I hauled steel coils for 17 years and transported all sorts of different steel products. Slitter coils aren’t too bad if you have them choked at the top like this guy did and you have enough cradle braces to support the weight and wood blocks directly under the coils. The worst load I’ve hauled was 3 tall skinny coils that were 22” wide, weighing 32,000 lbs each and loaded suicide. I put 4 chains through the eye of each coil and two leash chains from the top of each coil to the deck on each side to keep them from tipping sideways off my trailer in case of a swerve situation or just the inertia from a regular turn while driving. When I got them to where I was going, the receiver said I was the only guy he’s ever seen secure that load correctly and the only guy that didn’t deliver them with at least one ready to fall over!😳
i would have had the receiver put that in a framed letter . And then hand a copy to the DOT , OSHA and a bunch of other Gov officials that can make some changes . The load is called Suicide Coils for good reason
Can’t tell you how many drivers I ran into that had no clue how to haul coils. This load is unusual being slitted and steel strapped together. That top chain to keep um together is a nice safety feature. This has got to be around 50,000 and HIGH CG so careful on those exit ramps!
Here in the UK we use specific trailers for Steel Coil Transportation. The Trailer has a deep gully down the middle and the coils sit in the gully the opposite way round to the one one this trailer. It cannot roll and is extremely stable in transit. The trailer has lift out boards that cover the gully, so you can use it as a normal flatbed if required.
Many things here in the U.S. are done ass backwards.Way to many people in this country don't give a shit. Many companies don't want to pay extra money to do things right. No matter if it kills people.
Yup! Its more of a common sense! If you put the metal roll the opposite way its less rolling back and forth...not the way this video does it, no matter how you tie it down, it will roll back and forth, and the metals used as stopper is not even tall enough to hold the coil when it breaks loose....Science? No! Common sense!
Jawee The reason most of the tine you have to haul “suicide” or the way this guy is because, the receiver and/or shipper can only load or unload coils set on the trailer in that fashion.
@@Danny-gj4yq 100% correct, i slit coils for a living, and anytime we have some stupid shipping instructions it”s because the customer doesn”t have the capabilities of unloading the coil in the safest way.
those “coil trailers” got popular in the states for a while and they’re great if all you haul is coils. They had a fibreglass canopy that slid back and forth that replaced tarps to. Not versatile enough to haul everything flatbed carriers in the US must haul though!
I know for a fact that those coils are extremely heavy. I am a sheet metal worker and the sheets of metal with which I work come from coils just like this. One of those coils broke loose and fell off the back of the trailer. It landed on the hood of a car and flattened it, engine and all down to within a foot off the ground. Scary to say the least.
No thank you to that. I am a retired carpenter, just laying on the couch. Much respect for these truckers! Without them I would be laying on a dirt floor instead of a couch in the living room.
Down around Montgomery Al. they have had many of these coils come off trailers or flip them altogether, when they talked about what they needed to do to prevent this, someone told them that they needed to get them off the flatbeds and haul them on lowboys and that it would solve over half the problems they were having.When you raise the center of gravity on something that heavy that high your just asking for it.
Birmingham had the same problem about ten years ago. For several years they kept smashing the interstates in downtown. Amazing nobody was killed. The coils were coming off the beds. A pattern of accidents like that has to mean it's mainly the same ideots behind it. Wonder what the cost was to clean up the mess and repair the holes in the concrete. I worked at a place that brought in coils and slit them for a while and zero road accidents. I don't know if there is a machine that can flip a whole coil 90 degrees cleanly. The big coils are moved "suicide" so conventional machinery can handle them.
william dawkins hauling shotgun or suicide coils you can flip the truck easily. When hauling a coil and taking turns you are supposed to go no faster than 3mph making a right turn at an intersection. And no more than 5mph making a left turn. Our company has rear axle dump valve on all our trailers for a reason. It's easier to make those turns. It balances better, and your truck won't turn closer to the trailer as fast. It will pivot the trailer. Many companies with split axle flatbeds don't use or squire dump valves. Which can cause some problems when you actually need it.
Here in the steel city of Pittsburgh that's a daily occurrence around the area - one time one came off a truck rolled down a hill and killed someone sleeping in bed in there house one night.
Here is the main problem to why accidents continue to happen around your area, and having road disasters. For 1. Securement of the coil is extreme priority. I've seen stupid owner operators cheap out on the chain securement just to leave as soon as the coil gets on there trailer. I've seen people take right turns way too quick. I've seen people swerving the truck left and right on a straight highway. Accidents with coils can happen when your not careful and you are on point with your securement. The guy on this video for maverick. I would NEVER EVER run my chains inside the steak pockets like he did. He basically cut his securement strength for the coil in half. And can create a major risk.
You can have the same problem hauling coils on low deck trailers. But here is the key to reducing the amount of accidents that involve flipping a trailer. Our fleet has about 99% of trailers. 48foot spread axle with air dump valves. With an air dump valve you are able to drain all the air out of the suspension bags on the trailer. Allowing the pivot the trailer for sharp turns and curves on the road. This actually is very handy for the drivers and I can make a right turn with no problems hauling coils. Another The problem why many accidents can occur is company's like Melton have 53 foot trailers, and don't use an air dump valve. So the trailer cannot pivot and make turns as easily. So they have to turn more wide and cut the wheel, which can make the last axle of the trailer Skipp and making the coil rock sideways and flip a truck. It's not nessessarly the height of a trailer. It's actually the length of a trailer and if it has an air dump valve or not. Your better trailers are 48 foot trailers with air dump valve. I personally wouldn't recommend low deck trailers because they don't have air dump, even though it's low to the ground the last axle and wheels can still skip when making turns, this making the coil tip over and possibly flip the truck on its side.
There's a simple solution for this problem in the UK. Most coils are carried on trailers with a coil bed built into them. 10mins to load 3 nine tonne coils, 10mins to strap them, good to go!
Worked at a toll processing plant for years. All we did was Steele sheet metal coils. A lot of slitting. Shipped bundles of coils like this every day. Not uncommon for them to be 45,000 pounds all together. Some of the automotive exposed Steele that GM used for body panels for cars and trucks would go in and out in those “cradle trailers”. Should be a law. These chained in flatbeds are dangerous. Most of our stuff was tarpped but some of the thicker cold rolled steel Ike this stuff or the thicker galvanized would go out not tarpped but you are right it is rare.
@@demodick No need for sheeting (or tarping) a load over here, our specialised coil carriers have a concertina tarp on side rails, just type in "Dennison Trailers, coil carrier," it'll show you what I mean.
those coil trailers were used in the US as well but never sold in high numbers. They had a fibreglass canopy that slid over the coil well to replace tarps. Reason was they could not be used for other commodities besides hauling coils. Now if you had a platform to go over the coil well it could work but then the trailer being too heavy might become an issue.
@@kimmorrison9169 yeah there was one carrier that used them all the time with us. But only that one. I had seen another that it just had plates on hinges that flipped over to expose the valley so the driver could use it for other normal flat loads. That had to be more expensive and heavier which in the end is no good for $$$$. That said I would never haul a large coil in a flatbed. But I am not a truck driver so that doesn’t really matter. Lol.
Enjoyed your video, bud. Hauled coils myself through the nineties. You were articulate, precise, and fully explained why you did each part of the process. I would have done a couple of things differently, but those are mostly differences in the way I was trained. Almost made me nostalgic.
I've carted hundreds of these coils in the late '80s from Port Kembla to Sydney and Newcastle and never had a problem. We used 4" x 4" hardwood timber in a cradle. 3 chains, 1 pulling to the front,1 pulling to the back and 1 in the middle. If it was narrow slit steel I'd put a choker chain around the top. Drive accordingly.
Drivers, please continue being professonal and conscientious. As someone commented, gutter trucks sounds safer to me, worth the cost. A couple coils got loose in Buffalo NY 25-30 yrs ago. Don't know how they were loaded or secured, but i do recall several fatalities in the opposite lane, one was a mom going to work after dropping off at daycare. Once they are loose no knowing where they are going, rolling or flipping. So much responsibility.
Ok ,I loaded a guy out of Philly one NIGHT. End of day. Worked a little overtime to get him out. Loaded him up with asst.sheets from a slight defect house. I never watched him secure load. Slight rain. Everybody tiered. Next morn. State trooper at the job. Wanted a report. Sheets went sideways on 476 on /off ramp (very tight). Needless to say a woman was decapitated with a single sheet. Once it left my bldg its no longer my problem. Driver was responsible for that load.
The DOT should shred your CDL for the way you have that coil tied down. You need to spread out the tie-down points to decrease the stress on the chains. I can't believe you haven't gotten red-tagged for that.
I didn’t quite catch his clue at the actual weight (and frankly, didn’t care enough to rewind)…. So I don’t really know how many chains I would have used. But, my own personal rule of thumb was generally to chain per DOT requirement, then add one more pulling a little more rearward. If you don’t have the time for that, you need to work on your time management skills 😉
@@bobinthewest8559at my company we chain coils by the weight but chains rated at 4000 pounds for securement to exceed dot requirements for safety. I'd probably have had to have used 10-12 chains for that and some straps with felt protection, with the back side with one more chain than the front toward the cab
Growing up in a steel town (Sparrows Point) there were truckers who hauled steel in our neighborhood. When I was young, we lost a neighbor hauling a coil loaded suicide which broke loose in an accident and rolled over the cab. So I do see the nature of the beast here. I've always wondered why larger cradles aren't required to haul these loads. I'd be fairly anxious hauling any such load even with multiple chain binders without some other protection. The short cradle pictured in the vlog wouldn't stop roll in a severe collision/sudden stop.
