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Load Securement Vehicle Blocking and Bracing Projecting Loads All cargo must be secured from forward (longitudinal) The load upon any vehicle shall not extend more then 3 and sideways (lateral) movement. feet beyond the front wheels or front bumper of the Load Securement vehicle. When a motor vehicle carries cargo that is not firmly Any vehicle having a load or component which extends braced against a front-end structure, or cargo that may beyond the sides more than 4 inches or more than 4 feet shift sideways in transit, the cargo must either be beyond the rear shall have the extremities of the load securely blocked or braced against the sides, sideboards, marked with a red flag, not less than 18 inches square or stakes of the vehicle or be secured by other means to and lights when required. prevent any forward and/or sideways movement. Firewood Loads No person shall transport firewood in a vehicle in an Requirements for front end structures used unsafe manner. No vehicle that has a cargo area without as part of a cargo securement system? a rear wall may be driven with a load of cut firewood of less than three feet in length unless the rear cargo area is covered to prevent any part of the load from escaping Commercial motor vehicles transporting articles of cargo from the rear. that are in contact with the front end structure of the vehicle must meet the following: Manner of Loading No vehicle is to be driven or moved on the highway The driver is also required to clean the vehicle of loose Height and width unless it is so constructed, loaded or the load securely sand, gravel, aggregate, dirt, lime rock, silica, or similar covered as to prevent any of its load from dropping, material before moving the vehicle following loading or unloading. The front end structure must extend either to a sifting, leaking, blowing or otherwise escaping. height of 4 feet above the floor of the vehicle This does not apply to vehicles operated by a farmer Commodity Specific Load Securement or to a height at which it blocks forward movement of any item or article of cargo being when transporting produce such as small grains, shelled Requirements carried on the vehicle, whichever is lower. corn, soybeans, or other farm produce of a size and Requirements density not likely to cause injury to persons or damage to There are commodity specific requirements for logs, property on escaping in small amounts. The front end structure must have a width lumber, metal coils, paper rolls, concrete pipe, for Safe Loading of intermodal containers, passenger vehicles, heavy which is at least equal to the width of the Vehicles transporting garbage, rubbish, trash, debris, or vehicle or which blocks forward movement of equipment, crushed vehicles, roll off containers, and Vehicles similar materials are not required to cover the materials large boulder in the Federal Motor Carrier Safety any article of cargo being transported on the if: vehicle, whichever is narrower. Regulations. You should refer to those regulations for 1. the vehicle is operated at 30 MPH or less additional requirements. 2. the vehicle is not operated on any interstate Penetration resistance. highway and 3. no part of the load escapes from the vehicle. If it More information regarding load securement may be does, the driver must immediately retrieve the The front end structure must have no aperture found in the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations material. large enough to permit any article of cargo in and Minnesota Traffic Regulations contact with the structure to pass through it. Covered Loads Minnesota State Patrol When transporting sand, gravel, aggregate, dirt, lime Substitute devices. Commercial Vehicle Section rock, silica or similar materials the cargo carrying 1110 Centre Point Curve, Suite 410 compartment of the vehicle must be securely covered if: The requirements may be met by the use of 1. the vertical distance from the top of the cargo Mendota Heights, MN 55120 devices performing the same functions as a box to the top of the load is less than six 1-651-405-6171 front end structure, if the devices are at least as inches, or msp.dps.mn.gov strong as, and provide protection against 2. the horizontal distance from the top of the shifting articles of cargo at least equal to, a cargo box to the load is less than two feet. front end structure which conforms to those 05/12 40-5055 requirements. As the driver of a vehicle which transports any type of securement purposes, including reducing the working by the manufacturer with working load limits that differ movement, or other appropriate blocking devices, it