Securing a load ..... of tree trunks

[Nearly]

Just a thought as I followed an artic of tree trunks.
Vertical poles higher than the stack of timbers. Ok.
Nothing to stop say, the top few sliding back onto my bonnet.
What are the guidelines?
I've got my popcorn.

 

[betweenthelines]

I got stopped by the Police for this a few years ago.

Charged with Trunk & Disorderly, had to appear before Seven Oaks Magistrates, who said they were sycamore and more of this sort of thing coming up.

 

[roscoe erf]

Just a thought as I followed an artic of tree trunks.
Vertical poles higher than the stack of timbers. Ok.
Nothing to stop say, the top few sliding back onto my bonnet.
What are the guidelines?
I've got my popcorn.

Put a strap on them as well they are more likely to move forward under heavy braking than to move
Back under heavy acceleration
What popcorn are you having

 

[suffolksmallholder]

Try and pull an 80 cube stick off a pile.
‘Tis difficult.
SS

 

[br jones]

also isnt a net or sheet compulsory?

 

[suffolksmallholder]

also isnt a net or sheet compulsory?

Not on timber.
SS

 

[anzani]

https://naturalresources.wales/media/679368/ttf-code-of-practice-edition-4.pdf

Presuming that they travel at less than 20mph ?

 

[ollandroverman]

also isnt a net or sheet compulsory?

They will have straps, chains or wire ropes over

 

[Nearly]

They will have straps, chains or wire ropes over

Not the one I was following. It came past me as I was in the tractor.

 

[Nearly]

Try and pull an 80 cube stick off a pile.
‘Tis difficult.
SS

Like pulling a bag of seed off a bale trailer?

 

[suffolksmallholder]

Like pulling a bag of seed off a bale trailer?

Never tried to do things with a seed bag but have moved timber stacks.
SS

 

[Tarw Coch]

They will have straps, chains or wire ropes over

Quite a lot of timber wagons pass down the bypass just up the road, see them all the time. Can’t say I’ve ever noticed any straps, chains or wire ropes, I must pay more attention next time I see one

 

[roscoe erf]

also isnt a net or sheet compulsory?

No

 

[Henarar]

Not on timber.
SS

do they have to have mudguards now ? don't think they did at one time

 

[ollandroverman]

Not the one I was following. It came past me as I was in the tractor.

Well, it was running illegally then.
Unless, that is, it has an auto restraint system like an ExTe Com90, although I have never seen one in the wild

 

[suffolksmallholder]

do they have to have mudguards now ? don't think they did at one time

Ah, yes. Interesting point. From what I can remember there are certainly mudguards on the tractor but not on the trailer. Whether this has changed, I’m not sure.
SS

 

[tractorsandcows]

I got stopped by the Police for this a few years ago.

Charged with Trunk & Disorderly, had to appear before Seven Oaks Magistrates, who said they were sycamore and more of this sort of thing coming up.

And did they give you a suspended or overhanging sentence which made you ash
pale

 

[Neil MP]

Just a thought as I followed an artic of tree trunks.
Vertical poles higher than the stack of timbers. Ok.
Nothing to stop say, the top few sliding back onto my bonnet.
What are the guidelines?
I've got my popcorn.

First bunk of timber behind the cab has to now be double strapped by law, but all other bunks only need one strap. What baffles me is the lorries with cranes on, the strap is thrown over the crane and half the top layer of timber isn’t even held down!

 

[toquark]

There is a code of practice for round wood haulage which states the following:

Front bunk must be double strapped independently of the crane (ie underneath it). Subsequent bunks can be secured by a single strap. Trailer should ideally be equipped with a headboard to stop anything coming forward in the event of a front end collision.

It’s relatively rare for logs to slip out the back of a load, there’s a lot of weight in green timber. A lot comes down to how the logs are stacked by the driver and if you watch them loading, they usually tamp them down with the weight of the crane and grab to “settle” them in before the strap up. Back in the day they could cross load (short logs laid perpendicular to the trailer) and there were a few horror stories of them rolling off the back on top of cars behind or falling off the side and crushing oncoming cars.

 

[betweenthelines]

And did they give you a suspended or overhanging sentence which made you ash
pale

No, I got the birch!

And some willow and elm.