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driving commercial vehicles

Rear — Loads on a straight truck can’t extend more than four metres beyond
the turn centre. If a load projects more than 1.2 m beyond the rear of the
vehicle, attach a red flag or cloth to the tip of the projection if driven in
daylight, or a red light if driven at night.

The standard (TAC (BC) max 4 m
vehicle) limit for a rear
projection load.

Specific cargo types
fast fact
You could be carrying a variety of cargo types in your work as a commercial
Cargo Security — Book 2, vehicle driver. The Standard outlines general cargo securement requirements
contains information on that apply to all types of cargo. There are also specific requirements for
loading special cargoes. different types of commodities (cargo) that you might carry. Unless otherwise
You can get Book 2 at specified in the Standard, the general and the specific requirements both
provincial weigh scales and apply.
at www.th.gov.bc.ca/cvse.
The information given here is only a summary and doesn’t include all the
types of cargo. Refer to Standard 10 and Division 35 of the MVAR for details.

Logs
Some requirements for transporting logs or poles have been retained in
MVAR 35.05, in addition to those in Division 1 of Part 2 of the Standard,
because the Standard doesn’t address requirements for bunk and stake
assemblies.
Vehicles transporting logs or poles — Under section 29(1) of the Standard,
these vehicles must be equipped with bunks, bolsters, stakes or other means
of cradling the logs. Section 35.05 requires that stakes and stake extensions
must form an angle of 90 degrees or less with the bunk cross member.
Stakes must be secured to the vehicle by one of these methods:
• by a method approved by a professional engineer

• by a pin and closed loop stake lines consisting of wire rope at least 22 mm
in diameter
• with properly welded gussets of adequate strength.

Securely attach stake extensions to the stakes and bunks to the vehicle frame.
Secure a pole, tri-axle or quad trailer to a truck by one securement device of
sufficient strength.

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