Cargo Securement for Light Duty Trailers
Cargo Securement for Light Duty Trailers
Cargo Securement for Light Duty Trailers gives you instruction on standards and safe loading and securement practices and training on loading and securing cargo in the light duty trailer.
After completing Cargo Securement for Light Duty Trailers, you will be able to recognize the safe practices for cargo loading and securement in order to safely secure cargo in a vehicle with a registered gross vehicle weight of 4,500 kg or less.
Whether you tow a utility trailer, travel trailer, cargo trailer, dump trailer, or construction trailer, you will safely load and secure your load with Cargo Securement for Light Duty Trailers.
Key Benefits of Cargo Securement for Light Duty Trailers
- Indicate the maximum weight of a trailer that is considered light duty
- Distinguish between possible results of not having enough weight on the trailer tongue and having too much weight exerted on the hitch ball
- Differentiate between the proper tongue weight for conventional vehicles the proper tongue weight for gooseneck trailers
- Discuss each step associated with loading a trailer
- Explain why it is important to chock the wheels before loading the trailer
- Discuss load weight placement
- Recognize the possible results of too much weight being placed behind the trailer axle and too much weight being placed in front of the trailer axle
- Explain why a vehicle carrying a load on a highway must be periodically and adequately inspect the load and its load-securing devices while in transit
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