Wisconsin Administrative Code (Last Updated: January 10, 2017) |
Agency Trans. Department of Transportation |
Chapter 307. Standards For Load Securement |
Section 307.02. Definitions.
Latest version.
- Words and phrases used in this chapter have the same meanings as those in ch. 340 , Stats. , except as otherwise defined in this section.(1) "Aggregate working load limit" means the working load limit multiplied by the number of tiedowns used to secure cargo to a vehicle.(2) "Breaking force" means the minimum force, measured in pounds, at which a chain, wire cable, webbing strap, or end device breaks when a constantly increasing force is applied to it.(3) "Chain" means a flexible series of joined and closed steel links.(4) "Cross chain" means a load-bearing chain extending through or across a load of logs at right angles to the side of a vehicle and which is connected at each end to a side stake.(5) "End device" means a metal hook, ratchet, winch, binder clamp or similar device which is attached to an end of a chain, webbing strap, or wire cable and is part of the tiedown assembly.(6) "Front end structure" means a metal structure that is designed to prevent cargo from shifting forward into the driver compartment, including, but not limited to, a headboard or posts at the front end of the load carrying area of a vehicle.(7) "Gusseted bunk" means a welded or bolted "U" shaped frame secured to the frame of a vehicle and consisting of a heavy cross beam, upon which logs rest, with an upright post at either end, each braced at the base by triangular gusset plates.(8) "Log" means a section of the trunk or branches of a felled tree. The term includes, but is not limited to, similar peeled or unpeeled forest products such as pilings, posts, poles, cordwood, pulpwood, and fuel wood.(9) "Rear end structure" means a metal structure designed to prevent cargo from shifting to the rear, or falling off the rear, of a vehicle including, but not limited to, a rear endboard or endposts.(10) "Stake" means a vertical metal post along the side of a vehicle, resting in a stake pocket or otherwise secured to the bed or frame of the load carrying unit. The term does not include any component of a front end structure or a rear end structure.(11) "Stack" means a group of logs of approximately the same length piled one upon the other.(12) "Tiedown" or "tiedown assembly" means a chain, wire cable, or webbing strap, with any attached end device, used to secure cargo to a vehicle.(13) "Webbing strap" means a flat band of woven synthetic fibers used to secure cargo to a vehicle.(14) "Wire cable" means continuous steel strands that are woven into a length of metal rope used to secure cargo to a vehicle.(15) "Working load limit" means the maximum load limit, measured in pounds, of a tiedown, established by the manufacturer of a chain, cable, webbing strap, or end device.
History:
Cr.
Register, October, 1991, No. 430
, eff. 11-1-91.
Note
See also
49 CFR 393.106
as adopted by reference in ss.
Trans 325.02 (4)
and
327.03 (4)
, pertaining to front end structures.
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