I was getting a partial out of Toledo going back to Chicago, heading home. I found another partial south of Detroit on the way...it was very similar to what you are showing here, but, only two coils (similar thickness metal) that were "upset". They had been re-banded (as best they could, not equal winding as yours. They were then set on their side and each banded to a large pallet and scraps of wood, not providing much of a "level" surface. I was told by the agent the load needed to be tarped. When I got to the PU, was told the opposite, no tarp needed. They weren't big, I didn't mind tarping...but, upon closer inspection....the edges were jagged and WAY sharp, broken on different angles and bent outward and up. These coils had been CLEARLY marked "scrap metal" all over them. I wished I had a conestoga or a covered wagon flatbed!!! I called the agent a second time, took photos, emailed, etc. I didn't understand the need to tarp...and, wasn't willing to trash my tarp, didn't have a "throw away", and was needing to get further down the road to pick up a second partial in time. My time for getting to the next stop was getting close. I was pissed because I was forced to wait in line outside for 2 hours, not getting a visual on this load until I got backed into the loading area. I ended up leaving without it. The broker got pissed. I tried to explain as calmly as I could, the load was never described as being a destroyed coil. You get a coil load, there are certain "expectations" of how the load will look, especially if it needs a tarp. I never got a dime for the waste of time. And, I swore I'd never do business with that broker again, who was big, but, has since gone out of business. I don't do flatbed anymore...too old and fat to jump on and off that thing...and frankly, the pay isn't that much more to make it worth all the effort to secure the load. But, good luck to those that do!
@@emmyv9605 Not much, I sold all my equipment, trucks, trailers as well as my authority. I drive to make some extra $ here and there, last time I did was in June. The guys who bought my business and authority would like me to drive for them, I said I'd do a few days a week as long as I get home every day. But, right now, we bought a new house on a lake, so, been busy packing, remodeling and cleaning both places and finally moving this week. How about you?
Story of a driver from Nucor Steel. Lost control of his semi due to poor road conditions and drove off and down a hill. Semi hit the tree and driver was knocked unconscious. He wakes up to find his whole passenger side... gone. Completely destroyed. Down the hill was the steel coil, all crumbled up. Driving with those coils are deadly when caught in an accident.
1) The coil is not resting directly on the trailer, but on two beams (which look like hardwood). If they give away the coil would sink down and everything would be loose. 2) The distance between the beams has to be sufficiently secured for the same reason. I would guess the wedges you can see on each side of them were connected beneath them. However, at 2:30 you can see that the beams are lying without distance to the trailer, so this is probably not the case. How are the wedges attached to the trailer, to prevent the beams from being pushed aside?
Those are dangerous. There are other dangers too. My brother worked in a factory that used those, before they could punch out the part shapes, they had to be rinsed in acid, then washed. My brother walked by the open air acid baths, accidentally breathed some in, and has had chronic lung problems ever since.
They are called, "Pickle Plants." Every vehicle parked outside ended up ruined from acid erosion. The one I worked near had to put scrubbers to control exposure to the acid bath exhaust. After rinsing the coil it was run through oil to preserve it. The old plants really put employees through hell and ruined many a good man's health. Sorry about your relative.
@jimmyfly The plant I worked at slit the coils after pickling them. The individual I addressed mentioned the pickling process. I had experience with pickling, slitting, and packaging cuts for shipping. Negativity is unbecoming....
If those pockets are rated for the weight then sure but id personally never hook chains to the state pockets themselves especially doubles lol but to each their own.
NIghtmare? Come to CA. 90% of coils load suicide. CA has a shyt load more securement regs too. Steel don't pay shyt anywhere. I used to get two 25K lb coils suicide and Posco in Pittsburgh and Cal Steel in Fontana.
Seems it would be far safer to transport these coils, with all seven separate, and layed down flat across the whole bed. Seems to be asking for trouble putting the whole load so high up and all in one place.
it would be safer, definitely, but the suits at the shipper and/or consignee, who don't have one hour logged behind the wheel, decide that it's faster to load, unload and store them this way thereby increasing productivity. it's all about the bottom line to the corporations, and maximum safety they feel costs too much in man hours and materials.
Or one could take safety to the extreme and flat-ship just one coil per trailer. smh When properly secured and transported, FMCSA code provides all the safety the economy will bear.
I used to work in the industry that slit these coils from larger coils of various materials. This is a dangerous way to transport them but easier for the receiving company to unload and process. We used to, for the most part, build wooden skids and lay the coils flat separated by wood. The receiving company would lift the coils off one by one using adjustable c-clamp 'fingers' that would lift them up and right them to a standing position to be loaded onto the bore of a machine to work the metal. That was the preferred and safer method.
I think shifting coil would be safer and faster if they are placed in "twist locked" cradles. The on road weight could be reduced by using skeleton trailers. I have seen a chain load calculation for loading coil, it just doesn't look right.
I watched many of these coils unchained when I worked at a truck wheel manufacturer. Some trucks brought them in three coil in back, two in front. About 1/3 of the loads would come in leaning. I would watch drivers unchaining their loads. It would always make me nervous as they removed those chains. I saw several of these coils fall over and off the trailers. Our crane operator would hook the coils before the driver would take the last chains loose. Some trucks brought in a single coil weighting 45,000 lbs. Most trucks brought in five separate coils weighing about 7,200 lbs each. Most coils arrived with no tarp. One day we had over fifty loads come in.
I drove for Maverick for 1 year, they are tarp crazy. I loaded slinkies in south Texas, I was the only truck there tarping. The reason I quit was my fm was an idiot and no amount of complaining would convince them to let me change. So I gave them a choice, I would have another fm or another job. I drive a cement mixer local now. same pay, home every night.
I am trucking for 38 years and i have hauled countless loads of these steel coils , I caught this video and noticed from what I can see is that your two outer chains are not cross chained meaning forming a x pattern with the intersection in side the coil . By cross chaining you are less likely to ever have that coil come loose , I have seen coils loosen with the method you have . P.S. having the centre chain is good to use even in a cross chain configuration .
I learned a lot from the video and the lengthy discussions that followed. Thank you for making and posting a fascinating video. I do fear that yours is a diminishing profession. Best of luck.
Just curious as to how the coil chocks are secured to the bed or perhaps, the load? In my experience any sudden braking will create tension on the rear most chain. Along with the pull of the forward most chain...failure of the load securement could result, in the event of front end collision. 45,000 lbs. Of potentially rolling weight wants to continue to keep rolling when traveling at 60 mph. and is suddenly put to the test. What we need to know, basically, is...what is the force applied and the combined breaking strength of chain and securement points. Force applied is in reference to a sudden stop as in the case of the front end hitting an immoveable object. God bless the truckers of the world and the trucking industry as a whole. You guys are truly gifted.
The coil racks set on the deck the timbers set in the coil rack rubber mudflaps lay across the timbers The timbers have a corner knocked off at 45° to cradle the coil. Oh. The timbers have to be clear hardwood with no knots. On the trailer is a spot that says place single coil here that's where you know to place the coil so your not over axle. Only "coil spec" flatbeds/step decks can haul a single coil safely. The "math" is weigh of coil devided by weakest link. Securement devices are DOT required to have a weight rating visible on the device. That top chain is a safety chain To keep the "slit" coils from leaning side to side.
Why isn’t custom pallets made for these things. At least chock it properly with decent cut logs. A simple frame could be strapped & chained. For added safety. But would add cost I suppose
Putting some wedges at the bottom should help them not to roll if the chains fail, just shape them up to the coil, they could be 4x4s or 4x6s and getting the chains in more of an angle should hep keep the load in place too, not to mention heavier duty chains, but also a reinforced bed anchoring!.
Coil racks are pretty much wedges. And you want less angle when hauling coils. Ideally your chains are close together pulling mostly down with some slightly to the rear and some slightly to the front. Uneven number of chains put extra to the back. I can’t tell if his chains are 5/16 or 3/8 from the video but 3/8 grade 70 is more than enough chain for coils.
I work in a large automotive stamping factory. I unload these coils daily. It can be a nightmare. The first few weeks I ran the 50 ton overhead crane, it was kinda scary lol
I think the angle of the chain is much better more to the front and rear. The fatal case related with wrong angle strap or chain , or whatever the fastener, is when the US airforce carier, crash during takeoff when the heavy vehicle in it rolled backward, due to wrong angle of the strap.
I remembe in the 70sr going with my dad to docks on the East coast of the UK to pick up steel coils from a German ship. We were on and off the boat through the freight door and my dad never worried but when it came to loading I was told to get in the cab and stay there. The trailer was unhitched and away up the dock. He had a trenched trailer with three coils loaded eyes to the front and chained through and over, no sheeting. still clear in my mind was the tension in all working around the load. Thanks for bringing up good memories
Seen the aftermath of one of these rolling over a cab onetime after the driver rear ended another semi... suffice to say the driver didn't make out too well.
My job was to slit the coils into multiple sizes exactly what your load is.. I worked at Dofasco Steel out of Hamilton Ontario 🇨🇦 for 35 years The mill used to slit coils is called the “GangSlittler” 60” and 62” There’s two lines in one big football stadium size mill, one line for heavy gauge steel and the other line for lighter gauge steel (yours looked like lighter gauge coil) The slitting process unrolls a large 50 -60 ton single coil on the entry end of the mill goes through a few sets of rollers a slitter head ( cutter heads) and then gets rerolled into smaller weights in the end hole ..example 3 - 20 ton multi-slit rolls.. It then gets strapped by hand by two strappers.. Takes about 15min of brute force to feed straps around each cut and then bundled together with thicker straps per coil.. I was the line operator and had 9guys not including the millwrights to run my line per 12 hour shift.. I’m guesstimating your load was about 30k to 40k(can’t tell by the video what gauge it is ) By the way our Canadian truckers run those coils during -35c weather on steel bunks,you know what happens when you have cold steel on cold steel it’s as slippery as a ice... Cheers from 🇨🇦
Here in the Uk we have specially built coil trailers with wells in the middle in which you sit the coil. Makes no sense to be hauling them on a standard flat?
they have that here in the states too, but its a specialized trailer that can do nothing but coils, so its specific to the steel producers and nowhere else, they cant even haul bars back out of those area so its a pay run out and nothing coming back....not a way to make money in the long haul unless your dedicated to doing it for a producer. ive hauled this and it goes 500 miles round trip on average
You’re completely right! This is sooo dangerous! I’ve seen multiple videos of things like steel bars and wood pallets slamming into the cab, crushing it and the driver when the driver stopped at a red light! This is even more dangerous than those items! I wouldn’t carry it if I was a trucker.
