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driving commercial vehicles

Two types of webbing
protectors.

Body rail Anchor point Rub rail
or frame

fast fact

Rub rails must not be used
as anchor points.

Wrong
Right

• Timber used on or within a vehicle as dunnage, chocks or cradles for
definition blocking or bracing shall be strong enough that it will not be split or
crushed by the cargo or the tiedowns.
Dunnage is spacing blocks,
boards and mats that
separate cargo from itself
and its restraints.
Dunnage
(corner boards)

Tiedowns

Dunnage in the form of
corner boards is used with
tiedowns to secure this load
of bricks.

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