Keep your load secure while doing yard work

    Summer is getting closer.  You can tell by the occasional warm day that reminds you the lawn mower may need to be tuned up. So this means yard work is not too far in the future.
    If you are like me, my truck is used to carry everything. Some items fit well, and others need to be carefully placed in the back to fit. When you are loading a truck or trailer, make sure you are loading it correctly. Now, let me first define the term load. The load is anything that did not come in the back of the vehicle when you bought it, so this means anything and everything that is natural or man-made is in fact the load. So let’s move on.
    I think we have all been behind a truck with grass clippings or leaves that are blowing all over the road as well as your car. So when hauling grass, leaves or anything that is small and light that might float away, make sure you have a tarp to cover the load. You are not allowed to have items flying out of the back of your truck or trailer. It doesn’t matter if it’s from nature or man-made; there are other ways to make sure it gets unloaded from your vehicle.
    Another item I see being hauled around the area is tree limbs. Remember, when hauling unruly items that want to stick out of the bed of your truck or trailer, it is against the law to have them stick out further than the fender of the driver side or 6 inches from the passenger side fender.

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