I used to work at a pipe mill in Sweden and we got all our coils loaded that way as most companies would use either a crane or a forklift with a "horn". But we did usual get our coils by rail as we used 4-500 ton material a day.
13 tonne ? One pothole and it will fall over and those straps won't stop it at all .Normally slit coil are flat with timber slats between .Pretty sure in Australia this would illegal on account of dangerous loading practice .
It is my personal belief that Maverick has the coolest trucks on the road. I am biased being from Little Rock, AR, but spend a lot of time on the road and always proud to see a Maverick truck rolling down the road.
I work on a slitter that cuts these coils into these "slit coils". Not having a tarp is beyond comprehension, so that's really weird. But, having the coils slit and bundled sideways like this is the wackest thing I've ever seen. In 15 years of working with these I would have never thought anyone would do this. As far as suicide loading goes, it's fine if you have enough chains. The chain around the top holding the coils together is a good idea. If this load came into my place of employment I'd utter more than a few epithets for sure. CRAZY LOAD.
@@DVankeuren The trailer was not covered at all, and he said that the load was not to be tarped. Steel is always tarped, in my experience. Maybe the customer likes rusty coils.
So back before Interstate 49, from Fort Smith to Fayetteville on highway 71 I saw SOO many coils of steel unrolled, so many trailers upside down. Glad that you guys have a safer route now!
Any Coils I have had how up to my shop are secured with many large 6x6 blocks to make basically large wheel chucks for it. Those are also secured to the trailer, this seems rather unsafe during an emergency braking situation.
@@rareELL they just squish under their own weight. If its a smaller one it would maybe roll. But its too dense and the centers typically do not have any reinforcement so they just squash. They would slide and tumble if anything.
I hauled lots of coils and never, not once, did I ever have to tarp one. I also never used that many chains because I've seen one break loose and the reason it did was not because of chains but the fact that it was not in the bunks properly. If the coil is touching the floor there's not much you can do to secure it.
So you secured your coils with straps then? Interesting. None of my coils touch the deck, thats why we use the angled timbers to create a cradle for the coil which also keeps it off the deck.
No such thing as straps back then, they had not yet been invented.Two chains only because as the guy who taught me said, they won't hold it anyway. If the loader at Stelco ever saw a trucker tying down coils that were touching the floor he'd stop the driver right there and make him change it. We never had the angled timbers just normal four by fours. We only used two bunks per coil too. If they're spaced properly more will not help. I've seen one coil get shook off the trailer on a steep hill when the driver missed a gear and jerked so bad it broke the chains and the coil rolled off the side and started rolling downhill.If it had been in the bunks right it might have stayed there. There just happened to be another trucker driving his full size Pontiac who put it sideways in the path of the coil and bailed out. The coil shoved the passenger side door over till it was touching the drivers door and the rest of the car wrapped around the coil. The owner of the company that lost the coil bought the guy an almost new Pontiac. If the car had not been there the coil would have rolled down hwy 6 and landed on the 403 where it would have to drop about 14 feet or more onto the multi lanes and when it touched down it would likely unroll. What a mess that would have been.
i always prefer to pull coils loaded suicide. they seem to ride better. trailer doesn't want to roll as much on turns. just gotta be sure to oversecure and leave plenty of following distance. safe travels
Thank's for being so safe , when I was young a company I was driving for wanted me to carry a huge load , steam ship cap at least 12' ft circ. that weighed to much for a 30ft single axle straight bed I refused . The guy that took the load lost it getting off the freeway , turned the truck over lucky no one was killed. Lost respect for the company and left . Safety first!
Questions: Do you have to untie and unload the product? Do you have to purchase your own chains and clamps and bungies? How long is the training, what's the worst part of the job? I'm thinking about going through training with Maverick
I unsecure and secure loads. Shippers and receivers load and unload their product. All equipment I used was provided by the company. Training is 4 to 6 weeks long or longer depending on the individual. Worst moments, um.... bad drivers.
@@DaleLClay Thank you so much Dale. A recruiter contacted me today. I have no interest in doing regional or working at the doc so I declined at this time. Again, I appreciate you. Stay safe and I'll keep up with your video's. I hope to see more. Thanks
I worked at a facility that had a drywall cornerbead manufacturing line and we got spools these in all the time. Still makes me nervous when I see full loads of these running on the highway......people dont get how insanely heavy they are.
My guess, from many years experience, is that the coil(s) weigh close on 20 tons the reason he has only one set on and they are loaded in the centre of the trailer.
I would've added one more chain holding it toward the rear of the trailer. I've hauled them suicide as well as shotgun and have never once had a problem. I don't understand what you're talking about when you say Suicide steel coil nightmare. It's just another day and another dollar from what I can see. You want a pain in the rear to secure, try hauling a load of slinkies...
Several commenters asked why the coils aren't set on end. Then in a crash the coil(s) won't roll forward and crush the truck cab. A trucker buddy told me that flat bed truckers have a death wish. He has a flat bed endorsement on his CDL. The coils are set cross ways because it's simpler to chain it down. If it was turned 90° it would be more stable as in a crash the forces are more likely longitudinal rather than sideways.
this is dangerous you have to complete the Figure 8 holding the top from shifting from right to left if you only have one side then the load can shift to the other. one of these coils just heavy enough to smush a four-wheeler like a pancake. and it has happened. the driver should have never left without completing the figure eight securing the top of those coils.
Or you can do 2 chains to binders. I won the driver side go over the top of the coil and through the eye and hook to the chain at the edge of the eye of the coil. Same on the passenger side. Works good with short chains
Dude! Connect 2 chains together to make the figure 8 securement. I wouldn't go posting a video of an improperly secured load that you've transported all the way across Arkansas.
"Attaching tiedowns diagonally through the eye of a coil to form an X-pattern when viewed from above the vehicle is prohibited. (Section 3.3.3.2)" www.fmcsa.dot.gov/regulations/cargo-securement/drivers-handbook-cargo-securement-chapter-5-metal-coils
Why didn't you spread those chains apart further? If I eyeballed it correctly, the chain going to the back is about 50° from horizontal, so if you had to break hard, the tension on the chain would be about 1.55 times the force pointing forward. If you reduced the angle to 30°, it would be just 1.15 times.
Thats a great idea. Life saving. A guy driving a maxi load of lumber 105Klbs gross at 7 feathers in Oregon forgot to set his brakes on a slight decline. He walked all the way into the truckstop and sat down to eat. Meanwhile his truck rolled into another tractor. Thankfully no one was hurt. A driver went in the restaurant and found the guy. I walked buy the wreck and heard the guy say I swore I set the brake. The DOT cop climbed up in the cab and pulled the valves pshhhhhhh. Felt bad for the guy.
It's hotrolled black. Doesn't make a difference if it gets wet. Also it's an 8 cut standup. We used to ship coils like that all the time. Put 4 of them on a 5-axle. That's a chaining nightmare.
Your chains are wrong how they are connected ti the trailer. You go around a spool, then up through the center of the pocket and hook your chains. Thats incorrect. You would go around the spool that all the way around to the far side of the pocket so that you are oulling on the entire pocket, not just half of it. Also, you never hook more than 1 chain to each pocket. If you rip a pocket out you now have 2 lose chains. Spread your chains out farther to get onto other pockets. If Maverick is telling you to hook those chains the way you have them, then their safety director needs a new job.
Doesn't really matter. Under a hard braking condition all the chains would snap like plastic zip ties. You better steer around any emergency, not brake for it, or you are likely . . . dead..
@@thetowndrunk988 I was not talking about what is regulation or not not even what is legal or not. I'm talking about the actuality of what will happen with it secured like 3:03 and you lock up the wheels.
Back in the 80's we use to haul coils out of the mill every day. Almost all suicide, and always heavy. 100,000 gross on 5 axles was more or less normal. There were a couple guys doing "Back gate loads" with Autocars and modified trailers going out the back well over 150,000. They only traveled a couple miles down the public roads though. I guess now they would never get away with that
I once hauled a huge cable roll on wood on a pup trailer, with no good way to secure it, man, I was nervous the whole way to AMTRAK, thank god it wasn’t that far, had wood placed underneath the reel, this and that no way to properly secure it with a load bar, that was crazy I almost refused the load and I was damn glad to get that behemoth off my back!!!!😥
i did flatbed and went to intermodai , i didnt like the extra stress of the load securement , i know some guys love it but i didnt , the secret to trucking is find what u like
Why would they not lay each slit coil on its side and pack it on a pallet? This does not look like a safe load to me. I am in the steel fabricating business...have been for 31 years. I have between 200-300 coils on my floor at any time and I have never had a load of slit coil delivered like this. What is the advantage?
Yeah, we would not order mults like that. Each would be palleted if under 12". We used to get some 2 coil mults that totaled about 50 inches that were banded together. Those were fine in our case since our C hooks can handle 65" widths.
METALITHrevetments it's the size Vs laying it on a pallet. If it could be seated on an wooden pallet then it would be over dimensional load. OverSize besides the weight of it would crush a pallet during delivery. Would not recommend. You have been in the steel and aluminum business? You should know what these size coils are used for. Looks like this guy is hauling aluminum coils 1/16th of an inch thick. Factorys that purchase these, put them on an machine wheel. Run it through a conveyor and cutting machine. And make products as simple as fence pipe. Or railing. Even floorboards for cars. Toolboxes etc.
I had to haul one of these in shotgun formation. I was not happy about it and requested to be loaded suicide. But the factory workers insisted only shotgun formation.
I would have used an x pattern on the bottom with a center then x the top with straps and strap potectors. But ..thats just me . Your way looks real good.
X pattern - please explain. Maybe you mean crossovers ??? But there are problems with getting crossover chains tight. Straps are not a good idea on raw steel - on a long haul they will cut through. Once a strap starts to chafe as we call it then it loses its reliability.
Wow. When I was driving Flatbed, I never, thankfully got a drop and hook coil load. Always loaded when I was present and always Shotgun. Though Suicide is easier to chain ; ). What killed me was almost every coil, I was told to tarp it. Then I'd deliver it to yards with thousands of rolls out in the open, rusty, and I'd untarp the damn'd thing, and they'd put it outside with all the other rusty coils. 0_o. And they're a bitch to tarp too. I think the CO I drove for only paid like $15 to tarp and it was not worth it.
