I've hauled 'em hundreds of times

You think plate is a pain you should try hauling greasy bars once....that a whole different thing!

 

Can you explain loading suicide please. Also correct me if I'm wrong but shouldn't a coil load go something like: 1 crossed in the front and 1 crossed in the back with 1 strap or two chains connecting the tops?

Hunter

 

This is suicide loading. the eyes face outward.



This is shotgun.

 

That is what I do. That is called a bra front and back.

 

Uhh... yeah... about that...




There was one time I got lazy and was hauling... I think it was 2" barstock out of somewhere in OH. This stuff was heavily oiled. The loader asked me if I wanted to build a bulkhead and I said, "No, it should ride just fine", which it did, right up to the point some idiot decided to slam on his brakes in front of me. I, of course, followed suit and felt a thump at the back of the cab. I instantly knew what had happened. I knew what happened because I knew better than to ever leave that facility without building a bulkhead in front of that stuff. Anyhow, long story short, after a wrecker visit to winch the stuff back onto the trailer, I made it the 20 miles (yes, that's all the further away I was) to our yard in Gary, IN, where I used our forklift to straighten up the load and humbly mosey on to California with it.

Maybe someday I'll post a pic or two of that particular incident... maybe.

 

I always hated coils and I've hauled a lot of them. Just never felt safe with them and was super cautious whenever they were on my trailer.

 

Come on and post a pic.. haha I've shared enough bonehead stories to make everyone think I were a JB student reject.. (no offence JB guys). And then the pictures of me driving the steer wheel off the little 379.. Haha I swallowed my pride with this stuff long ago. Now I just learn new stuff everyday and if something goes wrong its just part of the learning process. The day I say I've learned it all will be the day I start all my stories with "This ain't no ****"