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Emergency Load Securement (The 'Cheat')

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How to Chain Down Equipment. (without knocking out your teeth)

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What happens here

In situations where chains are lost, stolen, or insufficient, an emergency 'cheat' method can be used to secure a load. This involves running a single chain from one tie-down point on the trailer, up through a secure point on the equipment (like the back corner of the machine), looping it over the top, and then bringing the same chain back down to another tie-down point on the trailer. A single load binder is then used on this looped chain to create tension across two points. While not legally compliant, this method is presented as a safer alternative to transporting equipment completely unsecured in an emergency.

Goal: This step demonstrates an emergency 'cheat' method to secure a load with limited chains, using a single chain to create a two-point tie-down.

Tools and materials

  • Chain
  • Load Binder

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to be like that. Is a cheat move which makes it safer. Although it uses less chains, it's not legal. Okay. Um, but I want what I'm trying to walk you through right now is a worst case scenario. You get out to a job site. You don't have a couple chains and you've got a piece of equipment that has to be moved off a job site. I'm going to teach you a cheap move how to use one chain to do a two-point tie down. Now, I'm like I said, don't do this unless you absolutely have to. So, what I've done is I've got the back corner of the machine. So the chain runs from the tie down strap here up to the corner of the machine. It loops over the top and then the binder connects back down. So this actually becomes a self um a unit all in and of itself. Here's the remaining portion of the chain. It's loose. You can see it. Blaine has the exact same thing down.

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