Yeah...had lots of those loads too. When I asked what the point was of tarping them, they'd say it was to keep any "Road Film" off of them...and it didn't matter if they got rusty sitting in their yard. They also said the customer pays to have them "Gift Wrapped". The Company also collects a few hundred for tarping, while the Driver who does all the hard work gets paid a pittance...see how that works? Slavery on 18 Wheels!
that could also be to keep the DOT away. they love it when you don't have coils secured correctly right out in plain view. at least the tarp makes them do their job.
As a cargo adjuster I've seen loads rejected because the steel coils had water intrusion that caused corrosion. It's hard to believe that coil did not need to be tarped. If I was the driver, I would have gotten written confirmation that no tarp was needed, CYA.
This was super important and extremely informational! I use this in my everyday life! This is something we should all care about! I'm so glad you wasted your time making this video so that we can all see this! This is a must-see!
Flatbed driver: 1 chain can hold down 4700- 5000 pounds . If your coil weighs 40.000 your gonna need 8 chains threw that coil. It all depends on the weight of your coil . The weight is on the paperwork and go from there. You still have to be sweet when transporting these coils no matter what.
I live in canada and that's all I haul . Never had one not tarped. Nice job with the tie down,real professional. You can come work for me anytime, if you can stand Canadian winters.
Yes, I was thinking the same thing. Here you see one chain holding forward, one chain pulling back, a center chain doing nothing, and a top chain just for looks.
Scott Odonahoe I drove for Maverick and if done correctly, this securement would survive a roll over (side) used to blare music through big cities all the time lol
I'm only at 3:30 minutes into the video and I already see how f'ing lucky I was when I hauled a 43,000 pound coil. My employer had 5/16ths inch chains, only 7 of them. I knew they were only good for 5k pounds each, so I used 8 of the wide straps. When I got to where I was going, because I didn't know how to use the braces, and had used only two, the 4x4 was ruined. Great video.
I absolutely agree Dale. My thought was about where the roll of steel went. 46,000 pounds of steel rolling toward your car at 60 mph is a scary thought.
The only suggestion I would have is using big lumber and big coil racks. Anything coil that size using small lumber and small coil racks can have your coil touching the trailer floor leaving it to move slightly and causing the chains to loosen. Other then that looks good. Great video and info thank you.
Who ever taught you how to chain didn’t teach you the proper way . The chain goes over the pocket then under and hooks the pocket. That keeps the chain from sawing the chain or the trailer . Chain is not supposed to be wrapped around a rub rail spacer that’s all it is is a spacer to keep forklift Fred from crushing the rub rail . Chains should not be hooked on the rub rail with a load bearing chain .The trailer manufacturers will gladly give you proper securement procedure. I pulled heavy equipment for 20 years so yes I do know what I’m talking about.
TNVolFisher well said. That guys who called the spool a rubrail is obviously a steering wheel holder. And chain hook to chain is the way to do it. Mavericks safety department must should rethink hooking to a pocket. I would bust every pocket on my trailer from hooking this way.
I worked for Boyd bros for 7 years had a friend that had to brake hard. 7 chains broke and it rolled forward and killed him in the cab. I don’t agree with how you got that secured. You need steel coil racks to form a more secure nest. What you be done without the racks for the next is a no no!!!
YOU my friend are LUCKY to be alive. You should have rubber mats on the deck. two pieces large dunnage layed crosswise to the size of the coil then another mat across both of the dunages. when you chain a coil, ANY coil Lay your chains as to what you think it might do in a hard braking and maneuvering. COMMONLY this means crossing 2 chains thru the middle of the doughnut. so that an overhead view would show a cross .first chain is attached through the first pocket affore of the coil, drivers side.the other end is attached through the first pocket aft of the coil, passenger side do NOT yet fully tighten . the opposite for the other chain. DO NOT let the chain "twist" It put the links in a bind and greatly reduces their strength. Oh, you ARE using edge protection right??? As for the other 2 chains attach them in a "U" style through the coil. attach 1 end to the rear of the trailer right corner stake pockets. Other end left corner stake pockets. And tighten the living bleep out of it. Do the same through and way out front of the coil. DO NOT USE BUMP RAIL!! ALWAYS through stake pockets.Tighten that one till it pulls against the aft line. Now tighten the center lines. At this time I personally put a put a chain or 8 inch ratchet strap over the top with double protection strips. Cleat to center rear pocket and a cleat close to where the other chains are affore the coil center deck. EVERYTIME you stop, get out and check chain tightness .
Mr. Hazel, I would take you up on that in a heartbeat....if they hadn't retired me forcefully after 25 years OTR, OTR/Trainer for medical reasons. They took my CDL AND my truck in Houston and shipped us both home to Florida. Now Bonnies parked in the barn and I'm parked in a wheelchair. No pedals no wheel no stick.... Just a remote for the picture box and a keyboard for the brain box.... 25 years, no incidents, no accidents, no tickets of ANY kind... not even in Ohio. Have a good and safe day Mr. Hazel a may God Bless you and yours. I'm out...TOOT TOOT!!
And you have been driving coils how long??? It is NOT illegal to cross chains. The way I explained it is to FMCSA codes. It IS illegal to "wrap" chains, Or to twist two chains together. Unlike wire rope(cable), twisting chain actually weakens its load handling capacity and puts the chain at risk of snapping a link or two.
I ran OTR for a full year and I would be surprised too to see an untarped coil in my briefing. Noticed your chain protectors don't have padding against the coil which would make securing that coil simpler.
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I hauled steel coils for 17 years and transported all sorts of different steel products. Slitter coils aren’t too bad if you have them choked at the top like this guy did and you have enough cradle braces to support the weight and wood blocks directly under the coils. The worst load I’ve hauled was 3 tall skinny coils that were 22” wide, weighing 32,000 lbs each and loaded suicide. I put 4 chains through the eye of each coil and two leash chains from the top of each coil to the deck on each side to keep them from tipping sideways off my trailer in case of a swerve situation or just the inertia from a regular turn while driving. When I got them to where I was going, the receiver said I was the only guy he’s ever seen secure that load correctly and the only guy that didn’t deliver them with at least one ready to fall over!😳
i would have had the receiver put that in a framed letter . And then hand a copy to the DOT , OSHA and a bunch of other Gov officials that can make some changes . The load is called Suicide Coils for good reason
I retired after 35 years as a Trucker, refused to EVER haul rolled steel, didn't miss a thing...
Can’t tell you how many drivers I ran into that had no clue how to haul coils. This load is unusual being slitted and steel strapped together. That top chain to keep um together is a nice safety feature. This has got to be around 50,000 and HIGH CG so careful on those exit ramps!
I haul these all the time... a little sketchy!!! Especially if they have 4” wood between the coils.
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Ayy we out here Big Fred!! I just hauled a double coil load for western. No issues. Easy money!
Same here, won't touch it
Here in the UK we use specific trailers for Steel Coil Transportation. The Trailer has a deep gully down the middle and the coils sit in the gully the opposite way round to the one one this trailer. It cannot roll and is extremely stable in transit.
The trailer has lift out boards that cover the gully, so you can use it as a normal flatbed if required.
Many things here in the U.S. are done ass backwards.Way to many people in this country don't give a shit. Many companies don't want to pay extra money to do things right. No matter if it kills people.
Yup! Its more of a common sense! If you put the metal roll the opposite way its less rolling back and forth...not the way this video does it, no matter how you tie it down, it will roll back and forth, and the metals used as stopper is not even tall enough to hold the coil when it breaks loose....Science? No! Common sense!
Jawee The reason most of the tine you have to haul “suicide” or the way this guy is because, the receiver and/or shipper can only load or unload coils set on the trailer in that fashion.
@@Danny-gj4yq 100% correct, i slit coils for a living, and anytime we have some stupid shipping instructions it”s because the customer doesn”t have the capabilities of unloading the coil in the safest way.
those “coil trailers” got popular in the states for a while and they’re great if all you haul is coils. They had a fibreglass canopy that slid back and forth that replaced tarps to. Not versatile enough to haul everything flatbed carriers in the US must haul though!
I know for a fact that those coils are extremely heavy. I am a sheet metal worker and the sheets of metal with which I work come from coils just like this. One of those coils broke loose and fell off the back of the trailer. It landed on the hood of a car and flattened it, engine and all down to within a foot off the ground. Scary to say the least.
Worked in a plant where we slit leveled and ctl sheet metal. Some of the big coils that were 72 wide would easily be over 40,000 pounds.
No thank you to that. I am a retired carpenter, just laying on the couch. Much respect for these truckers! Without them I would be laying on a dirt floor instead of a couch in the living room.
@@dapperdingol
Lmao are you kind of genius? How do you know this is heavy
@@PanchoOrdaz Because I have worked around them, with them and seen evidence of what can happen. No 'genius' needed.
Whenever I see a flatbed with coils, I get the hell around it and way away.
Down around Montgomery Al. they have had many of these coils come off trailers or flip them altogether, when they talked about what they needed to do to prevent this, someone told them that they needed to get them off the flatbeds and haul them on lowboys and that it would solve over half the problems they were having.When you raise the center of gravity on something that heavy that high your just asking for it.
Birmingham had the same problem about ten years ago. For several years they kept smashing the interstates in downtown. Amazing nobody was killed. The coils were coming off the beds. A pattern of accidents like that has to mean it's mainly the same ideots behind it. Wonder what the cost was to clean up the mess and repair the holes in the concrete. I worked at a place that brought in coils and slit them for a while and zero road accidents. I don't know if there is a machine that can flip a whole coil 90 degrees cleanly. The big coils are moved "suicide" so conventional machinery can handle them.
william dawkins hauling shotgun or suicide coils you can flip the truck easily. When hauling a coil and taking turns you are supposed to go no faster than 3mph making a right turn at an intersection. And no more than 5mph making a left turn. Our company has rear axle dump valve on all our trailers for a reason. It's easier to make those turns. It balances better, and your truck won't turn closer to the trailer as fast. It will pivot the trailer. Many companies with split axle flatbeds don't use or squire dump valves. Which can cause some problems when you actually need it.
