Hauling steel coils on a dry van

Hope your hauling them IN a a dryvan , not ON a dryvan.

Is it a wooden floor trailer , is there any tye downs in it ?

 

How are they loaded? And how high, how heavy, so on and so forth?

I hauled baby coil in a van once. Weren't more than 18" high, set on a pallet. Threw a few straps across, nailed some blocking down on all sides (should tell you how long ago this was), and took off. Load didn't move a millimeter until the forklift took it off the trailer, either.

 

Weren't more than 18' high Should this not be 18" , I would hate to see the VAN trailer that took the 18' version.

 

Whoops! Forgot to hit an extra button when I typed that. An 18 foot high coil sure would look funny going down the road in a 13 foot 6 inch trailer, huh?

 

Yes...

 

It helps if it is an inside frame trailer. Cradle w/ dunnage and tie down w/ sidewall d rings. Oh yeah and good luckw/ that load driver. Run it cool.

 

It might be flat on a pallet. I would hope so if you don't have the right equipment for a standing coil which I would guess you don't. What's the weight?

 

I used to haul a lot of >8klb coils on their side on laying aluminum pallets IN a dry van. If that's the case the shipper would nail wood blocks to the floor to keep the pallets in place. And their would be 6 of them down the middle of the floor. Just make sure the coils are strapped to the pallets good. Watch you speed on corners because the edge of the coil can cut the steel bands and then you have a lose coil sliding around in the back and that's never good

 

Most places I go have rules saying "no unsecured vans" in the shipping notes. So with them you must have chain ties or D rings. Other places don't care which is scary considering how weak a van is, especially the sidewalls.