Load Bars

[Broompilot]

Had a load of computers 60 boxes @ 20K a box. Shipped four high I wanted to go three as the load bars would have prevented any movement three high. They wanted them shipped 4 high. OK put straps accross the top row front and back. They still slid forward (my camera showed me) re positioned this load two times no big deal straps were even tight enough that if I stopped or even hit something did not appear to come forward. Still I was not comfortable with the middle box moving forward load was very long and over the weekend 1,300 miles.
Question being is there anything out there to secure onto load bars for high loads to keep boxes from doing this or the load. Have a design in my head could make from one steel hand held brace, put onto a 2x4 with holes drilled in it and put a bolt thru the brace and 2x4, secure onto the load bar and now I have secured both vert. and horiz. loads. Any suggestions out there?

 

[Glen Rice]

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[ATeam]

Unsure exactly about that particular load so can't say for sure this would work. Some expediters carry 4'x8' plywood sheets. That diminsion is give or take. They cut them to fit their truck. It's also wise to have the corners rounded. That makes the sheets much easier to move around in the truck. Cutting hand holes into the sheets also makes them easier to work with.

The sheets are used to deck freight. They are also used (sometimes) for inside deliveries to protect carpets or floors from heavy freight, and (sometimes) to form makeshift surfaces over which to roll freight where no good surface exists....like over dirt in construction zones, or over uneven surfaces in older buildings, or to bridge a gap between the end of your truck and a loading dock when other bridging means are not available.

We've found such sheets to be especially useful when we get shrink-wrapped pallets stacked high with small boxes. We position the sheets between the freight and the load bars (a/k/a decking bars, a/k/a shoring beams). In a sudden stop, or even a series of normal stops that might shift the freight, the sheets would spread the force over all boxes instead of just the ones that contact the load bars or straps. That keeps the boxes from crushing against the bars or straps.

With the load you describe, could a sheet or two have been stood on end between the freight and front load bars? Would 1/2"-thick sheets been strong enough to not flex on the top where no E-track is available?

 

[Tennesseahawk]

I thought of the same thing you recommended the other day, Broom. For now, all I can suggest is the load bars they sell at the truckstops that crank out against the side of your box. I find it sometimes necessary to bypass the e-bar system as well, and this is the only thing, other than cargo straps, that I can think of.

T-hawk
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[plumcrazy8]

Hey Broompilot, I carry tension bars (to go where the erails aren't) and rope for such occasions. I've even secured a single-pallet tall load (you know the ones, expensive but won't lay up against a wall nicely) with this setup, just tension the bar tight against the walls and run the rope from the bar around the package and back to the bar. Slick. Of course a stretch in the Navy or a good Knot book helps impress the guys at the dock!