Les Golledge
Active Member
Hi Jamie,Thank you.
If ropes are used to hold a metal load a lot of protection would be needed to prevent the ropes chaffing and therefore cut through releasing the load. Chains could have something like several layers of sacking to protect the load from being marked. It is also worth remembering to secure a load somewhere that won't get bent by the movement of the load in transit, once a bend starts the chains get slack so more movement equals more bending.
I remember at one exhibition seeing a farm tractor secured with a chain around the steering track rod, if a real one had been secured that way it would have been fun unloading without a crane as with a bent trackrod the the front wheels could have had a considerable amount of toe-in.
Ie the wheels would have been trying to get to the same point on the wagon deck if driven forward repairs in order before delivery to its destination.
Regards,
Les.