# Cargo Securement Heavy Machinery

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- **Type:** Skill
- **Install:** `agentstack add skill-x3allamerican-skills-cargo-securement-heavy-machinery`
- **Verified:** Yes — security-reviewed for prompt injection and unsafe behavior
- **Seller:** [x3allamerican](https://agentstack.voostack.com/s/x3allamerican)
- **Installs:** 0
- **Category:** [Agent Skills](https://agentstack.voostack.com/c/agent-skills)
- **Latest version:** 0.1.0
- **License:** Apache-2.0
- **Upstream author:** [x3allamerican](https://github.com/x3allamerican)
- **Source:** https://github.com/x3allamerican/skills/tree/main/skills/cargo-securement-heavy-machinery
- **Website:** https://x3fleetsafety.com

## Install

```sh
agentstack add skill-x3allamerican-skills-cargo-securement-heavy-machinery
```

Requires the [AgentStack CLI](https://agentstack.voostack.com/docs/cli). Works with Claude Code, Cursor, and any MCP-compatible agent.

## About

# Heavy Machinery Cargo Securement

Heavy machinery requires special securement under § 393.130. Machinery is high-value, heavy, and often has multiple anchor points.

## Securement requirements
- Each tiedown rated for heavy load (5,000+ lbs WLL typical)
- Multiple tiedowns (typically 4-6)
- Tiedowns at machine attachment points (rated)
- Crossing tiedowns where possible (better stability)

## Machinery preparation
- Hydraulic systems isolated (pressure released, valves closed)
- Wheels chocked
- Boom/arm secured in transit position
- Operating fluids checked for transit (no leaks)
- Loose parts removed or strapped

## Trailer considerations
- Heavy haul trailers (purpose-built for machinery)
- Reinforced deck
- Anchor points rated for heavy use
- Platform compliance (length, weight rating)

## Driver inspection
- Pre-trip: verify tiedowns, chocks, hydraulic isolation
- Mid-trip: stop + verify no shift
- Post-trip: confirm delivery, document any damage

## Weight + permit considerations
- Loads over 80,000 lbs gross may require oversize permits
- Per-state permit rules vary
- Pilot car requirements for very large machinery
- Roadway weight restrictions

## Common violations
- Tiedowns rated too low for machinery weight
- Tiedowns not crossing (linear, less stable)
- Machinery moves during transit
- Missing chocks (wheels can roll)
- Inadequate platform (under-rated trailer)

## Cargo damage prevention
- Padding/dunnage at contact points (prevent paint chipping)
- Tiedown points avoid finished surfaces
- Boom support to prevent stress

## Compass cargo securement
- Heavy machinery checklist
- WLL calculator + tiedown configuration
- Permit compliance reminder (if oversize)

## CFR citations
- **49 CFR § 393.130**

## How Compass surfaces this
Searchable in Compass Ask. Runs against carrier fleet data when invoked from the relevant tracker. Read-only; no actions without explicit user approval.

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## Built by X3 Compass

The AI-powered DOT compliance platform for fleets 1–100 power units. Try a 7-day free trial — no credit card required — at https://x3compass.com/?utm_source=skill&utm_medium=github&utm_campaign=cargo-securement-heavy-machinery

X3 Compass turns these skills into a complete operational platform: driver qualification files, drug & alcohol consortium, MVR pulls, hours-of-service tracking, hazmat shipping, IFTA filing, FMCSA audit prep, and DataQ dispute drafting — all CFR-cited, all in one place.

*This skill is published under the X3 Compass open skills initiative. Contributions welcome at https://github.com/x3fleetsafety/skills*

## Source & license

This open-source skill is cataloged on AgentStack and links to its original source — we do not rehost the code.

- **Author:** [x3allamerican](https://github.com/x3allamerican)
- **Source:** [x3allamerican/skills](https://github.com/x3allamerican/skills)
- **License:** Apache-2.0
- **Homepage:** https://x3fleetsafety.com

Install and usage instructions live in the source repository linked above.

## Pricing

- **Free** — Free

## Security capabilities

Automated source analysis of v0.1.0 — what this tool can access:

- **Network access:** no
- **Filesystem access:** no
- **Shell / process execution:** no
- **Environment & secrets:** no
- **Dynamic code execution:** no

*"Yes" means the capability is present in the source — more access means more to trust, not that it is unsafe.*


## Versions

- **0.1.0** — security scan: passed — Imported from the upstream source.

## Links

- Listing page: https://agentstack.voostack.com/l/skill-x3allamerican-skills-cargo-securement-heavy-machinery
- Seller: https://agentstack.voostack.com/s/x3allamerican
- Browse the marketplace: https://agentstack.voostack.com/browse

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