Here in the steel city of Pittsburgh that's a daily occurrence around the area - one time one came off a truck rolled down a hill and killed someone sleeping in bed in there house one night.
Here is the main problem to why accidents continue to happen around your area, and having road disasters. For 1. Securement of the coil is extreme priority. I've seen stupid owner operators cheap out on the chain securement just to leave as soon as the coil gets on there trailer. I've seen people take right turns way too quick. I've seen people swerving the truck left and right on a straight highway. Accidents with coils can happen when your not careful and you are on point with your securement. The guy on this video for maverick. I would NEVER EVER run my chains inside the steak pockets like he did. He basically cut his securement strength for the coil in half. And can create a major risk.
You can have the same problem hauling coils on low deck trailers. But here is the key to reducing the amount of accidents that involve flipping a trailer.
Our fleet has about 99% of trailers. 48foot spread axle with air dump valves.
With an air dump valve you are able to drain all the air out of the suspension bags on the trailer. Allowing the pivot the trailer for sharp turns and curves on the road. This actually is very handy for the drivers and I can make a right turn with no problems hauling coils. Another The problem why many accidents can occur is company's like Melton have 53 foot trailers, and don't use an air dump valve. So the trailer cannot pivot and make turns as easily. So they have to turn more wide and cut the wheel, which can make the last axle of the trailer Skipp and making the coil rock sideways and flip a truck. It's not nessessarly the height of a trailer. It's actually the length of a trailer and if it has an air dump valve or not. Your better trailers are 48 foot trailers with air dump valve. I personally wouldn't recommend low deck trailers because they don't have air dump, even though it's low to the ground the last axle and wheels can still skip when making turns, this making the coil tip over and possibly flip the truck on its side.
As a press operator that processes steel coils like this I thank you getting our loads to us safely.🍻
There's a simple solution for this problem in the UK. Most coils are carried on trailers with a coil bed built into them. 10mins to load 3 nine tonne coils, 10mins to strap them, good to go!
Not only in the UK😉
Worked at a toll processing plant for years. All we did was Steele sheet metal coils. A lot of slitting. Shipped bundles of coils like this every day. Not uncommon for them to be 45,000 pounds all together.
Some of the automotive exposed Steele that GM used for body panels for cars and trucks would go in and out in those “cradle trailers”. Should be a law. These chained in flatbeds are dangerous.
Most of our stuff was tarpped but some of the thicker cold rolled steel Ike this stuff or the thicker galvanized would go out not tarpped but you are right it is rare.
@@demodick No need for sheeting (or tarping) a load over here, our specialised coil carriers have a concertina tarp on side rails, just type in "Dennison Trailers, coil carrier," it'll show you what I mean.
those coil trailers were used in the US as well but never sold in high numbers. They had a fibreglass canopy that slid over the coil well to replace tarps. Reason was they could not be used for other commodities besides hauling coils. Now if you had a platform to go over the coil well it could work but then the trailer being too heavy might become an issue.
@@kimmorrison9169 yeah there was one carrier that used them all the time with us. But only that one.
I had seen another that it just had plates on hinges that flipped over to expose the valley so the driver could use it for other normal flat loads. That had to be more expensive and heavier which in the end is no good for $$$$. That said I would never haul a large coil in a flatbed. But I am not a truck driver so that doesn’t really matter. Lol.
Enjoyed your video, bud. Hauled coils myself through the nineties. You were articulate, precise, and fully explained why you did each part of the process. I would have done a couple of things differently, but those are mostly differences in the way I was trained. Almost made me nostalgic.
I've carted hundreds of these coils in the late '80s from Port Kembla to Sydney and Newcastle and never had a problem. We used 4" x 4" hardwood timber in a cradle. 3 chains, 1 pulling to the front,1 pulling to the back and 1 in the middle. If it was narrow slit steel I'd put a choker chain around the top. Drive accordingly.
Drivers, please continue being professonal and conscientious. As someone commented, gutter trucks sounds safer to me, worth the cost. A couple coils got loose in Buffalo NY 25-30 yrs ago. Don't know how they were loaded or secured, but i do recall several fatalities in the opposite lane, one was a mom going to work after dropping off at daycare. Once they are loose no knowing where they are going, rolling or flipping. So much responsibility.
Ok ,I loaded a guy out of Philly one NIGHT. End of day. Worked a little overtime to get him out. Loaded him up with asst.sheets from a slight defect house. I never watched him secure load. Slight rain. Everybody tiered. Next morn. State trooper at the job. Wanted a report. Sheets went sideways on 476 on /off ramp (very tight). Needless to say a woman was decapitated with a single sheet. Once it left my bldg its no longer my problem. Driver was responsible for that load.
The DOT should shred your CDL for the way you have that coil tied down. You need to spread out the tie-down points to decrease the stress on the chains. I can't believe you haven't gotten red-tagged for that.
It also should pull backwards instead of even 🤷🏽♂️
I didn’t quite catch his clue at the actual weight (and frankly, didn’t care enough to rewind)…. So I don’t really know how many chains I would have used.
But, my own personal rule of thumb was generally to chain per DOT requirement, then add one more pulling a little more rearward. If you don’t have the time for that, you need to work on your time management skills 😉
@@bobinthewest8559at my company we chain coils by the weight but chains rated at 4000 pounds for securement to exceed dot requirements for safety. I'd probably have had to have used 10-12 chains for that and some straps with felt protection, with the back side with one more chain than the front toward the cab
Chains should not be attached to the rail. Especially the way he did it. That is scariest part, right after no loop chain
Absolutely he definitely should’ve sprayed a double chains out a little more
Growing up in a steel town (Sparrows Point) there were truckers who hauled steel in our neighborhood. When I was young, we lost a neighbor hauling a coil loaded suicide which broke loose in an accident and rolled over the cab. So I do see the nature of the beast here.
I've always wondered why larger cradles aren't required to haul these loads. I'd be fairly anxious hauling any such load even with multiple chain binders without some other protection. The short cradle pictured in the vlog wouldn't stop roll in a severe collision/sudden stop.
Yeah suicide won't stop that
If you get into a full head on. Not much is stoping that much weight. Drivers seem to know, if you get stuck like Chuck. Its all over.
inertia is a bitch and she has no mercy for the stupid, so dont drive like an idiot and you should be fine.
I was getting a partial out of Toledo going back to Chicago, heading home. I found another partial south of Detroit on the way...it was very similar to what you are showing here, but, only two coils (similar thickness metal) that were "upset". They had been re-banded (as best they could, not equal winding as yours. They were then set on their side and each banded to a large pallet and scraps of wood, not providing much of a "level" surface.
I was told by the agent the load needed to be tarped. When I got to the PU, was told the opposite, no tarp needed. They weren't big, I didn't mind tarping...but, upon closer inspection....the edges were jagged and WAY sharp, broken on different angles and bent outward and up. These coils had been CLEARLY marked "scrap metal" all over them. I wished I had a conestoga or a covered wagon flatbed!!!
I called the agent a second time, took photos, emailed, etc.
I didn't understand the need to tarp...and, wasn't willing to trash my tarp, didn't have a "throw away", and was needing to get further down the road to pick up a second partial in time.
My time for getting to the next stop was getting close. I was pissed because I was forced to wait in line outside for 2 hours, not getting a visual on this load until I got backed into the loading area.
I ended up leaving without it. The broker got pissed. I tried to explain as calmly as I could, the load was never described as being a destroyed coil. You get a coil load, there are certain "expectations" of how the load will look, especially if it needs a tarp.
I never got a dime for the waste of time. And, I swore I'd never do business with that broker again, who was big, but, has since gone out of business.
I don't do flatbed anymore...too old and fat to jump on and off that thing...and frankly, the pay isn't that much more to make it worth all the effort to secure the load. But, good luck to those that do!
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Mike Mascow the broker was getting the tarp pAy
You still drive?
@@emmyv9605 Not much, I sold all my equipment, trucks, trailers as well as my authority. I drive to make some extra $ here and there, last time I did was in June.
The guys who bought my business and authority would like me to drive for them, I said I'd do a few days a week as long as I get home every day.
But, right now, we bought a new house on a lake, so, been busy packing, remodeling and cleaning both places and finally moving this week.
How about you?
Story of a driver from Nucor Steel. Lost control of his semi due to poor road conditions and drove off and down a hill. Semi hit the tree and driver was knocked unconscious. He wakes up to find his whole passenger side... gone. Completely destroyed. Down the hill was the steel coil, all crumbled up.
Driving with those coils are deadly when caught in an accident.
Bet he went to church right after leaving the hospital 😂
It's the nature of the business.
Don't Screw up.
1) The coil is not resting directly on the trailer, but on two beams (which look like hardwood). If they give away the coil would sink down and everything would be loose.
2) The distance between the beams has to be sufficiently secured for the same reason. I would guess the wedges you can see on each side of them were connected beneath them. However, at 2:30 you can see that the beams are lying without distance to the trailer, so this is probably not the case. How are the wedges attached to the trailer, to prevent the beams from being pushed aside?
Those are dangerous. There are other dangers too. My brother worked in a factory that used those, before they could punch out the part shapes, they had to be rinsed in acid, then washed. My brother walked by the open air acid baths, accidentally breathed some in, and has had chronic lung problems ever since.
They are called, "Pickle Plants." Every vehicle parked outside ended up ruined from acid erosion. The one I worked near had to put scrubbers to control exposure to the acid bath exhaust. After rinsing the coil it was run through oil to preserve it. The old plants really put employees through hell and ruined many a good man's health. Sorry about your relative.
@jimmyfly
The plant I worked at slit the coils after pickling them. The individual I addressed mentioned the pickling process. I had experience with pickling, slitting, and packaging cuts for shipping. Negativity is unbecoming....
@jimmyfly hey both have danger in common; safety is the unifying theme.
If those pockets are rated for the weight then sure but id personally never hook chains to the state pockets themselves especially doubles lol but to each their own.
Looks good in exception of the angles on your forward and rear prevention chains. DOT will put a damn angle ruler on that crap these days.
NIghtmare? Come to CA. 90% of coils load suicide. CA has a shyt load more securement regs too. Steel don't pay shyt anywhere. I used to get two 25K lb coils suicide and Posco in Pittsburgh and Cal Steel in Fontana.
