RobertN
Super Member
FWIW, on a vehicle or tractor, Calif-DOT requires four independant restraints, one at each corner. This can be chain/binder or straps. CHP Commercial enforcement said this is based on Fed-DOT regs. If one chain point breaks, you still have three others holding at the other three corners of the tractor, vette, 'Cuda...
I used to chain my Kubota like you mention. But, if one chain point breaks, that whole chain is loose, and so is the tractor.
I use two chains and four binders. I chain to one corner of the tractor in the front, and set a binder from the chain to a trailer hook point. I run the remaining chain to the other front corner, and then pull the remining clack to the second trailer attach point, and bind there. I do the same in back.
I used straps for my Farmall, because of the nice paint(parade rig), and it has more rounded surfaces. I need to get two more straps. I had been settin one on the front, and one on back, before I found out the correct regs.
I used to chain my Kubota like you mention. But, if one chain point breaks, that whole chain is loose, and so is the tractor.
I use two chains and four binders. I chain to one corner of the tractor in the front, and set a binder from the chain to a trailer hook point. I run the remaining chain to the other front corner, and then pull the remining clack to the second trailer attach point, and bind there. I do the same in back.
I used straps for my Farmall, because of the nice paint(parade rig), and it has more rounded surfaces. I need to get two more straps. I had been settin one on the front, and one on back, before I found out the correct regs.