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the nodding donkey:
Rowley010:
Malcolm’s policy on strapping that load is just a cross strap every 2 pallets. Nothing on the sides.DVSA rules say every pallet must be strapped.
Look at that photo and who is right?
Would you, or Nina, please explain how to strap pallets with glass bottles?
Please show your workings, and use drawings as appropriate.DVSA rules do not state every pallet must be strapped but indeed it must be secure which is a different matter.
A tautliner is inappropriate equipment for the job and is In fact just a cheap piece of crap unsuitable for most work in my opinion and as stated by Rowley010 above.
It is merely a flat trailer with an inbuilt rain cover.
Like a flat, the load will still need to be secured with sheets and ample ropes or straps. If any type of load is unsuitable for a flat trailer then it is also unsuitable for a tautliner.
A box van as pictured will do fine but a Euroliner with a few side rails and an XL curtain is ideal and no strap whatsoever is required if gap down the sides does not exceed 8 cm and is held by the back doors or something at the rear.
No rule states that the bottles are not allowed to break under the stress of harsh manoeuvring or an accident but the rules do like you not to dump tonnes of glass onto the innocent road users if you are unfortunate enough to have such an event.
If companies don’t want to invest in the proper equipment for the job then they should just stick to doing home heating oil deliveries in a tipper.
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Yes DVSA doesn’t actually use the words every pallet must be strapped. They say must be secure. But then in the same breath they say curtains other than XL rated are weather protection only and cannot form any part of the load security.
So if your on standard curtains or even the ones that just saying load bearing (not XL en 12642) then how can anything other than straps on every single pallet secure the load as you can’t say “yeah but it’s up against the curtain so it can’t move” because DVSA say you can’t use the curtain to stop it moving sideways.
Of course if in this particular case the curtains were XL EN 12642 and not standard or load bearing ones and the back of the load was strapped then there was nothing wrong.