How to Properly Secure Equipment to a Trailer with Chains and Binders 

I'm just getting into running and renting equipment as a side business. Between state and federal regs, towing, payload, GVWRs, axle and tire ratings, etc. I'm pretty sure I've melted my brain.

Good comment!

Thanks for watching

glad I could help

The working load limit on my chains is 4 times. What is required So even if that is accurate, I’m still double but I’m supposed to have. I don’t think that’s how it works though

@@RockhillfarmYT Sorry, didn't necessarily mean you chains weren't adequate, I was just putting it out there. I had to go look it up again, here is what I found. The aggregate working load limit for direct tie-downs used to secure cargo against movement must be at least one-half times the weight of the article or articles. The aggregate working load limit is the sum of: - One-half the working load limit of each tie-down from an anchor point on the vehicle to an anchor point on the article of cargo. - One-half the working load limit of each tie-down that goes from an anchor point on the vehicle, passes through, over, or around the article of cargo and is then attached to the same side of the vehicle For indirect tie-downs used to secure an article against movement, the aggregate working load limit must be at least one-half times the weight of the article or articles. The aggregate working load limit is the sum of: The full working load limit for each tie- down that goes from an anchor point through, over or around the article of cargo and then attaches to another anchor point on the other side of the vehicle. www.kinedyne.com/how-to-determine-working-load-limits/c/4759

@@RockhillfarmYTI think he’s right. You lose half the capacity in just the binder if doesn’t go across. There’s a trooper vid on it

The one that goes across the bucket would be full working load

Yeah, I recorded almost the same video before I got the skid loader, and made the case why I was going to continue just using straps. Now I have switched to chains because my machine is heavier.

Typically only required if vehicle being secured weights more than 10,000 pounds

I always use 4 points but technically I think the law is anything over 10k

May be an old school rule. From a nice clear article from Quebec on securing a vehicle, then state "It is neither mandatory nor prohibited to install tie-downs in an X shape" www.transports.gouv.qc.ca/en/camionnage/arrimage-cargaisons/Documents/information-sheet.pdf

I didn’t find anything telling you to do that. Could be wrong

@@RockhillfarmYT This is a vid Dirt Perfect did a few years back with Officer Hoover who is probably the best known DoT inspector on RU-vid. Off. Hoover has hundreds of vids that other Tubers have uploaded going over all the details of chain placement. I know I saw one that Hoover said chains "SHOULD" be crossed if and when they can be, BUT its something that is NOT strictly enforced. BUT, my bigger concern that people should know when it comes to towing something like that skid loader is... do you have the right license. Class A is required for trailers over 10k. I didn't know that when I started out trucking and learned the hard way that the load doesn't matter, its the capability of the trailer that counts.

@@wanabetruckerdave3776 I’ve seen that video. Pretty sure more than once. The part about any 10,000 pound trailer requiring a CDL is not true in every state. People will argue about it but I’ve done my research I do not need a CDL for my rig

@@RockhillfarmYT I didn't say anything about needing a cdl. There are different categories of class A's. For business you need a cld, for private use a non-cld class A. In the front of the FMCSA handbook is a flow chart telling you what license is needed.