Chaining down Heavy Equipment that has Crawler Tracks.
#11
08-06-2012, 03:57 PM
The chains take care of the aggregate requirements. Now remember you always take the lowest WLL anywhere in the system. This includes mounting points on the trailer.
Your math is spot on. 
#12
08-07-2012, 04:05 AM
I coul dnever make sense of that rule either, but the only think I can figure is that they are trying to get us to use two anchor points on the trailer instead on one. This would reduce the possibility of overloading that one anchor point. Also, IIRC, they have clarified that wording somewhat recently.
#13
08-12-2012, 09:58 PM
Hot Turkey, The is a picture of a John Deere 240 with a weight of about 56,000lbs. I used (4) 1/2"x5/8" binders straight from the side of the trailer to the tracks. Then I used two grade 100 3/8" chains with 3/8"x1/2" binders from the frame in a x formation plus one 3/8" Grade 100 Chain and 3/8" binder over the bucket. [ATTACH=CONFIG]1090[/ATTACH]
#15
08-13-2012, 01:46 AM
On a side note that Deere only went about 100mi and was my first of three loads that day. If I had been going halfway across the country it would have had about four more chains on it. Here is a thread with a few more pictures of some equipment I moved. http://www.classadrivers.com/forum/a...tml#post498978 |
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