Shut Down at the Scale...44,000 on my spread

i still say,

drop trailer
loosen load.
back tractor to rear of trailer
put dunnage against all rolls.
put rear tractor against dunnage.
????
profit!

 

well at least ya know how to load that step next time

 

how dang far did ya load em behind the step?

 

He didnt, picture shows them several feet up from the rear.
Id opt for the loosen chain and spike the brake method, using dunnage as a stop.
Perhaps a bit rube goldberg, but you could also run a chain from one side tie point 5 or so feet forward of the rear of the load, around some dunnage blocked up against the back of the billets and around forward again to your tractor which is parked alongside the trailer. Pull forward using the chain as a sliding sling.
Problem with that is that you have to brace your dunnage up high enough to center it on the billets.
Its also going to chew the corners of the dunnage good, and be hard to start sliding unless you have some steel corner caps.

 

I give you credit for admitting to it and not making any silly excuses.

 

I'd still have tried to slide them using the brakes first. I'm cheap like that.

 

The scale was open the whole time you were there?