Seems it would be far safer to transport these coils, with all seven separate, and layed down flat across the whole bed. Seems to be asking for trouble putting the whole load so high up and all in one place.
it would be safer, definitely, but the suits at the shipper and/or consignee, who don't have one hour logged behind the wheel, decide that it's faster to load, unload and store them this way thereby increasing productivity. it's all about the bottom line to the corporations, and maximum safety they feel costs too much in man hours and materials.
Or one could take safety to the extreme and flat-ship just one coil per trailer. smh
When properly secured and transported, FMCSA code provides all the safety the economy will bear.
Most would stack these cuts on skids and load eye to the sky. Customer dictates.
I used to work in the industry that slit these coils from larger coils of various materials. This is a dangerous way to transport them but easier for the receiving company to unload and process.
We used to, for the most part, build wooden skids and lay the coils flat separated by wood.
The receiving company would lift the coils off one by one using adjustable c-clamp 'fingers' that would lift them up and right them to a standing position to be loaded onto the bore of a machine to work the metal.
That was the preferred and safer method.
@@mr.d.4175 skid won't hold
I think shifting coil would be safer and faster if they are placed in "twist locked" cradles.
The on road weight could be reduced by using skeleton trailers.
I have seen a chain load calculation for loading coil, it just doesn't look right.
I agree, there are safer ways to do it.
I've had the band's bust and the coils shift on those coils like that , choker chain is a must .Only load I've ever had shift.
I watched many of these coils unchained when I worked at a truck wheel manufacturer. Some trucks brought them in three coil in back, two in front. About 1/3 of the loads would come in leaning. I would watch drivers unchaining their loads. It would always make me nervous as they removed those chains. I saw several of these coils fall over and off the trailers. Our crane operator would hook the coils before the driver would take the last chains loose. Some trucks brought in a single coil weighting 45,000 lbs. Most trucks brought in five separate coils weighing about 7,200 lbs each. Most coils arrived with no tarp. One day we had over fifty loads come in.
I drove for Maverick for 1 year, they are tarp crazy. I loaded slinkies in south Texas, I was the only truck there tarping. The reason I quit was my fm was an idiot and no amount of complaining would convince them to let me change. So I gave them a choice, I would have another fm or another job. I drive a cement mixer local now. same pay, home every night.
I hear ya, now to find a cement moxer.
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Try southeast WI. No idea of pay ranges.
I like seeing the Maverick boat division trucks going found the road, that looks like more fun than messing with normal flatbed loads.
I always hook another chain to the one that isn't long enough on the slitted coils, nice job, you're meticulous as I am.
Worked for Maverick Transportation for 3 years, great company.
I think it should be on a specially made heavy duty steel pallet to avoid it from rolling off on a hard stop. And secured with thicker chains.
And what do you do with this big steel skid, when I unload the coil and go for a load of lumber, you have never drive truck have you ?
I am trucking for 38 years and i have hauled countless loads of these steel coils , I caught this video and noticed from what I can see is that your two outer chains are not cross chained meaning forming a x pattern with the intersection in side the coil . By cross chaining you are less likely to ever have that coil come loose , I have seen coils loosen with the method you have . P.S. having the centre chain is good to use even in a cross chain configuration .
I learned a lot from the video and the lengthy discussions that followed. Thank you for making and posting a fascinating video. I do fear that yours is a diminishing profession. Best of luck.
Just curious as to how the coil chocks are secured to the bed or perhaps, the load? In my experience any sudden braking will create tension on the rear most chain. Along with the pull of the forward most chain...failure of the load securement could result, in the event of front end collision.
45,000 lbs. Of potentially rolling weight wants to continue to keep rolling when traveling at 60 mph. and is suddenly put to the test.
What we need to know, basically, is...what is the force applied and the combined breaking strength of chain and securement points.
Force applied is in reference to a sudden stop as in the case of the front end hitting an immoveable object.
God bless the truckers of the world and the trucking industry as a whole. You guys are truly gifted.
The coil racks set on the deck the timbers set in the coil rack rubber mudflaps lay across the timbers
The timbers have a corner knocked off at 45° to cradle the coil. Oh. The timbers have to be clear hardwood with no knots.
On the trailer is a spot that says place single coil here that's where you know to place the coil so your not over axle. Only "coil spec" flatbeds/step decks can haul a single coil safely. The "math" is weigh of coil devided by weakest link. Securement devices are DOT required to have a weight rating visible on the device. That top chain is a safety chain
To keep the "slit" coils from leaning side to side.
Why isn’t custom pallets made for these things. At least chock it properly with decent cut logs.
A simple frame could be strapped & chained. For added safety. But would add cost I suppose
Seroisly. A custom pallet would be super helpful
Putting some wedges at the bottom should help them not to roll if the chains fail, just shape them up to the coil, they could be 4x4s or 4x6s and getting the chains in more of an angle should hep keep the load in place too, not to mention heavier duty chains, but also a reinforced bed anchoring!.
Coil racks are pretty much wedges. And you want less angle when hauling coils. Ideally your chains are close together pulling mostly down with some slightly to the rear and some slightly to the front. Uneven number of chains put extra to the back. I can’t tell if his chains are 5/16 or 3/8 from the video but 3/8 grade 70 is more than enough chain for coils.
I work in a large automotive stamping factory. I unload these coils daily. It can be a nightmare. The first few weeks I ran the 50 ton overhead crane, it was kinda scary lol
Kamtek?
@@mrlevhil I Deal with Kamtek yes. But also Brose, Ogihara, Multimatic, VW, BGM (Bowling Green Metals) Adient, Faurcia, etc.
I think the angle of the chain is much better more to the front and rear.
The fatal case related with wrong angle strap or chain , or whatever the fastener, is when the US airforce carier, crash during takeoff when the heavy vehicle in it rolled backward, due to wrong angle of the strap.
That's a JMS load going to Sand Springs OK. if I remember correctly. Webco
I remembe in the 70sr going with my dad to docks on the East coast of the UK to pick up steel coils from a German ship. We were on and off the boat through the freight door and my dad never worried but when it came to loading I was told to get in the cab and stay there. The trailer was unhitched and away up the dock.
He had a trenched trailer with three coils loaded eyes to the front and chained through and over, no sheeting. still clear in my mind was the tension in all working around the load. Thanks for bringing up good memories
Seen the aftermath of one of these rolling over a cab onetime after the driver rear ended another semi... suffice to say the driver didn't make out too well.
thats why its called Suicide loading/eye to the side vs Shotgun or eye facing the rear
My job was to slit the coils into multiple sizes exactly what your load is..
I worked at Dofasco Steel out of Hamilton Ontario 🇨🇦 for 35 years
The mill used to slit coils is called the
“GangSlittler” 60” and 62”
There’s two lines in one big football stadium size mill,
one line for heavy gauge steel and the other line for lighter gauge steel
(yours looked like lighter gauge coil)
The slitting process unrolls a large
50 -60 ton single coil on the entry end of the mill goes through a few sets of rollers a slitter head ( cutter heads) and then gets rerolled into smaller weights in the end hole ..example 3 - 20 ton multi-slit rolls..
It then gets strapped by hand by two strappers..
Takes about 15min of brute force to feed straps around each cut and then bundled together with thicker straps per coil..
I was the line operator and had 9guys not including the millwrights to run my line per 12 hour shift..
I’m guesstimating your load was about 30k to 40k(can’t tell by the video what gauge it is )
By the way our Canadian truckers run those coils during -35c weather on steel bunks,you know what happens when you have cold steel on cold steel it’s as slippery as a ice...
Cheers from 🇨🇦
Here in the Uk we have specially built coil trailers with wells in the middle in which you sit the coil. Makes no sense to be hauling them on a standard flat?
they have that here in the states too, but its a specialized trailer that can do nothing but coils, so its specific to the steel producers and nowhere else, they cant even haul bars back out of those area so its a pay run out and nothing coming back....not a way to make money in the long haul unless your dedicated to doing it for a producer. ive hauled this and it goes 500 miles round trip on average
You’re completely right! This is sooo dangerous! I’ve seen multiple videos of things like steel bars and wood pallets slamming into the cab, crushing it and the driver when the driver stopped at a red light! This is even more dangerous than those items! I wouldn’t carry it if I was a trucker.
I used to work at a pipe mill in Sweden and we got all our coils loaded that way as most companies would use either a crane or a forklift with a "horn". But we did usual get our coils by rail as we used 4-500 ton material a day.
When I tie them down I always use extra bungee cords
[sarcasm]
13 tonne ? One pothole and it will fall over and those straps won't stop it at all .Normally slit coil are flat with timber slats between .Pretty sure in Australia this would illegal on account of dangerous loading practice .
Why am i watching this?
You are a Mindless automaton that has no control over your own faculties. Welcome to the cell phone generation.
Recoils in horror! :P
O.O
The reel question is why not watch it?
It's 3 AM. What else am I going to do.
honestly these coils should have some kind of brace on top with chain going forward and backwards extra
u could make a jig to make it safer friend. even a cage that straps to the bed
It is my personal belief that Maverick has the coolest trucks on the road. I am biased being from Little Rock, AR, but spend a lot of time on the road and always proud to see a Maverick truck rolling down the road.
There all automatics I'll pass on maverick I'm sure they have inward facing cameras to spy on there drivers too
I work on a slitter that cuts these coils into these "slit coils". Not having a tarp is beyond comprehension, so that's really weird. But, having the coils slit and bundled sideways like this is the wackest thing I've ever seen. In 15 years of working with these I would have never thought anyone would do this. As far as suicide loading goes, it's fine if you have enough chains. The chain around the top holding the coils together is a good idea. If this load came into my place of employment I'd utter more than a few epithets for sure. CRAZY LOAD.
The trailer was covered, why would it also be tarped?
@@DVankeuren The trailer was not covered at all, and he said that the load was not to be tarped. Steel is always tarped, in my experience. Maybe the customer likes rusty coils.
BTW, most slitted material was on it's side,on pallets. Solid coils always loaded stand up.
I miss flat bedding, this was a sloppy way to secure this load!
