Does anyone know where to buy a Sky Hook for my Flatbeds

[bubba-one]

At $30,000 for a fine, this might be a good business to start up building sky hooks for every flatbed out there!!! This article just smells of more regulations to come. Why is it that trucking has more rules and regulations than doctors and lawyers have? The onus needs to be put on the shipper to provide the necessary safety equipment for drivers securing or tarping the shippers load.


http://www.trucknews.com/health-saf...N&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=TN-EN01302015

 

[lowmiler88]

Way back in my early days I had never even hooked to a flat bed before and I was lifted up on top of a lumber load by a forklift with tarps with no instructions it didn't take me long to say F This and got back down, I did not care if they fired me or not. Unfortunately all these rules are in place because someone died and yes sometimes they go too far but if you have ever lost an employee to an accident the money is really incidental after the fact.

 

[ShawnR]

Yeah really what do they expect you to hook onto? sure if a forklift has it's forks above you could hook to that, but that's about it.

maybe get spiderman to help you tarp it... funky laws... funky system we have...

 

[hauling_ass]

There are way too many places that don't have fall arrests. So what do you do? Refuse the load? That doesn't pay the bills. We tried to hire spiderman but he said trucking doesn't pay enough.

Any suggestions????

 

[ralphthetrucker]

Yeah really what do they expect you to hook onto? sure if a forklift has it's forks above you could hook to that, but that's about it.

maybe get spiderman to help you tarp it... funky laws... funky system we have...

What ever you tie to needs to be approved/certified. Tieing off to a forklift won't be legal.

Don't forget that along with a certified "fall arrest protection" comes proper fall arrest training.

 

[Igor Galanter]

As many sites I visited, I never seen two very same setups. Some uses old modified trailer ( also good for snow cleaning ), some using light poles ( If they are close enough)..Or even balcony on the second floor.. As much as I can help..

 

[Michael Ludwig]

It will end up like the tanker guys ... you will have to build a fall arrest system onto the trailer. Only stands to reason though that if you have to do that, you might as well have sliding tarp system.

 

[JayTee]

Sliding tarp system isn't gonna work for anyone that's doing oversize though.