They have probably gotten ticketed for an unsecured load in the past so now they throw the strap over it so that they can say they secured the load.
And yet how you secure a given load depends on the load, of course. There's no way this would fly, is there?
Oh, it’ll definitely fly away
Depends on the cop but probably not.
*Slaps the dirt*
That ain't going anywhere
ain't going nowhere
Just because "ain't going nowhere" became a catchphrase, the single negation still stands
You're just supposed to say the two in sequence.
That don't go anywhat
Now he has a ratchet with grit in it
True Grit^tm^
Maybe he knows something we don't... 
That was my thought... Since the compacted soil is held in place and can't escape laterally, it's basically a wall in the middle of the pile
I'm not sure how much it'd do, but it'd do something
Maybe it's so overloaded that the sides started buckling and they figured that would fix it? In any event, yeah, that'll fix it!
I'll just assume the strap is holding the bed onto the frame of that junker
If a tarp was added to this equation it would actually do something.
Burial at Road
Must be the same group that votes for trump.
Don't hit the screw with a hammer. Load securing is a different kind of politics than ruler succession of 18th century elective monarchies with a constitution.
Hitting a screw with a hammer is a great way to get a screw started that's having trouble.
You might lose foothold though.
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