Friction is key

We recognises truck drivers can make fatal human errors when restraining a load.

How well the driver restrains the load an innocent error can be hazardous with lives and infrastructure.

We at BettaHaul firmly believe that friction is one of the most important fundamentals in load restraint. Which is why engineering controls to minimise load-shift must be implemented well within the haulage standards and work practice.

There is a number of factors which contribute to loads shifting, low friction plays an important part. The higher the Coefficient of Friction (COF) the less chance of movement.

Globally many organisations have suffered from litigation proceedings which was due to incidents, contributed to poor restraining practice.

Timber dunnage is porous, meaning the timbers structure absorbs moisture and liquids, oils especially remain within the wooden surface over time drastically reducing the COF to low properties. Even-though Timber is regarded at less than 0.6 COF only when new, then after use the COF reduces to a very low friction, thus requiring more lashings to restraint the load. COF of timber needs to be checked regularly! The only solution is machine the timbers surfaces affected by moisture on a regular basis.

BettaHaul Rubber load bearers will not absorb moisture maintaining a constantly high average COF..