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Message: <blockquote data-quote="retiredTxfeeder" data-source="post: 1394129" data-attributes="member: 52978"><p>VonDutch, I'm not going to argue on here with someone who obviously knows everything.  If the latches are latched correctly already on your pretrip, the ziptie is just a backup.  Some folks can just roll with a positive latch.  My original point was that to check closely on your pre-trip, because at least down here, if the container is set on a chassis at the railyard, the hostler at UP wont get out of his shifter to latch anything down.  That was my original point to make sure newbies knew.  That being said, I've never had one of those industrial zip ties to fail.  In my 29 years in feeders.  Since I'm retired now, I don't have to worry about any of that chit.</p></blockquote><p></p>