubby Buddy toolbox maker’s new storage system for load bars
Hensley Inc.-leased owner-operator Jeff Zehrer (pictured), with a Great Dane dry van and Freightliner tractor and a unique line of tool-box systems for owner-operators you may well recall me writing about here back in January, has added yet another patent-pending storage system to the repertoire of his growing Cubby Buddy side business. The business and Zehrer […]
April 2, 2012
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CSA change will help flatbeds
Flatbed carriers will get some relief on their safety rating under a new change in how securement is weighted in the CSA program.
March 22, 2012
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How high am I? AutoHaulerSupply.com has the answer
If you’ve ever asked yourself that question after loading a car hauler or an expensive piece of machinery on an open-deck trailer, Oregon-based Stephen Rowe (pictured: don’t try this at home) has a tool to help you answer it. His Auto Hauler Supply company’s new Life Saver Height Stick is made of durable bright-orange fiberglass […]
September 25, 2011
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