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Driver's Handbook on Cargo Securement

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Introduction

  • Purpose of the Handbook
  • How to Use the Handbook

Chapter 1:Fundamentals of Cargo Securement

  • Guiding Principle of Cargo Securement
  • North American Cargo Securement Standard

Chapter 2: General Cargo Securement Requirements

  • The Securement System
  • Components of a Securement System
    • Vehicle structure
    • Securing devices
  • Containing, Immobilizing, and Securing Cargo
    • Three ways to transport cargo
    • Loading the cargo properly
    • Restraining the cargo correctly
    • Using adequate securing devices
    • Aggregate Working Load Limit
  • Inspection Requirements

Chapter 3: Logs

  • What Does This Section Cover?
    • Components of the Securement System
    • Use of the Securement System
    • Vehicle Types
  • Special Circumstances
    • Securing Shortwood Logs Loaded Crosswise on Frame, Rail, or Flatbed Vehicles
    • Securing Logs Loaded Lengthwise on Flatbed and Frame Vehicles
    • Securing Logs Transported on Pole Trailers

Chapter 4: Dressed Lumber and Similar Building Materials

  • What Does This Section Cover?
  • Positioning and Securing Bundles

Chapter 5: Metal Coils

  • What Does This Section Cover?
  • Securing Coils
    • Transported With Eyes Vertical on a Vehicle With Anchor Points
    • Transported With Eyes Crosswise on a Vehicle With Anchor Points
    • Transported With Eyes Lengthwise on a Vehicle With Anchor Points
    • Transported in a Sided Vehicle or Intermodal Containter Without Anchor Points

Chapter 6: Paper Rolls

  • What Does This Section Cover?
  • Special Circumstances
    • Loading and Securing Paper Rolls with Eyes Vertical in a Sided Vehicle
    • Loading and Securing Paper Rolls with Eyes Horizontal in a Sided Vehicle
    • Loading and Securing Paper Rolls on a Flatbed Vehicle or in a Curtain-Sided Vehicle

Chapter 7: Concrete Pipe Loaded Crosswise

  • What Does This Section Cover?
  • Securing Concrete Pipe
  • Arranging the Load
  • Special Circumstances
    • Securing Pipe with an Inside Diameter up to 1.143 mm (45 in)
    • Securing Large Pipe with an Inside Diameter over 1.143 mm (45 in)

Chapter 8: Intermodal Containers

  • What Does This Section Cover?
  • Special Circumstances
    • Securing Loaded Intermodal Containers on Container Chassis Vehicles
    • Securing Loaded Intermodal Containers on Non-Chassis Vehicles
    • Securing Empty Intermodal Containers on Non-Chassis Vehicles

Chapter 9: Automobiles, Light Trucks, and Vans

  • What Does This Section Cover?
  • Securing Automobiles, Light Trucks, and Vans

Chapter 10: Heavy Vehicles, Equipment, and Machinery

  • What Does This Section Cover?
  • Preparing Equipment Being Transported
  • Securing Heavy Vehicles, Equipment, and Machinery

Chapter 11: Flattened or Crushed Vehicles

  • What Does This Section Cover?
  • Securing Flattened or Crushed Vehicles

Chapter 12: Roll-On/Roll-Off and Hook Containers

  • What Does This Section Cover?
  • Securing Roll-On/Roll-Off and Hook Containers

Chapter 13: Large Bolders

  • What Does This Section Cover?
  • Positioning Boulders
  • Tiedown Requirements
  • Special Circumstances
    • Securing a Cubic Shaped Boulder
    • Securing a Non-Cubic Shaped Boulder With a Stable Base
    • Securing a Non-Cubic Shaped Boulder With a Unstable Base

Appendix A:Default WLLs for Unmarked Tiedowns

Appendix B:Glossary


 
 
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