Bulldozer comes off of trailer, kills 2

[Paystar]

Our "leaders" are more to blame than the people.

 

[RandyT]

I have yet to see a log hauler checked. There are times the chains are so small you can barely see them and I wonder if they are not smaller than 5/16. I ain't stoppin to check. I stay as far away as possible from them and pucker up when meeting one, going out of my way to avoid roads they are on as much as possible.

NOT in Kentucky, you never see a log truck being checked by DOT. In fact you never see DOT anywhere except the 4 lane highways.

Also in Ky. they are not DOT, they are Kentucky Vehicle Enforcement. I learned this after I was almost killed on the 4 lane by a semi driver paying more attention to the dog in the cab with her than where she was going. The officer made it CLEAR to the driver they were not DOT after she called them that twice. Funny story behind that but to long to go into here.

In IL you don't either, unless there is a major issue the DOT or other local cops don't bother them because most of the time they are only hauling fairly local. Now DNR police is another story.

 

[dodge man]

Apparently there is rarely a need to tie down a mower. I saw a large zero turn go by on a trailer. My wife noticed a burned out taillight, I noticed he was just using gravity for his tiedown.

 

[WinterDeere]

Apparently there is rarely a need to tie down a mower. I saw a large zero turn go by on a trailer. My wife noticed a burned out taillight, I noticed he was just using gravity for his tiedown.

I'm fine with that on the enclosed-side or fully-boxed trailers most of the landscapers use, around here. They're driving neighborhood to neighborhood, and short of flipping the trailer onto its back, that light mower ain't escaping.

 

[RandyT]

Some landscapers use wheel locks to secure the mower to the trailer. So unless somebody is paying attention would miss it.

 

[dodge man]

This was the type of trailer that has the short rail sides. Yes some mowers have trailers with taller sides and I’m ok with them not having tie downs. The one I saw today was not ties down in any way. We were on bicycles and he was slowing down for a corner so I got a good look. I’m sure he had the brake set.

 

[WinterDeere]

I'm always hesitant to recommend legislation, we need less laws and regulations, not more. But one exception I'd make would be to have reasonably-designed tie-down hooks on all mowers and CUT's, made into law. I use the John Deere name in vain, everytime I have to strap my CUT to my trailer. They almost could not have made it more difficult, to strap that thing down in a way that won't cause any damage to the machine, if they had tried.

 

[grsthegreat]

Funny…..today, while driving to Sandpoint to get some steel tubing, i saw a dump trailer carrying an excavator. From what i could see looking into it from my truck, it was unsecured. I guess he figures the sides will keep it secured.

 

[RjCorazza]

There's no substitute for straps or chains. I'd bet 99% of those wheel locks are just bolted down to the screwed down decking.

 

[4570Man]

I've never hauled a dozer, but I suspect the metal tracks on a metal deck was a factor in addition to not being adequately chained down.
I am assuming the rollback was a metal deck, but I don't think that its been established what the transport vehicle was.

Steel tracks on a steel deck are like ice. You might get by without securing rubber track machines but moving a steel track rig without proper chains is a terrible idea.