@Patrick Sulley He has 6 chains securing the load. 2 pulling forward, 2 pulling down, and 2 pulling back. Then another on top unitizing the bundle.
@@sapperveteran245 8 chains. Minimum. Three to the front, fout to the back, one center.
Then one holding it together.
So back before Interstate 49, from Fort Smith to Fayetteville on highway 71 I saw SOO many coils of steel unrolled, so many trailers upside down. Glad that you guys have a safer route now!
Any Coils I have had how up to my shop are secured with many large 6x6 blocks to make basically large wheel chucks for it. Those are also secured to the trailer, this seems rather unsafe during an emergency braking situation.
Nice video showing how you hold that in place. Thank you for making sure everything is properly secured.
+David Norton Thanks
Coils like that came off of a semi a few years ago in Minnesota, rolled down the highway and a guy in a full size Dodge truck hit one and died.
There should be five chains on that coil
I can promise you these coils don't roll.
@@wgist87 why?
@@rareELL they just squish under their own weight.
If its a smaller one it would maybe roll. But its too dense and the centers typically do not have any reinforcement so they just squash.
They would slide and tumble if anything.
@@wgist87 oh ok thanks for explaining!
I hauled lots of coils and never, not once, did I ever have to tarp one. I also never used that many chains because I've seen one break loose and the reason it did was not because of chains but the fact that it was not in the bunks properly. If the coil is touching the floor there's not much you can do to secure it.
So you secured your coils with straps then? Interesting. None of my coils touch the deck, thats why we use the angled timbers to create a cradle for the coil which also keeps it off the deck.
No such thing as straps back then, they had not yet been invented.Two chains only because as the guy who taught me said, they won't hold it anyway. If the loader at Stelco ever saw a trucker tying down coils that were touching the floor he'd stop the driver right there and make him change it. We never had the angled timbers just normal four by fours. We only used two bunks per coil too. If they're spaced properly more will not help.
I've seen one coil get shook off the trailer on a steep hill when the driver missed a gear and jerked so bad it broke the chains and the coil rolled off the side and started rolling downhill.If it had been in the bunks right it might have stayed there.
There just happened to be another trucker driving his full size Pontiac who put it sideways in the path of the coil and bailed out. The coil shoved the passenger side door over till it was touching the drivers door and the rest of the car wrapped around the coil. The owner of the company that lost the coil bought the guy an almost new Pontiac. If the car had not been there the coil would have rolled down hwy 6 and landed on the 403 where it would have to drop about 14 feet or more onto the multi lanes and when it touched down it would likely unroll. What a mess that would have been.
+Doug Fever Ouch
i always prefer to pull coils loaded suicide. they seem to ride better. trailer doesn't want to roll as much on turns. just gotta be sure to oversecure and leave plenty of following distance. safe travels
+jack handy 👍
jack handy Sound advice my brother!👍
me too shot guns will slide
Coil racks used to be illegal in CA. I used to have to get 5 2X4s, cut 6 cletes, pound 30 nails then throw chains to secure that coil.
Thank's for being so safe , when I was young a company I was driving for wanted me to carry a huge load , steam ship cap at least 12' ft circ. that weighed to much for a 30ft single axle straight bed I refused . The guy that took the load lost it getting off the freeway , turned the truck over lucky no one was killed. Lost respect for the company and left . Safety first!
I used to be a recoil operator at a slitter company..
Steel works.....granite city illinois
I needed this video. Thi is exciting and eye opening as it relates to the danger of hauling such a load. Thanks for posting. Drive Safe
Thanks, much nicer than many that post in this one?
Questions: Do you have to untie and unload the product? Do you have to purchase your own chains and clamps and bungies? How long is the training, what's the worst part of the job?
I'm thinking about going through training with Maverick
I unsecure and secure loads. Shippers and receivers load and unload their product. All equipment I used was provided by the company. Training is 4 to 6 weeks long or longer depending on the individual. Worst moments, um.... bad drivers.
@@DaleLClay Thank you so much Dale. A recruiter contacted me today. I have no interest in doing regional or working at the doc so I declined at this time. Again, I appreciate you. Stay safe and I'll keep up with your video's. I hope to see more. Thanks
I was regional. Just means you tend not to travel west of Kansas, but end up all over everything east of there. What are you looking to do?
I worked at a facility that had a drywall cornerbead manufacturing line and we got spools these in all the time. Still makes me nervous when I see full loads of these running on the highway......people dont get how insanely heavy they are.
My guess, from many years experience, is that the coil(s) weigh close on 20 tons the reason he has only one set on and they are loaded in the centre of the trailer.
I would've added one more chain holding it toward the rear of the trailer. I've hauled them suicide as well as shotgun and have never once had a problem. I don't understand what you're talking about when you say Suicide steel coil nightmare. It's just another day and another dollar from what I can see. You want a pain in the rear to secure, try hauling a load of slinkies...
you got that right about the slinkies!! hate those things...
Several commenters asked why the coils aren't set on end.
Then in a crash the coil(s) won't roll forward and crush the truck cab.
A trucker buddy told me that flat bed truckers have a death wish.
He has a flat bed endorsement on his CDL.
The coils are set cross ways because it's simpler to chain it down. If it was turned 90° it would be more stable as in a crash the forces are more likely longitudinal rather than sideways.
The only endorsements on a Class 'A' CDL are: Tanks, Doubles-Triples, Hazmat, & Passenger.
This might be a stupid question, why load it vertically and not horizontally?
The way of product gets loaded often depends on how the customer can unload it.
Looking at the front left outside trailer dualie tire and how badly the outside is cupped I'm amazed it didn't blow.
yeah... that stood-out like a sore thumb !!
this is dangerous you have to complete the Figure 8 holding the top from shifting from right to left if you only have one side then the load can shift to the other. one of these coils just heavy enough to smush a four-wheeler like a pancake. and it has happened. the driver should have never left without completing the figure eight securing the top of those coils.
Kelvin Boyd yes sir. Combine 2 chains if you have to, so the figure 8 is complete.
Kelvin Boyd i
One chain pulling the top one way? Not good! Looks like you could have used a short ratchet on that loose hook then down to the side.
Show me in the FMCSR where that top chain is even necessary. 393.120 covers coils, but you won't find it there. Go ahead, show me.
Or you can do 2 chains to binders. I won the driver side go over the top of the coil and through the eye and hook to the chain at the edge of the eye of the coil. Same on the passenger side. Works good with short chains
The other drivers see you talking to
yourself and think you are INSANE.
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Dude! Connect 2 chains together to make the figure 8 securement. I wouldn't go posting a video of an improperly secured load that you've transported all the way across Arkansas.
Right....I live in Arkansas and now I know to stay the hell away from Maverick trucks hauling coils. 😓
john public instead of using a figure 8 you can also X strap it
"Attaching tiedowns diagonally through the eye of a coil to form an X-pattern when viewed from above the vehicle is prohibited. (Section 3.3.3.2)"
www.fmcsa.dot.gov/regulations/cargo-securement/drivers-handbook-cargo-securement-chapter-5-metal-coils
Why didn't you spread those chains apart further? If I eyeballed it correctly, the chain going to the back is about 50° from horizontal, so if you had to break hard, the tension on the chain would be about 1.55 times the force pointing forward. If you reduced the angle to 30°, it would be just 1.15 times.
Good question for Maverick, they train all new drivers this method at the time I was there.
Haha, as soon as I heard that horn going off I knew it was a Cascadia with the parking brake off and the door opened 🤣
msmith5150 People used to think I was honking at them lol. 😂
I worked at Freightliner (now, Daimler Trucks North America). Great company to work for.
Thats a great idea. Life saving. A guy driving a maxi load of lumber 105Klbs gross at 7 feathers in Oregon forgot to set his brakes on a slight decline. He walked all the way into the truckstop and sat down to eat. Meanwhile his truck rolled into another tractor. Thankfully no one was hurt. A driver went in the restaurant and found the guy. I walked buy the wreck and heard the guy say I swore I set the brake. The DOT cop climbed up in the cab and pulled the valves pshhhhhhh. Felt bad for the guy.
It's hotrolled black. Doesn't make a difference if it gets wet. Also it's an 8 cut standup. We used to ship coils like that all the time. Put 4 of them on a 5-axle. That's a chaining nightmare.
Your chains are wrong how they are connected ti the trailer. You go around a spool, then up through the center of the pocket and hook your chains. Thats incorrect. You would go around the spool that all the way around to the far side of the pocket so that you are oulling on the entire pocket, not just half of it. Also, you never hook more than 1 chain to each pocket. If you rip a pocket out you now have 2 lose chains. Spread your chains out farther to get onto other pockets. If Maverick is telling you to hook those chains the way you have them, then their safety director needs a new job.
Where did you find your information. Double check your dot book.
@@anselmo910 that's per dot regs. You need to go read the load securment dot regs.
Doesn't really matter.
Under a hard braking condition all the chains would snap like plastic zip ties.
You better steer around any emergency, not brake for it, or you are likely . . . dead..
@@thetowndrunk988
I was not talking about what is regulation or not not even what is legal or not.
I'm talking about the actuality of what will happen with it secured like 3:03
and you lock up the wheels.
2Truth4Liberty you watch too many movies.
Back in the 80's we use to haul coils out of the mill every day. Almost all suicide, and always heavy. 100,000 gross on 5 axles was more or less normal. There were a couple guys doing "Back gate loads" with Autocars and modified trailers going out the back well over 150,000. They only traveled a couple miles down the public roads though. I guess now they would never get away with that
I have seen, many years ago what you call " back gate loads". On 8 axle trailer people taking out 5 big nuggets, around 250k.
I once hauled a huge cable roll on wood on a pup trailer, with no good way to secure it, man, I was nervous the whole way to AMTRAK, thank god it wasn’t that far, had wood placed underneath the reel, this and that no way to properly secure it with a load bar, that was crazy I almost refused the load and I was damn glad to get that behemoth off my back!!!!😥
i did flatbed and went to intermodai , i didnt like the extra stress of the load securement , i know some guys love it but i didnt , the secret to trucking is find what u like
Very true, go with what fits your style. Except dry van, they have no style. 😀
@@DaleLClay intermodal is fun because the railyards are kind of exciting , its regional so to me its like miniature OTR
Why would they not lay each slit coil on its side and pack it on a pallet? This does not look like a safe load to me. I am in the steel fabricating business...have been for 31 years. I have between 200-300 coils on my floor at any time and I have never had a load of slit coil delivered like this. What is the advantage?
