Law here in Dallas....if it falls off your truck you get a ticket...if it stays on your truck you are fine.

Now...if it just falls off = slap on the hand

falls off and stays in the road way (you dont pick it up) = ticket that can hurt you for a few days

falls off and hits a car = your not going to be happy...one the owner of car will be very unhappy and the cop is going to slap you with a pretty good size ticket for "causing a accident on the road way"

Falls off and hurts someone based on how badly they are hurt could mean jail time.

Falls off and kills someone...you should know the out come on this one.



In short...if you THINK it will fall off...strap the sucker down or put side walls if you dont want to be messing with straps all day. I have a trailer thats 18foot with 7foot walls all the way around. I have 5 two inch 25feet long tie down straps that have a weight limit of 4,000 or something like that. What I do know...I have used them to pull my truck out of the Texas mud a few times in a pinch.