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Commodity-specific rules
['Cargo loading and securement']
- Federal regulations include specific securement rules for various commodities.
Commodity-specific rules
Federal regulations include specific securement rules for the following commodities. These rules must be followed in addition to the rules for general freight.
- Logs: 49 CFR 393.116
- Dressed lumber and similar building products: 393.118
- Metal coils: 393.120
- Paper rolls: 393.122
- Concrete pipe: 393.124
- Intermodal containers: 393.126
- Automobiles, light trucks, and vans: 393.128
- Heavy vehicles, equipment, and machinery: 393.130
- Flattened or crushed vehicles: 393.132
- Roll-on/roll-off or hook lift containers: 393.134
- Large boulders: 393.136