Practice question
What is the proper method for securing an excavator or backhoe onto a lowboy flatbed trailer (cama baja) for highway transport in Chile?
- Park it in neutral with no chains or binders
- Lower the boom and bucket flat onto the trailer deck, engage hydraulic locks, set parking brakes, apply heavy chocks (cuñas) to tracks/tires, and secure with four independent high-tensile transport chains and ratchet binders cross-lashed to rated D-rings
- Tie it with thin plastic ropes to the trailer wooden floorboards
- Hold the machine with one small cargo strap
Answer: B — Lower the boom and bucket flat onto the trailer deck, engage hydraulic locks, set parking brakes, apply heavy chocks (cuñas) to tracks/tires, and secure with four independent high-tensile transport chains and ratchet binders cross-lashed to rated D-rings
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