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| This "X" diagonal rigging from the middle, top-rail of the box to the top of the opposite side of the feedlot panels worked really well. The vertical strap was "extra" length that was hanging downward. |
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| The straps are double-wrapped around wires on the OUTERMOST panels. If they don't go flying off of the truck, the ones beneath them won't either. I used a taut-line hitch to make it easy to tension the X straps. Ratchet straps would have worked even better. |
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| Twine, rope, chains and cables are tension elements. They only act in tension. A horizontal tension element cannot exert a vertical, downward force. Consequently, the steeper the angle upward, the more effective the tie-down will be. |
The blue, baling twine hold-downs are for back-up.
The only time I had arched feedlot panels walk out-of-position was due to "roll" accelerations (like hitting a pot-hole with one set of wheels). If you can keep the top of the arch from whipping cross-car and walking their ends upward, the panels will stay-put!
Too many hours
It was a long day. It started at 7:30 and ended at 8:30. I can do that every once in a while but I don't want to make a steady diet of it. I am supposed to be retired.
Yeah, Duude, i Feel ya.. An hour Can be gruelling.
ReplyDeleteIf you work hard two days in a row, technically you are tired the first day and retired the second day.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the rigging lesson for carrying cattle panels. Judging from your pictures above, it appears the panel ridge is about 4 feet higher than the truck top ? Driving under trees with a low canopy might contact it. So maybe about a 10 foot high clearance ?
ReplyDeleteI bet you whistled in the wind. Woody
ReplyDeleteI routinely carry 2-3 panels just bowed up in the bed of the truck with no tie downs, they stay put just fine. One local farm store has a policy of loading no more than 2 unless the customer has a trailer. More than 2 gets pretty hard to bow them up by myself just by pushing them. This is with an 8ft truck bed. A shorter truck might make the hoop taller and less stable.
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