Comedy writes itself

Game Over ..... Rollin' Steel

 

Rollin' Steel?

I win! Lol

 

I'm going with Rollin Steel. 1 truck, 2 drivers.

 

That is true. if the RR is rated for 6500 and a spool is 2400 would that delimit the rating of the rubrail everywhere there is a spool assuming you were tying to tie down at every spool.

And if you were tying down at every spool length where spools were rated at 2400, would't it be better to tie to the RR rated at 6500? even if it could be "less than advertised"?

Maybe a better question for the manufacturer.

 

But...but...they're better than ordinary landscape timbers because they've got straps over them!

 

Utility flatbed trailers have a note stamped in the aluminum that they are rated 6500 only if there is at least 2 feet between securement devices.

Also, since I feel like going in depth on criticizing the securement of this load, I think he should have at least one and probably two or three more coil racks under those deluxe landscape timbers or they will surely break if he slams on his brakes (even though they do have straps over them ).

 

McArthur Transport?

I lost have a day last week from lost coils blocking the interstate. You can never put too many chains on a coil.

 

The regs require at least one preventing forward motion and one preventing rearward motion. And the straps on those landscape timbers aren't a bad idea -- the landscape timbers are. You want hardwood boards with no defects. See §393.120(c) for the gory details. (Page 514 in my version of the green book, revised March 2018.)

Edit: The regs don't specify hardwood over pine, but it's still always dumb to use landscape timbers under coils. They're too #### soft and they break easy.

 

The back of that cab has taken a major wallop.
It's caved in

 

Yes, but the ones in the middle can prevent both forward and rearward motion. It's the whole idea behind indirect securement with the bonus of coil racks/blocking. A tiedown pulling to the rear is only good for preventing forward motion, it won't help "much" to revent the coil from climbing over the coil timber, or sliding off the side. Once the coil starts to move over the coil rack how well can the tiedown stop it? Just do more to make sure it dosn't get to that point?