Just interested to know how you lot deal with securing drums/barrels on the curtain siders.
As I don’t do it often and today sneered at by a Bowker lad who says he just runs internals. It took me 45 mins to strap the load.
I’d like to know what the DVSA recommends other than cargo strapping.
Thanks.
Is this strapping of every “row” overkill?
Looks to me that you have done a perfect job tbh. Then again the last time I secured drums was on a flatbed using ropes to make barrel hitches and covered the lot in a drip sheet.
Can’t fault that, more importantly neither could DVSA 
To save time/effort you could put a pallet on top of the barrels and use just one ■■■■■■■■ that, thus saving you half of the strapping time - this assumes you’ve got access to some spare pallets though. This would have been an ideal job to have a trailer with XL curtains.
Zac_A:
Can’t fault that, more importantly neither could DVSATo save time/effort you could put a pallet on top of the barrels and use just one ■■■■■■■■ that, thus saving you half of the strapping time - this assumes you’ve got access to some spare pallets though. This would have been an ideal job to have a trailer with XL curtains.
That’s what I was wondering. As it’s 4 to a pallet, wether one strap would suffice in terms of the “law” as the pallet is technically strapped and the freight is shrink wrapped. But doesn’t seem like 1 strap offers much coverage .
Spose it comes down to me and what I’m happy with at the end of the day. But If I’m shifting them 25 miles down the road on a Friday be good to know what I could get away with as a minimum!!
We have spare pallets so I lay one over each pallet then put two straps over.
Top job
I’d use that in CPC courses
Evolved:
Top jobI’d use that in CPC courses
I agree, nowt wrong with that from what I can see.
The lad using internals must be an idiot. Even with an XL bodied trailer it’s unlikely they would suffice. From what I recall an XL body has a limit of 400kg per pallet before other restraints are necessary.
It’s a shame trailers have so few tie down points
I think your recollection of XL is mistaken.
donbur.co.uk/gb-en/features/en12642xl.php
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In an ideal world those drums would all have film or bands around the necks plus film binding them to the pallets as some of them have.
The longer yellow corner boards shown are much better. Shorter ones can slip around the round barrels.
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Having said all of that, good job done with the tools to hand.
I do same. Long as you drive sensible they won’t move.
Same as any cargo.
You can strap it down but if you drive like an idiot take bends fast always hsrd on the brakes. Eventually it will move
Would be better with 4 ft corner boards .
I’m known for strapping the heck out if loads and must say, you’ve done a better job than I ever manage.
If you had more yellow edges then those are slightly better as the black ones can in theory slip off under extreme loading (eg accident), but black ones should be fine.
Trouble with the yellow ones is you have to store them amd that opens up another can of worms such as not storing on the catwalk and no store on the bed.
Regarding time, DVSA wouldn’t care if it took you 2 hours and you drove 3 miles. 45 mins sounds pretty quick for that amount of straps, so crack on and you won’t be the one getting fined whole needing a new job.
As for just internals, I’d just nod and remind yourself you don’t work for them, so even with an empty trailer, you win. 
Gaffer tape…
Will secure any bass drum to the stage and no amount of double kicking will shift it if it’s done right.
The great John Bonham is rumoured to have used just his mind power alone to secure his drums. Seems about right to me.
edd1974:
I do same. Long as you drive sensible they won’t move.
Same as any cargo.
You can strap it down but if you drive like an idiot take bends fast always hsrd on the brakes. Eventually it will move
You’ve not seen Highway Through Hell on TV then. They’ve gone to trucks that’ve come off the road, gone down an embankment and ended up on their sides and the timber or board stacked on the back of the flatbeds hasn’t moved at all and they’re able to right the trailer with the load still in place.
yourhavingalarf:
Gaffer tape….
I hear velco works well to
Conor:
edd1974:
I do same. Long as you drive sensible they won’t move.
Same as any cargo.
You can strap it down but if you drive like an idiot take bends fast always hsrd on the brakes. Eventually it will moveYou’ve not seen Highway Through Hell on TV then. They’ve gone to trucks that’ve come off the road, gone down an embankment and ended up on their sides and the timber or board stacked on the back of the flatbeds hasn’t moved at all and they’re able to right the trailer with the load still in place.
Some of the light weight kit around wouldn’t survive that treatment, even if the load restraints did.
Probably wouldn’t survive more than a few weeks there even without a rollover. [emoji3]
Alfa1M:
Is this strapping of every “row” overkill?
Not overkill at all it’s routine good practice.
Also seperate securing of double stacked loads.Not relying on the top stack securing to also hold the bottom stack.
You wouldn’t get sneering from any decent lorry drivers mate (the clown sneering wasn’t and never will be a lorry driver so long as the proverbial rear orifice remains), pukka job that 
, load isn’t going anywhere.
At least they were on pallets!!
Last load of drums I had to load was 80 loose drums of cooking oil which they offered to load stood on end or roll on the side and they would provide wedges!! After a very brief debate about safe loads they had 2 options, palletise them and shrink wrap, or I leave without them…
I left with the load palletised and strapped, plus a 50% extra charge on the load for the sodding around with idiots!
I’m kind of new to the business <12 months experience, but I most of my trailers have XL curtains with slightly suspect quality internal straps. In my situation, if I had this particular load, I’d cross strap the rear and make sure the curtains were done up tightly… would that be sufficient?
