question about flatbeds and steel coils

Oh without a doubt a deep well coil trailer is the best but even most of the big companies that used them have gone away from them. Too specialized, too heavy and expensive. And Thru-Way is the only company I know of that still makes them. Wabash used to make them but they stopped a long time ago.

 

Ya, I can see where a regular skateboard would be a lot more versatile. It's too bad, they look like they saved you guys a lot of work! And with the rolltop, saved a lot more work, even with the coil bags.

Now I heard the terms suicide and shotgun. I assume shotgun would be with the coil open ends facing fore and aft? And suicide rotated 90 degrees?

 

When you haul coils just make sure you have the right amount of good chains on them. So you don't end up like this.

 

That there is what you call a baaaad day!

 

Ya, no doubt!! I wonder how much seat had to be removed from that driver!!

I take it that's the suicide method right there, in more than one way!

 

This is how i strap them down. This is a 40000# Coil Pulled out of US Steel Great Lakes in Ecorse, MI.
I was taught to think of the chains holding 8000# each even if rated at 10000# each.
So this coil would have taken 4 chains i put 7 on it better to be safe then sorry it only takes a couple of minutes to do.

 

I like the idea of better safe than sorry . . . or to quote my Boy Scout's 'Be Prepared'

 

I know right where you came out of there. The way you have those chains outside of the cribbing. Is that to keep it close to the coils, or are they held there by the triangular pieces on what I think are called racks?

 

I wonder just how he explained this to the safety dept

 

The chains are on the outside of the 4x4 dunnage for 2 reasons. 1st to keep the 4x4's tight up to the coil. 2nd to keep the chains spread apart so the dont have room to slide on the coil.

Ya try telling the owner of the truck about it. What are you going to say i was goin to fast or i was not paying attention.