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<blockquote data-quote="jmatt20" data-source="post: 28864" data-attributes="member: 186"><p>california requires four (4) separate tie downs. a chain from one side to the other with a binder counts as one tie down even though it hits two spots on the trailer and two spots on the equipment .four chains with binders or four straps with ratchets. the boom needs to be tied if it can articulate in a manner so that your load exceeds the legal limits ie. 14ft high or 102 inches wide ..best to tie it so you don't have to argue with the chp about weather or not it could reach 14 ft above the pavement. the law isn't clear about if the boom tie down can count as one of your four tie downs or if it needs to be in addition to the other four. A little noticed item about the ca law is that if you have a fifth wheel coupling device between your trailer and the towing vehicle these rules don't apply to you ...dot rules will suffice . when the law was written up it was slid into an existing set of rules that has as a final section the exemption for fifth wheel trailers. most truckers and a lot of chp officers don't notice this .i got the four tie down ticket (it's a moving violation) and was talking to a friend who has a low boy about it and i mentioned to him that it didn't apply to him. about two weeks later he tells me he got pulled over by a commercial enforcement officer in a little town and the cop whips out his ticket book and starts to write him up for not having enough tie downs . my friend says i want to see that section ,the cop gets a little snotty and pulls his book and reads him the section my friend says let me see that ..he runs his finger down the page to the last section and says hmmm it look like i'm exempt ..not a happy cop ..</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jmatt20, post: 28864, member: 186"] california requires four (4) separate tie downs. a chain from one side to the other with a binder counts as one tie down even though it hits two spots on the trailer and two spots on the equipment .four chains with binders or four straps with ratchets. the boom needs to be tied if it can articulate in a manner so that your load exceeds the legal limits ie. 14ft high or 102 inches wide ..best to tie it so you don't have to argue with the chp about weather or not it could reach 14 ft above the pavement. the law isn't clear about if the boom tie down can count as one of your four tie downs or if it needs to be in addition to the other four. A little noticed item about the ca law is that if you have a fifth wheel coupling device between your trailer and the towing vehicle these rules don't apply to you ...dot rules will suffice . when the law was written up it was slid into an existing set of rules that has as a final section the exemption for fifth wheel trailers. most truckers and a lot of chp officers don't notice this .i got the four tie down ticket (it's a moving violation) and was talking to a friend who has a low boy about it and i mentioned to him that it didn't apply to him. about two weeks later he tells me he got pulled over by a commercial enforcement officer in a little town and the cop whips out his ticket book and starts to write him up for not having enough tie downs . my friend says i want to see that section ,the cop gets a little snotty and pulls his book and reads him the section my friend says let me see that ..he runs his finger down the page to the last section and says hmmm it look like i'm exempt ..not a happy cop .. [/QUOTE]
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