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oxDl~~A~~c~ ~vo . / 0 3 S n,: ~ Ok~TNATdCE H.EGULATING CARRIERS AT~fD PH,OVIDING METHODS OF SECURING LOADS . DE IT Oti.DAITVED BY THE COUI'~CIL OF THE CITY OF NORTH OL~ISTED , STATE OF ONTO, THAT: Section 1. Methods of Securing Loads a. Un every motor vehicle used for transportation of all manufac- tured iron and steel, including pipes, rods, bars, structural shapes, strips, sheets, coils, plates and tin mill products, and all semi finished iron and ste~:l articles, adequate means shall be provided aid used to secure such loads, and such means shall, at least, comply with the following requirements: b. Vehicles shall be equipped with and operator shall use at least the number of hold down devices shown in the. table below: 1. For powered units with a freight body ....... 3 2. For semi trailers (single or tandem axle) .... 4 3, r'or full trailers ............................ 3 c. if this number should not provide a hold down device for at least each 10 foot interval of load length, then, additional devices shall be supplied in such number as to meet this requirement. d. Tie down devices and any auxiliary equipment used for the tight- ening and securing such devices shall be of a strength at least equivalent to a "common coil" steel chain having a nominal size of 3/$ inch. e. These parts of the vehicle to which the hold down devices are fastened shall be so designed, constructed and maintained as to withstand safely any strength applied by the chain or other hold down devices attached thereto. f. Tie Gown devices shall be tightened as much as practical methods permit at the time the vehicle is loaded, and shall be examined by the driver within the first 10 miles of travel and at least every lUO miles thereafter to assure that the load remains pro- perly secured. Section 2. Hlocking a. till coils of steel loaded cylinder method except those already skidded and banded shall be blocked to prevent rolling or slid- ing under normal conditions. y b. Such loads shall be blocked with at least commercial 3" x 1,." side rails and such side rails shall then be braced by at least commercial 2" x 3" pieces of lumber at sides and ends. c. All such 'olocking will not obviate the necessity for the tie down and holding down devices as set forth in Section 1. Section 3. Header ~soards a. un the front of every truck or semi trailer there shall be a header board or bulkhead which shall: 1. be of solid construction without apertures, cracks or open- i ng s ;