Sec. 6-Fig. 88 (Rev.-8-1972)
TRUCK, 25,000 LBS. OR LESS, WITH OR WITHOUT WINCH, EMPTY, LOADED ON G-85 OR G-89
CUSHIONED RUB-RAIL FLAT CARS OR SIMILAR RAILROAD FLAT CARS.
Item No. of Pcs.
Description
A
Brake wheel clearance. See Fig. 2, Sec. 1.
Vehicles over 8500 lbs. to 25,000 lbs. inclusive.
B
As required.
Double chain tie-down device with 1/2 inch dia. Excelloy chain or similar, proof tested to 27,500
lbs. Locate between the vehicles. Attach one chain through each of the front tie-down
shackles of one vehicle and the other chains through each of the tie-down shackles located at
the rear of the other vehicle. See Sketch #2. Substitute, if necessary, 1/2 inch dia. chain with
grab hook and turnbuckle equipped with a safety lock device, proof tested at a minimum of
22,500 lbs. When length of the vehicles does not provide sufficient space to permit application
of tie-downs at an angle not to exceed 45 degrees, use conventional chain tie-downs (Sketch 4
and 5) proof tested to a minimum of 22,500 lbs., crossed as shown in Sketch #1. Attach one
end of the chain to the rub-rail of the car by looping the chain through the slots in the rub-rail.
Attach the other end of the chain to the vehicles in the same manner as described above.
Single Brandon tie-down device shown in Sketch #3 (applied in same manner as Sketch #4)
may be substituted, if desired. See General Instructions following these specifications for
further details.
C
4
Single chain tie-down device with 1/2 inch dia. Excelloy chain or similar, proof tested to a
minimum of 27,500 lbs. (Sketch #3). Locate as shown. Attach one chain device through each
of the two front tie-down shackles of the first vehicle and through each of the two tie-down
shackles located at the rear of the last vehicle. Substitute, if desired, 1/2 inch dia. chain with
grab hook and turnbuckle equipped with a safety lock device, proof tested to a minimum of
22,500 lbs. (Sketch #4). Attach one end of the chain through the slots in the rub-rail and the
other end of the chain to the vehicles in the same manner as described above. See General
Instructions following these specifications for further details.
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