Section 24-106.2 - Securing loads on vehicles - Transportation of lumber, pipe, steel, or similar materials. - Maryland Statutes

§ 24-106.2. Securing loads on vehicles - Transportation of lumber, pipe, steel, or similar materials.
 

(a)  Enclosure required.- A vehicle used to carry logs, poles, unfinished or unfabricated lumber, pipe, steel, or other materials of a similar kind, size, shape, or characteristic may not be driven on any highway unless its load is enclosed entirely within the sides and ends of the body of the vehicle. 

(b)  Fastening required.- A vehicle used to carry logs, poles, unfinished or unfabricated lumber, pipe, steel, or other materials of a similar kind, size, shape, or characteristic may not be driven on any highway unless its load is fastened securely to both the front and rear of the vehicle at both the front and rear of the load, as provided in this section. 

(c)  Manner of fastening.- The fastening of a load to a vehicle shall be: 

(1) By two separate common coil B.B. chains, the links of which may not be less than: 

(i) 3/8 of an inch in diameter for loads of 3 tons or less; or 

(ii) 1/2 of an inch in diameter for loads over 3 tons; 

(2) If they have at least as much tensile strength as the chains, by: 

(i) Wire rope not less than 5/16 of an inch in diameter; 

(ii) Steel strapping; 

(iii) Logistic webbing of synthetic fibers; or 

(iv) Any fastening device specified in regulations adopted jointly by the Administration and the Department of State Police; or 

(3) As specified in Part 393.102 (b) (securement systems) of the federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations. 

(d)  Requisites for fastening devices.- The fastening devices specified in this section shall be fastened with an adequate load binder of standard make or other appropriate fastening device. 

(e)  Repair or replacement of fastening devices.- The fastening devices specified in this section may not be repaired or replaced by any material other than of the size, strength, and material specified in this section. 
 

[An. Code 1957, art. 661/2, § 14-106; 1977, ch. 14, § 2; 1983, ch. 235; 1984, ch. 255; 1986, ch. 472, § 1; 1988, ch. 6, § 1; ch. 720; 1994, ch. 165, § 3; ch. 166, § 3; 1995, ch. 3, § 2.]