Bulldozer comes off of trailer, kills 2

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I’d hope the SOPs are to keep employees safe and alive. Not getting sued is secondary.
 
   / Bulldozer comes off of trailer, kills 2 #92  
I’d hope the SOPs are to keep employees safe and alive. Not getting sued is secondary.
''sorry who are you? just give me your employee number? ''

There are some worse then other of course but accident hurt production that's why they don't want it to happen, I have worked in the industry long enough to know I am just a number ... they say its safety first but they surely make sure they don't loose any production ... I have seen people get out in body bags and yet the company didn't skip a beat and the job posting was out before the body was... I have seen then catching people doing unsafe things but waited until the job was done to fire then.... That tell me everything I need to know.
 
   / Bulldozer comes off of trailer, kills 2 #94  
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Cables for tie-downs? Are they fixed length for each different piece of equipment?
So the discussion was around tying logs on a log truck trailers. By cables I mean steel wire ropes they have a fix hook on one side and the other are these winch rollers (binder winch) ... Often you see these logging trucks on the highway and you think their load are not secure but its only because you can't see these wire rope.

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   / Bulldozer comes off of trailer, kills 2 #97  
So the discussion was around tying logs on a log truck trailers. By cables I mean steel wire ropes they have a fix hook on one side and the other are these winch rollers (binder winch) ... Often you see these logging trucks on the highway and you think their load are not secure but its only because you can't see these wire rope.

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That is close to what I was on to. Steel cable/wire rope is lighter than a chain but they tend to get frayed and nasty to handle. Once frayed, they should be derated also. Upside must be the purchase price.
The towing business is moving away from cable in favor of synthetic rope, maybe that’s next here too?
 
   / Bulldozer comes off of trailer, kills 2 #98  
That is close to what I was on to. Steel cable/wire rope is lighter than a chain but they tend to get frayed and nasty to handle. Once frayed, they should be derated also. Upside must be the purchase price.
The towing business is moving away from cable in favor of synthetic rope, maybe that’s next here too?

Well, I believe there is a few more reasons, they are more durable in extreme temperture (cold), easier to throw above and over the load and faster to secure.
 
   / Bulldozer comes off of trailer, kills 2 #99  
So the discussion was around tying logs on a log truck trailers. By cables I mean steel wire ropes they have a fix hook on one side and the other are these winch rollers (binder winch) ... Often you see these logging trucks on the highway and you think their load are not secure but its only because you can't see these wire rope.

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Around here, the binders go around the logs, but do not attach to the trailer.

The logs don't just fall off. However, about 50 years ago I saw the results of a log truck slamming into a solid embankment. It wasn't pretty. The headache rack doesn't help much when the truck stops and 50 tons of logs are still moving.
 
   / Bulldozer comes off of trailer, kills 2 #100  
Around here, the binders go around the logs, but do not attach to the trailer.

The logs don't just fall off. However, about 50 years ago I saw the results of a log truck slamming into a solid embankment. It wasn't pretty. The headache rack doesn't help much when the truck stops and 50 tons of logs are still moving.
Also, when they have two cables holding 50k lbs of logs, those cables are usually loose after a mile or so. There is that one loose log that wiggles it's way out and into your lane.
 

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