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[aczlan]

You will receive much hate from the green left proletariate in Holland. Much, much more than in North America...

Yet here it's a "midsize" vehicle and can only tow 2000# while the same year XC90 can tow 3,970# (FWD I6) or 4,960# (AWD I6 or V8)...

Aaron Z

 

[Redlands Okie]

When the light finally turned green and I passed by them there was no sign of rope or strap. No wonder they lost the load. Go figure.

 

[California]

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When the light finally turned green and I passed by them there was no sign of rope or strap. No wonder they lost the load. Go figure.

I lost a child's high chair once that I thought was both strapped and wedged tight with other stuff. For some reason I saw it lift straight up and fly away. The (solid) sides of the trailer were as high as the eating surface of the high chair and I never imagined there could be any aerodynamic lift. Sis has never forgiven me, that was used for us and then I was taking it to her for her first kid. I just saw splinters off the edge of the road when I circled back.

Now I use a 4x8 piece of heavy commercial fishnet over any load in addition to the tie-down straps.

 

[BigBlue1]

I lost a child's high chair once that I thought was both strapped and wedged tight with other stuff. For some reason I saw it lift straight up and fly away. The (solid) sides of the trailer were as high as the eating surface of the high chair and I never imagined there could be any aerodynamic lift. Sis has never forgiven me, that was used for us and then I was taking it to her for her first kid. I just saw splinters off the edge of the road when I circled back.

Now I use a 4x8 piece of heavy commercial fishnet over any load in addition to the tie-down straps.

It's often very surprising at what wind and vibration will do to affect loads that you otherwise think are well fastened/strapped down. Wind can push and pull stuff at highway speeds that you just wouldn't imagine. And vibrations will shift things around and loosen straps very quickly.

 

[jjeff]

I always check everything chained or ratchet strapped after a few miles and every time I stop. In my experience if it's going to get loose it will be in the first few miles.

 

[deezler]

I lost a child's high chair once that I thought was both strapped and wedged tight with other stuff. For some reason I saw it lift straight up and fly away. The (solid) sides of the trailer were as high as the eating surface of the high chair and I never imagined there could be any aerodynamic lift. Sis has never forgiven me, that was used for us and then I was taking it to her for her first kid. I just saw splinters off the edge of the road when I circled back.

Now I use a 4x8 piece of heavy commercial fishnet over any load in addition to the tie-down straps.

A friend of mine borrowed my father-in-law's 4x8' utility trailer once to move to a new house. The trailer had 4' tall sides so he presumed anything he tossed in there was good to go. Well then he hit the highway at 70mph, and watched in his mirror as an entire COUCH levitated up and out of the trailer, spun around in the air like it was in a tornado, slammed down onto the pavement and slid its way off into the ditch at high speed. Thankfully no one was affected behind him on a calm sunday afternoon. So he drove back around to the prior exit, and when he got back to the couch... two other guys were loading it up into their own trailer, so he said screw it and let them have it.

 

[dodge man]

I had a washer and dryer up against the cab in my pickup once. Brand new in the box and the dryer started to lift up a little. I had a buddy with me and I asked him if he saw that and he said yes. We stopped and did a better job of strapping it down.

 

[jjeff]

I lost a plastic slide in pan on a bridge saw from the back of my truck. Tile saw was secured correctly pump and pan was not. Thankfully nothing else was damaged and no one was hurt besides my pride lol.

 

[goeduck]

I have a heavy duty "seat belt" mesh as well as a light duty stretchy mesh that I use. Best if the load size allows, is a heavy old stiff as heck army tarp that does not flap around. The meshes are more adaptable to load size since I can hook into the web anywhere with bungy cords and/or ratchet straps to keep things tight. When I was young and dumb I almost lost a couch on the freeway that was strapped in upside down, but it was on top of a mattress and once I started moving things shifted and loosened up the straps. As was mentioned above, I now check after the first few miles for sure and then periodically.

 

[Renze]

Yet here it's a "midsize" vehicle and can only tow 2000# while the same year XC90 can tow 3,970# (FWD I6) or 4,960# (AWD I6 or V8)...

Aaron Z

Mine is rated 3970 pounds too, here. Manages 10k fine though...