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Central ND | I just run the chain through the d-ring and attach the grab hook back on the chain. Same thing in the tractor/equipment end. Rachet binder until it's tight. If going more than 5 miles, check it after 5, after 50, and then at 5 hours, you have to take a 30 after 5 hours anyway. I used to haul pulling pickups. After the second check, I've never had one loosen unless I didn't have the chain properly hooked, i.e. chain slid on an axle tube. What a lot of guys fail to do, is have more retention towards the rear than forward. Every load, no matter the size, should have tiedown to 6 points on the trailer, 2 forward, 4 rearward. I know it doesn't specifically say that in the regulations, but when you're hauling equipment, there is a lot of momentum in a piece of machinery that is relying on tiedowns to hold in place. A couple of firm brake checks tend to settle a machine in pretty well. Four tiedowns pulling backwards aren't going to give, even if pulling down against air filled tires. I have quite a few 5/16" chains, if you are hauling lighter equipment, 1/4" is plenty heavy enough for lighter loads.
Once you get the binders tight, they're not coming loose unless a hook or chain breaks, the hook point on the trailer fails, or you are crashing. In any of these examples, a different hook isn't going to change the outcome.
Edited by Shimmy1 4/17/2022 16:26
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Tie-down chains to D-rings?
