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[dodge man]

You guys just don't understand the "gravity tie down" principal. It works most of the time.

 

[BrokeFarmerJohn]

You guys just don't understand the "gravity tie down" principal. It works most of the time.

When the trailer has a gate or truck has a tailgate that's mostly the way I transport but I wouldn't that way with an open back.

 

[dodge man]

A tailgate? Thats cheating.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Going down the interstate, Have seen a sheet of plywood sail out of a trailer. Not fun for the people behind them..

 

[sixdogs]

Going down the interstate, Have seen a sheet of plywood sail out of a trailer. Not fun for the people behind them..

Way back in this thread, I posted about driving down the Interstate and seeing sheets of plywood "levitating" in the back of a pickup truck. when it happened to me, I could barely believe it.

 

[confused8122]

You guys just don't understand the "gravity tie down" principal. It works most of the time.

Once, when I was younger and didn't know any better. I had a 12 foot trailer with 4 foot plywood sides, and a mesh tailgate. I loaded the trailer with a bunch of my junk, but it was mostly empty. After about 70 miles at 55, while I was watching the rear view, I saw a 6foot 2x4 that had been laying on the bottom, levitate up, and almost hit the car behind me.

I don't trust gravity for most things now.

 

[dstig1]

Way back in this thread, I posted about driving down the Interstate and seeing sheets of plywood "levitating" in the back of a pickup truck. when it happened to me, I could barely believe it.

I learned my lesson on a similar item. May have previously posted this... House build. Was bringing home full lifts of 2" XPS foam. This is 24 sheets of 4x8 foam fully shrink wrapped from the factory into one tight unit, essentially 4x8' x4' high. My pickup has an 8' bed, so it fit in perfectly. Menards is ~5 mi away straight shot down a 55 mph 2-lane road. and I was getting like 5 lifts. Grabbed a friend and we picked up a lift and put it in the bed, closed the gate and took off. The bundle sat about 6-10" above the cab at most, but it is heavy enough that you really can't lift that in solo. Close to 200lbs. So it's got some mass, and it's all tied together in one lump and contained by the tailgate. All good, right? First lift - fine. Get to the house, we haul it out, head back for #2. It was a very windy summer day too... 2nd bundle? Just fine. #3 was where the lesson was learned.... The shrink wrap must have not been fully intact or tight as suddenly, halfway home we hear this LOUD BRRRRRAAAAAAPPPPPPP sound, look at each other and go WTF? and then the top couple sheets start to pull away from the bundle at the front, but are still held in enough at the back that they act like a sail and lift the ENTIRE bundle out of the bed and send it sailing. We were dang lucky that there was no oncoming traffic and the next car behind us was like 1/4 mi or more. I could not believe that this could even happen, but it did. Bundle blew apart some on the impact, but all sheets intact. Gathered it all up, put straps over it, and did the same for the remaining bundles. Lesson learned and now pretty much everything gets strap(s) or chain(s), whichever makes sense.

I guess it is hard to expect the unexpected until you realize what the unexpected can be like...

 

[Howling]

Was behind truck carrying open top dumpster (no tarp) on the highway. Had state trooper come up pace me for a mile then pass both of us. Less then 30 seconds later had trash start blowing out of the dumpster. Driver must have a magic skill to keep stuff in until the trooper had gone by.

 

[GLyford]

Have seen the other version, too, where the trooper sits and watches, and then the lights come on as the first piece climbs out the top...

 

[sixdogs]

The plywood that I saw levitating was doing just that and not going anywhere. The pickup was sailing down the road and this plywood was just floating in mid air like a magic act. When he slowed down, the plywood went back in the bed. :confused3: