Quote: So if he pulled up to 90 degrees (heaven forbid) the tiedowns resisting rearwards motion experience the same load?
Surely not?
FWIW, my vote is “surely yes”, and for Machdiamond being right. Quote
That is true, BUT...... think, what happened to the 1G that was pulling the load onto the deck?..its dissapeared, it is no longer in the equation. and thus a large force that was helping keep the load planted is now gone.
You have to look at the whole situation not just forces in isolation