Wire rod coils shotgun securement

Picked up a load like that because they unload it from a standard dock. It was supposed to go in a van but someone slipped up and ordered flats...

I wish there was a van getting loaded so I could look at how they secured it. Maybe not knowing is better.

 

Build a bullhead with your long lumber at rhe front. Racks under the first and last, although most shippers will have lumber to rack all of them (recommended). Do the short lumber at a 45 degree angle inside the first and last (leaving enough lumber out to wrap a strap around and pull the tops in towards center). Strap over as according to FMCSA regs, tarp, and boogie!

Pulled quite a few 'slinky' loads, I got that stuff down!

Just be ready to stop frequently to tighten straps. Slinkies settle fast and everything loosens in a hurry.

 

It's surrounded by rotted plywood and thin aluminum. They don't feel the need to secure it.

 

Oh that's nasty. Was that the way the coil was or did it shift?

 

So why did they have to load them shotgun? I don't think I'd ever want to haul them like that.

 

Shotgun slinky loads are not that uncommon.
Used to do them all the time. mostly going to places that make automotive parts. Dock unload with forklift.

 

That makes sense then. Still stinks.

 

They're not much fun suicide either. They can lean to the side also. At least shotgun they're not hanging over the side of the trailer! Lol l know guys that double stack them suicide all the time. I'll leave those loads to them. Too many straps for me!