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[Indiana Robinson]

On 8 Oct 2005 at 9:40, charlie hill wrote:

> Hi Karl,
> 
> The OSHA and MSHA standards are clear on how  to secure 
all
> types of loads. The only question is:  Did the company
> properly train the employee or did the employee fail to
> follow proceedure?   Having worked in a supervisory 
capacity
> in industrial construction for a lot of years I suscpect 
the
> employee failed to follow proceedure. 



	When I read something like this I am always reminded of 
the fellow that bought a 1939 John Deere B I used to own 
years ago. He had a very nice new truck and a nice new tri-
axle gooseneck trailer. He drove the B up on the trailer 
and tied it down with two chains. Those chains were common 
proof coil chains made of 3/16" stock. He just ran a single 
chain down to the front center and a single chain to the 
rear center. He then tightened them with two tiny load 
binders that were little more than truck spread chain 
latches. I was a bit worried and mentioned it to him but he 
was unconcerned and headed for the highway. At least he 
paid me in cash...   :-)
	That B was reasonably heavy and had filled rear tires. The 
brakes were also marginal.
	I thought of him recently when I fastened down a load with 
a couple of chains and binders like that but I was chaining 
down a buzz saw and it probably didn't weigh much more than 
100 pounds.
	As I haul I usually think of an extra chain here and there 
as just really cheap insurance. I also figure that any cop 
coming up behind me might perceive the load to be well 
secured and not look at me any closer. I am generally 
mostly legal but would still rather not be overly 
scrutinized...   ;-) 

-- 
"farmer"
Hewick Midwest

The master in the art of living makes little distinction 
between his 
work and his play, his labor and his leisure, his mind and 
his body, 
his information and his recreation, his love and his 
religion. He 
hardly knows which is which. He simply pursues his vision 
of 
excellence at whatever he does, leaving others to decide 
whether he 
is working or playing. To him he's always doing both. 
 ~ James A. Michener, attributed

Francis Robinson
Central Indiana USA
robinson at svs.net