Patent ID: 8672594

Claim:
A hauling system adapted to securely transport on a standard flatbed trailer a plurality of objects up to several feet across having open center portions and curved outer surfaces and weighing up to thousands of pounds each, the system comprising: a first apparatus adapted to be removably attached to a flatbed trailer, the first apparatus comprising an abutment structure having one or more first abutment surfaces extending upward from a front portion of a longitudinally extending base that is adapted to securely carry proximate to the one or more first abutment surfaces a plurality of adjacent objects up to several feet across that have curved outer surfaces and weigh up to thousands of pounds each, the abutment structure further comprising a first tensioner attachment structure; a second apparatus comprising a longitudinally extending movable member having one or more second abutment surfaces and a second tensioner attachment structure; a tensioner structure adapted to attach to the first and second tensioner attachment structures and to pull the movable member toward the abutment structure thereby securing the objects between the one or more first abutment surfaces and second abutment surfaces, the tensioner structure further adapted to pass through the open center portions of the objects without touching the objects when the objects are placed adjacent each other on the base proximate the one or more first abutment surfaces and the movable member is placed proximate the side of the objects opposite the side proximate the one or more first abutment surfaces, and when the tensioner structure is attached to the first and second tensioner attachment structures and pulls the movable member toward the abutment structure thereby securing the objects between the one or more first abutment surfaces and second abutment surfaces; wherein the base further comprises cargo support members extending longitudinally about longitudinal axes and adapted to have the objects rest thereon, the cargo support members having substantially flat surfaces that are rotated at non-level angles about each cargo support member's longitudinal axis.