Yeah, we would not order mults like that. Each would be palleted if under 12". We used to get some 2 coil mults that totaled about 50 inches that were banded together. Those were fine in our case since our C hooks can handle 65" widths.
Exactly right. That's very heavy gauge steel too. I would be very reluctant to accept delivery of this material in this fashion.
It's probably what the customer requested. Many companies don't have fork lift trucks or aren't set up to unload skidded coils.
METALITHrevetments it's the size Vs laying it on a pallet. If it could be seated on an wooden pallet then it would be over dimensional load. OverSize besides the weight of it would crush a pallet during delivery. Would not recommend. You have been in the steel and aluminum business? You should know what these size coils are used for. Looks like this guy is hauling aluminum coils 1/16th of an inch thick. Factorys that purchase these, put them on an machine wheel. Run it through a conveyor and cutting machine. And make products as simple as fence pipe. Or railing. Even floorboards for cars. Toolboxes etc.
I had to haul one of these in shotgun formation. I was not happy about it and requested to be loaded suicide. But the factory workers insisted only shotgun formation.
I would have used an x pattern on the bottom with a center then x the top with straps and strap potectors. But ..thats just me . Your way looks real good.
X pattern - please explain. Maybe you mean crossovers ??? But there are problems with getting crossover chains tight. Straps are not a good idea on raw steel - on a long haul they will cut through. Once a strap starts to chafe as we call it then it loses its reliability.
I thought you couldn't use an x pattern on a suicide coil but only if it's loaded with the eye to the front?
Wow. When I was driving Flatbed, I never, thankfully got a drop and hook coil load. Always loaded when I was present and always Shotgun. Though Suicide is easier to chain ; ). What killed me was almost every coil, I was told to tarp it. Then I'd deliver it to yards with thousands of rolls out in the open, rusty, and I'd untarp the damn'd thing, and they'd put it outside with all the other rusty coils. 0_o. And they're a bitch to tarp too. I think the CO I drove for only paid like $15 to tarp and it was not worth it.
Yeah...had lots of those loads too. When I asked what the point was of tarping them, they'd say it was to keep any "Road Film" off of them...and it didn't matter if they got rusty sitting in their yard. They also said the customer pays to have them "Gift Wrapped". The Company also collects a few hundred for tarping, while the Driver who does all the hard work gets paid a pittance...see how that works? Slavery on 18 Wheels!
that could also be to keep the DOT away. they love it when you don't have coils secured correctly right out in plain view. at least the tarp makes them do their job.
lol
I haul steel coils and I would never anchor two chains on one stake pocket as most are rated at 5500 lbs. Unless my eyes were playing tricks on me.
A little over 48,000 would be my guess. We get shotgun slitted coils out of Houston, Tx and those are a pain.
jason escobar And Railroads load 3-4 of these on coil cars designed for gross weight of 240,000 lbs including weight of a steel cover.!
jason escobar over on federal rd?
348frank348 yes sir. Those are lots of fun lol
Maverick says 1 rack per coil min regardless of weight, it’s rare to have more slits that weight. But we only do 8k per rack so.
Guy I know will haul two coils on back roads if he's hard up for money.
As a cargo adjuster I've seen loads rejected because the steel coils had water intrusion that caused corrosion. It's hard to believe that coil did not need to be tarped. If I was the driver, I would have gotten written confirmation that no tarp was needed, CYA.
yeah, that is a covered trailer.
This was super important and extremely informational! I use this in my everyday life! This is something we should all care about! I'm so glad you wasted your time making this video so that we can all see this! This is a must-see!
Amazed that the coil was untarped. 😮. Not sure what advantages there are to an untarped load apart from saving a bit of hassel.
Money
This load is not legally secured.
Flatbed driver:
1 chain can hold down 4700- 5000 pounds .
If your coil weighs 40.000 your gonna need 8 chains threw that coil.
It all depends on the weight of your coil . The weight is on the paperwork and go from there.
You still have to be sweet when transporting these coils no matter what.
cool stuff dalethankyou for sharing
I live in canada and that's all I haul . Never had one not tarped. Nice job with the tie down,real professional. You can come work for me anytime, if you can stand Canadian winters.
If it's above 25K lbs you need 3 chains pulling to the back and 2 pulling forward. I hauled coils for 25 years. Under 25K 2 back 1 forward.
lawrence henry general rule 1 chain per 10k so if 45k use 5 chains at least.
Yes, I was thinking the same thing. Here you see one chain holding forward, one chain pulling back, a center chain doing nothing, and a top chain just for looks.
That coil needs 10 chains to be legal where I'm from. 3/8 chain is rated for 6000 lbs but the binders are rated for 5200 lbs. 10 chains x 5200 = 52000
lawrence henry closer to 50k. We unload those here at the company i work at.
Also u have to have the same amount of pull on both side so if u nd three on back u nd three on front that's in the hand book
Take it up to 70 and jack on the brakes ! Be sure you are playing James Taylors Steam roller blues before you do it .
Scott Odonahoe I drove for Maverick and if done correctly, this securement would survive a roll over (side) used to blare music through big cities all the time lol
I'm only at 3:30 minutes into the video and I already see how f'ing lucky I was when I hauled a 43,000 pound coil. My employer had 5/16ths inch chains, only 7 of them. I knew they were only good for 5k pounds each, so I used 8 of the wide straps. When I got to where I was going, because I didn't know how to use the braces, and had used only two, the 4x4 was ruined.
Great video.
I used all the chains, and the 8 straps...
I want to see a rig like this in a 65 mph crash test.
All trucks are toast no matter what they are carrying when you go from 65mph to 0mph instantly.
I absolutely agree Dale. My thought was about where the roll of steel went. 46,000 pounds of steel rolling toward your car at 60 mph is a scary thought.
Go 55 and laugh at the trucks stuck behind you.
Where are your panic stop chains? Coil(s) that heavy should have at least two.
The only suggestion I would have is using big lumber and big coil racks. Anything coil that size using small lumber and small coil racks can have your coil touching the trailer floor leaving it to move slightly and causing the chains to loosen. Other then that looks good. Great video and info thank you.
No matter how many good drivers go thru Maverick we all find something better 🙌
Who ever taught you how to chain didn’t teach you the proper way . The chain goes over the pocket then under and hooks the pocket. That keeps the chain from sawing the chain or the trailer . Chain is not supposed to be wrapped around a rub rail spacer that’s all it is is a spacer to keep forklift Fred from crushing the rub rail . Chains should not be hooked on the rub rail with a load bearing chain .The trailer manufacturers will gladly give you proper securement procedure. I pulled heavy equipment for 20 years so yes I do know what I’m talking about.
Yep, rub rail has no WLL
TNVolFisher well said. That guys who called the spool a rubrail is obviously a steering wheel holder. And chain hook to chain is the way to do it. Mavericks safety department must should rethink hooking to a pocket. I would bust every pocket on my trailer from hooking this way.
its a slit coils, and are really dangerous to load and unload due to the fact they aren't banded tightly together. used to carry those a lot .
Dale the next time you are repairing your tarps can you film it and please show us
+dennis thorn I will try
that will be a great video
I worked for Boyd bros for 7 years had a friend that had to brake hard. 7 chains broke and it rolled forward and killed him in the cab. I don’t agree with how you got that secured. You need steel coil racks to form a more secure nest. What you be done without the racks for the next is a no no!!!
Jerry Mcfaddin he’s got like 800 steel coil racks under the coil, did you kiss that bro!?!?
YOU my friend are LUCKY to be alive. You should have rubber mats on the deck. two pieces large dunnage layed crosswise to the size of the coil then another mat across both of the dunages. when you chain a coil, ANY coil Lay your chains as to what you think it might do in a hard braking and maneuvering. COMMONLY this means crossing 2 chains thru the middle of the doughnut. so that an overhead view would show a cross .first chain is attached through the first pocket affore of the coil, drivers side.the other end is attached through the first pocket aft of the coil, passenger side do NOT yet fully tighten . the opposite for the other chain. DO NOT let the chain "twist" It put the links in a bind and greatly reduces their strength. Oh, you ARE using edge protection right??? As for the other 2 chains attach them in a "U" style through the coil. attach 1 end to the rear of the trailer right corner stake pockets. Other end left corner stake pockets. And tighten the living bleep out of it. Do the same through and way out front of the coil. DO NOT USE BUMP RAIL!! ALWAYS through stake pockets.Tighten that one till it pulls against the aft line. Now tighten the center lines. At this time I personally put a put a chain or 8 inch ratchet strap over the top with double protection strips. Cleat to center rear pocket and a cleat close to where the other chains are affore the coil center deck. EVERYTIME you stop, get
out and check chain tightness .
you can haul my loads any time, nicely explained.
Mr. Hazel, I would take you up on that in a heartbeat....if they hadn't retired me forcefully after 25 years OTR, OTR/Trainer for medical reasons. They took my CDL AND my truck in Houston and shipped us both home to Florida. Now Bonnies parked in the barn and I'm parked in a wheelchair. No pedals no wheel no stick.... Just a remote for the picture box and a keyboard for the brain box.... 25 years, no incidents, no accidents, no tickets of ANY kind... not even in Ohio. Have a good and safe day Mr. Hazel a may God Bless you and yours. I'm out...TOOT TOOT!!
Perfect, thats to regulation and the safest way to do it.
its illegal to cross chains on suicide
And you have been driving coils how long??? It is NOT illegal to cross chains. The way I explained it is to FMCSA codes. It IS illegal to "wrap" chains, Or to twist two chains together. Unlike wire rope(cable), twisting chain actually weakens its load handling capacity and puts the chain at risk of snapping a link or two.
I ran OTR for a full year and I would be surprised too to see an untarped coil in my briefing. Noticed your chain protectors don't have padding against the coil which would make securing that coil simpler.