must cargo, you should be aware of the proper procedures for load limit. from the tables, shall be considered to have a working be secured by at least: securing that cargo. This pamphlet is designed to inform load limit equal to the value for which they are marked. you of the various laws regarding load securement. One tiedown for articles 5 feet or less in General Requirements for Securing Welded steel chain which is not marked or labeled to length, and 1,100 pounds or less in weight; Safe Loading Articles of Cargo enable identification of its grade or working load limit Two tiedowns if the article is: shall be considered to have a working load limit equal to o 5 feet or less in length and more than No person is allowed to drive a commercial motor that for grade 30 proof coil chain. 1,100 pounds in weight; or vehicle unless the vehicle’s cargo is properly distributed Cargo must be firmly immobilized or secured on or o Longer than 5 feet but less than or and adequately secured. The vehicle’s tailgate, tailboard, within a vehicle by structures of adequate strength, equal to 10 feet in length, doors, tarps, spare tire and other equipment and the dunnage or dunnage bags, shoring bars, tiedowns or a Working Load Limits (WLL) Table irrespective of the weight. means of fastening the vehicle’s cargo must be secured. combination of these. o Two tiedowns if the article is longer Chain WLL (in pounds) than 10 feet, and one additional The driver of a truck or truck tractor is required to The aggregate working load limit of tiedowns used to Grade 3 Grad 4 tiedown for every 10 feet of article Size Grade 7 Grade examine and make any adjustments as necessary to the secure an article or group of articles against movement poof high length, or fraction thereof, beyond inch(mm) transport 8 alloy vehicle’s cargo and its load-securing devices within the must be at least one-half times the weight of the article coil test the first 10 feet of length. first 50 miles after beginning a trip. Periodic or group of articles. The aggregate working load limit is 1/4 (7) 1300 2600 3150 3500 If an individual article is blocked, braced, or examination of the cargo and load-securing devices the sum of: 5/16 (8) 1900 3900 4700 4500 immobilized to prevent movement in the should also be made every 3 hours or 150 miles, 3/8 (10) 2650 5400 6600 7100 forward direction by a headerboard, bulkhead, whichever occurs first. (unless the trailer is sealed and One-half the working load limit of each 7/16 (11) 3700 7200 8750 …….. other articles which are adequately secured or the driver is ordered not to open to inspect the cargo) tiedown that goes from an anchor point on the 1/2 (13) 4500 9200 11300 12000 by an appropriate blocking or immobilization method, it must be secured by at least one vehicle to an anchor point on an article of 5/8 (16) 6900 13000 15800 18100 tiedown for every 10 feet of article length, or Basic Requirements cargo; Chain PC HT ……….. T fraction thereof. One-half the working load limit of each mark Which types of commercial motor vehicles are subject to tiedown that is attached to an anchor point on Examples 3 4 7 8 the cargo securement standards and what general the vehicle, passes through, over, or around the 30 40 70 80 As an example, the article below would require enough requirements apply? article of cargo, and is then attached to an tiedown assemblies to provide an aggregate WLL equal anchor point on the same side of the vehicle. to or greater than 50,000 lbs (1/2 the weight of the The basic requirements are applicable to trucks, truck The working load limit for each tiedown that article.) Generally, these tiedown assemblies should be Synthetic Webbing WLL tractors, semitrailers, full trailers, and pole trailers. Each goes from an anchor point on the vehicle, located so they provide 50,000 lbs of WLL strength in commercial motor vehicle must, when transporting cargo through, over, or around the article of cargo, Width inch (mm) WLL pounds each longitudinal (foreward and rearward) and 25,000 on public roads, be loaded and equipped, and the cargo and then attaches to another anchor point on 1-3/4 (45) 1750 lbs WLL strength in each lateral (side to side) direction. secured to prevent the cargo from leaking, spilling, the other side of the vehicle. 2 (50) 2000 # blowing or falling from the motor vehicle. Cargo must be # contained, immobilized or secured to prevent shifting 3 (75) 3000 upon or within the vehicle to such an extent that the Determining the Working Load Limit of a 4 (100) 4000 25,000 vehicle’s stability or maneuverability is adversely Securement Device 25,000 affected.
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