Securing shotgun coils

You secure by weight, so your going to put more chains on a 40k coil than a 10 k coil, personally on a 10k coil I would just throw a horseshoe chain on each side and hit the road, its your choice to do all of that extra work.

 

Because you're working for a fleet they have lowered the training standard so that no matter how inept a driver is IF you do the same thing over and over again eventually even the dumbest will get it. By saying that ALL shotgun coils will be secured a certain way they have left ZERO interpretation for the driver and they treat all drivers as mental midgets.

 

Chain over the top? What? They want you to throw a chain and it may come over and take an eye or a jaw out? I find 2-4 straps over the top are just enough.

 

Unfortunately enforcement of the load securement regs is not a priority with law enforcement. Look @ some of the crap on trailers>you will shake your head in amazement that it even makes it across town let alone on the Interstate. One of my favourites is the guys that haul steel beams in particular. Do these mental midgets know that when they jump on the brakes those beams are coming through the headboard and back of the bunk @ them. No one belly wraps any more>is it even taught any more?

 

i do the crossing chains in the eye, and one over the top, then after i tarp sometimes i put another on, we have some bad tarps and that helps keep them together usually maybe 13000 pound coils, so two chains and two straps over the top, and supposed to use our heavier chains

 

I do this for all shot guns. 2 horseshoe, and 4 X. 2-4 straps over. Gone across and pulled out back on ALL NC SCALES having it looked at, not a problem.