Posted by Bret4207 on October 01, 2014 at 15:18:20 from (64.19.90.196):
In Reply to: tying down a tractor posted by Just Another Old Geezer on September 30, 2014 at 16:08:37:
Since I've been retired for going on 5 years now, I thought maybe some regs had changed on this stuff. So I went to the FMSCA regs, section 393.100 is where load securement starts, and I looked. I see nothing that requires the binders be ratcheting, nothing requiring they be on any particular side and nothing saying anything at all about wrapping the chain around the binder. IOW, nothing appears to have changed according to the FMCSA site http://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/regulations/title49/section/393.100 Everyone is free to go there and look all they want. It could be proposed changes that are coming are what's being talked about or it could be state law. And don't forget the FMCSA rules and regs only apply to Commercial Motor Vehicles.
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