Política Operativa 15 - Guía para la sujeción de fardos de heno redondos
| Fecha de registro | 24 de julio de 2017 |
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| Número de asunto | 17-033-VEH |
| Nombre | Captain John Broers |
| Agencia | South Dakota Highway Patrol |
| Dirección | 118 W. Capitol AvePierre, SD, 57501United StatesVer en el mapa (se abre en una pestaña nueva) |
| Teléfono | 605-773-4578 |
| Correo electrónico | [email protected] |
| Comité | Comité de Vehículos |
| Estado | Cerrado |
| Resumen del asunto | Existe una amplia variedad de opiniones sobre cómo asegurar las pacas redondas de heno/alimento al remolque. Algunos transportistas sujetan cada pila con correas. Otros sujetan la primera y la última pila. Algunos utilizan soportes retráctiles en los laterales del remolque que sostienen las pacas y las inclinan hacia el centro. Dado que no existen normas específicas para pacas redondas, muchos transportistas bienintencionados intentan interpretar la norma 393.100-106 y no están seguros de cómo asegurar las pacas, o bien interpretan solo una parte de la normativa como un sistema de sujeción completo. La FMCSA ha publicado un memorando sobre la sujeción de pacas cuadradas, pero no incluyó las pacas redondas. |
| Justificación o necesidad | Las pacas redondas son la forma más común de pacas de heno. Si bien parte del transporte se realiza a nivel local, una gran cantidad de heno se transporta a través del comercio interestatal. Las pacas redondas se pueden cargar de diversas maneras y apilar, y su forma redonda plantea desafíos únicos para la industria y las autoridades. Debido a su forma particular y las opciones de carga, la normativa vigente puede resultar confusa para la industria y las autoridades. Las pacas sin asegurar representan, sin duda, un peligro si se caen del remolque y llegan a la carretera. Dependiendo de varios factores, una paca puede pesar entre 700 y 1500 libras y rodar por la carretera a una velocidad cercana a la de la autopista, sin mencionar el riesgo de quedar estacionaria en el carril de circulación. |
| Solicitud de acción | Deben estar disponibles tanto para las autoridades como para la industria instrucciones claras y específicas sobre cómo asegurar las pacas redondas de heno. Solicitaría a la CVSA que incluya la sujeción de las pacas redondas de heno en la Política Operativa 15, o bien, solicitaría a la FMCSA que cree regulaciones específicas sujeción de carga para el transporte de pacas redondas, o bien, plantearía una cuestión interpretativa en virtud de la sección 393.100 que aborde la sujeción de las pacas redondas. |
| Medidas adoptadas por el comité | There is technical memorandum on square bales from FMCSA. but it did not include round bales. There is a large amount of hay being transported in interstate commerce in the form of round bales. It can be loaded in many different ways that creates unique challenges for industry and enforcement. FMCSA indicated that there was testing done on round bales at the same time as the square bales were tested. However, no guidance was ever created. Round bales are typically transported as an over-width load with a permit. There was a guidance from Canada that was presented in relation to round bales, but it was never adopted. There are not a lot of interstate loads of round bales generally. They are seen transported several different ways using transverse tiedowns, individual stack tiedowns, etc. Many of the vehicles used to transport these loads are specifically designed to bring the bales together. FMCSA indicated that the best way to secure bales based on the testing was to unitize the load and use lateral straps to squeeze the load together. This type of load could be a case by case basis. If the vehicle is over-dimensional, the permit should indicate how the load should be secured. Regulation from Saskatchewan was shown. At this point, the only place to put guidance would be in Operational Policy 15. Round bales need to be secured under general cargo. If round bales can be secured by general requirements then it should be secured that way. In the case of the square bale testing, it was shown that square bales could not stay on the vehicle when secured with the general provisions. This was not tested at the time. It was contemplated that CVSA perhaps develop a “best practice” document for industry to follow. The issue with that is that enforcement may use the “best practice” document as a rule and begin to enforce it on industry when there is no basis in the law. It was decided that CVSA would not be the right body to house that information, it could be misconstrued as law. The Regulators Group agreed to consider this issue further and have a closer look at the proposed guidance and reach out to some of the states that have these loads. They will ask those states if there are active Hay Associations that may want to consider this to provide guidance that would lend itself to a 2nd Enforcement Memorandum similar to the one developed for square bales. It was noted that any trailer extensions would be load support and would not be a primary means of load securement. Since they are not primary means of load securement, they would not meet equivalent means of securement and the general load securement guidelines must be followed. The general consensus of the Vehicle Committee was that there are too many different ways to haul round bales and that roadside inspectors should follow the general cargo securement rules and that it would be impractical to issue any guidance that would cover all of the ways to secure round bales. No recommendation was made and the issue was closed with no action taken. |
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