Beveled lumber for coils

Don't know if you've seen this or not but here you go they sell it prebeveled. Might help a little bit. I'm not a coil hauler but I have seen pine used under coils before and after the coil comes off bout the only thing the dunnage was good for was making tooth picks. You can dent pine with your fingernail so using hardwood would be better for sure. Hickory if you can find any is probably the best I've seen oak used as well however by the time you pay the premium at a lumber yard for hard wood might wanna take a look into tarp stops prebeveled if it'll work for you. I know I paid $8/4x4 at my local lumber yard and that was for pine. Treated pine but still pine none the less.

http://tarpstop.com/accessories.php

 

Racks are rated for 10K so use a minimum of 5 for a 50K coil for example.

 

I had trouble with those racks that lean your lumber for you causing my lumber to get broken or cracked so i bought some already bevelled lumber and used regular coil racks with alot more success, i personally always put atleast 3 racks under a coil, more for those bigger singles.

 

I have never hauled coils, but I know there are a couple different size racks , how do ya know which to use? just come with experience or is there a rule of thumb?

 

I always used oak and cut it at 35 degrees

 

I use oak,don't haul coils much any more only carry 2 sets of racks to make sure of it but my timbers for them are 4 foot 4x4 with about 30- 35 degree angle.

 

Everyone needs a friend with a sawmill!

If I knew there was a market for them I would make a bunch of them.

 

That's correct they also need to be under the coil. I can't tell you how many times I've loaded somewhere and seen a driver load a 36" wide coil on his 48" wide beveled timbers and he has his coil racks at the outer ends of the timbers. That timber is holding the full weight of the coil, that's putting alot of faith in a 4x4.