A site I delivered to recently has insisted that for future deliveries, it is their policy for delivering trucks the be fitted with a Fall Prevention System around the trailers edge (the sort of thing you commonly see today whilst out and about - metal slide in posts and webbing straps horizontally around the edges) as an example.
My company has embraced this (the bed of the truck already has locations for such posts) so not too much trouble there.
They are however, investigating the possibility of fabricating something ‘in house’ rather than buy a dedicated tried and tested system.
I was a little concerned at this, as to it being safe and ‘fit for purpose’ and was wondering if there are any regulations or guidelines concerning this, eg How high must the posts be, will a cargo restraing webbing loadbinder be sufficient for the ‘rails’, would this need to be safety certified and examined etc and a multitude of other questions this raises along the way.
Dunno on the technicalities/legalities, but most of the ones i’ve seen just use what appear to be ratchet straps. Macs trucks make/use them for their cheesewedge/beavertail bodies. Like this:
How did we manage before all this bolleaux came around?
The best fall prevention I can think of is don’t walk off the bleeding trailer. That would involve looking out for yourself though which many of the space cadets that populate the place seem incapable of doing.
I leave mine up all the time ,the posts are 80 mm sq box at 5 mm wall and the boss’s are thicker ,I can tighten the ratchets right up and they don’t bend , I used to think they were a faf and not needed but having got used to them I like them .
a while ago in another thread link I asked what the idea of the straps was, somebody replied telling it me was for hooking your full body harness into in case you fell off - I thought he was taking the pish - I need to apologise.
I used to know a bloke when he changed the engine oil he would thin it with some diesel then pour it all over the flat bed as a preserver - ffs if in the first week it rained, ‘skating rinks’ don’t come anywhere near how slippy they were - don’t think friction mats had been invented back then - stopped the wood rotting though.
Punchy Dan:
I leave mine up all the time ,the posts are 80 mm sq box at 5 mm wall and the boss’s are thicker ,I can tighten the ratchets right up and they don’t bend , I used to think they were a faf and not needed but having got used to them I like them .
Punchy Dan:
I leave mine up all the time ,the posts are 80 mm sq box at 5 mm wall and the boss’s are thicker ,I can tighten the ratchets right up and they don’t bend , I used to think they were a faf and not needed but having got used to them I like them .
Also got them on the motor I drive. Thought they’d be a ball ache first off but as you say, you get used to them and they come in useful for grabbing hold of, keeping your balance etc (especially when i’m ■■■■■■ up)
There are guidelines to the height (somewhere) as some lad fresh out if uni was reeling them off one day.
Most sites are fine so long as there is some protection in place.
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