BXman98
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Okay I will have to secure it from now on, Thanks!
Bx25D Tie Down Attach Points For Trailering?
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k0ua
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It is not just the fine, I happen to have a friend, that thought it would be "OK" to transport a Case 580K just about a mile on the trailer behind the dump truck to the next site.. So, no tie downs at all, just drove it up there, and lowered the bucket and BH on to the wooden deck.. Then took off down the road. Went around a fairly gentle(he thought) curve, and the 580 rolled off of the trailer sideways and came to rest in the ditch on its side.
BXman98
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Well we have a utility trailer with side walls and a locking rear ramp so we never thought that anything would happen.
George2615
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Just think if you were towing your unsecured BX at 50 MPH and someone pulled in front of you. You and your truck / trailer come to a dead stop. Do you think the BX would stay on the trailer or do a flip over onto the top of your truck.
I saw 4 accidents this past summer of landscape guys that haul their zero turns on trailers without securing them. People in a hurry pulled out in front of them, they couldn't stop and hit the offender stopping their truck / trailer. At one of these accidents a zero turn did fly off the trailer and into the pick up bed crushing the cab. Fortunately the driver wasn't hurt. I saw that accident happen, called 911 and stopped to assist. That accident happened on a 40 MPH road. The others I came upon after the fact. I cringe and keep my distance everytime I see an unsecured load on a trailer. Be safe and secure that BX.
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k0ua
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I have seen many Zero turns just drove up on the trailer and unsecured, but like you say, all it takes is one time to hit the brakes in an emergency situation to cause disaster.
zoltanthegypsy
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@JOHNTHOMAS about that "to the side" backhoe: depending on the local authorities, you may be just fine with the hoe behind a closed tailgate. Around here (IIRC) they want to see the travel pins in the hoe, or the bucket lashed down.
And that "no tie downs" post?
is all I can say.
Z.
And that "no tie downs" post?
is all I can say.Z.
Robert_Parent
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I have a BX1500..... In the front I bolted two short sections of chain to the subframe. I use nylon tie straps from each to anchor points on the trailer. In the rear I use a clevis on the hitch and anchor to the trailer with nylon straps to the trailer. It works really well and it's fast to secure everything.
No way I would move anything with out way-more tie downs than required. I have scene to many items damaged and even have known people killed from items not secured.
Robert
No way I would move anything with out way-more tie downs than required. I have scene to many items damaged and even have known people killed from items not secured.
Robert
My preference is to use chains in the rear (because they are stronger) and straps in the front. My logic is because you are much more likely to hit something and the load will want to move forward vs. a jack rabbit start putting minimal stress on the straps
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Looks like your front straps are not doing anything to hold the machine down but rather keeping it from rolling backwards. Even pulling it forward if something happened to chains in the rear. I have chains and straps but feel totally confident that my straps will hold mine DOWN.
Did you add those hooks on the rear, like those. Welded or bolted on? More pics of them, please.
Looked again at rear hooks and noticed you also have back being pulled back with chains instead of DOWN. If front straps were to break then you'd have a loose tractor with lots of rolling potential also assuming the brakes that should be locked on are not able to hold the tires on that wood deck. My:2cents: is you need to strap it DOWN instead of being pulled front to back or back to front.
Did you add those hooks on the rear, like those. Welded or bolted on? More pics of them, please.
Looked again at rear hooks and noticed you also have back being pulled back with chains instead of DOWN. If front straps were to break then you'd have a loose tractor with lots of rolling potential also assuming the brakes that should be locked on are not able to hold the tires on that wood deck. My:2cents: is you need to strap it DOWN instead of being pulled front to back or back to front.
