COILS: Chains+straps or just chains?

If your hauling coils less than 10k lbs suicide is a pair of 3/8" chains horseshoe style sufficient?

 

You're fine with that. We used to load those smaller coils tight together,put 2 chains on the front coil , 2 on the back coil and anything in between use just 1 chain. Not sure but i think the man frowns on the single chain approach in todays world.

 

Just don't be this guy.... :smt009:

That had to make a noise..

 

I had an argument with another roehl driver about this the other day. He told me suicide its a minimum of 3 chains, I told him on coils under 10k I only use two 3/8's chains. He told me to look it up in the book, so I did. It said on a suicide style coil, its at least two pieces of securement and one of those is required to be a chain. So that's what I do. I just hauled a 5k lbs coil today and delivered it. Only used two 3/8's chains with ratchet binders. The back chain I make more of an angle toward the back and the front one I do more of a downward angle to help with keeping it from shifting forward and up. But it also helps to keep it from going back. So id say your fine.

Yeah I did the same thing, only id use two chains on each one in the middle if the coil weighs over 8k. But under 8k id do the two in the front and back and one in the center coils. I'm sure you'd be OK since the book says it's fine.

When I haul coils over 10k shotgun style, I use a minimum of 4 chains in combo with straps. Although it does depend on certain things. Like one day I had an 18k coil and only used two chains and 3 straps. For me it depends on the situation I guess.


Ethan

 

The way you did you coil is exactly what I do to mine. Big coils I always load shotgun that way I can do 4 chains and 4 straps.

Ethan

 

CANT TELL YOU HOW MANY TIMES I HV BEEN IN GHENT KY..securing COILS,AND SEE THESES GUYS WHO HAVE NO CLUE HOW TO SECURE A LOAD..AND WHEN YOU TRY TO EXPLANE TO SOME OF THESE YOUNG GUYS THEY JUST LOOK AT YOU LIKE A DEER IN THE HEAD LIGHTS..WOW THEY GIVE ALL FLATBEDERS BOOKS..AND ASK THE VETS..IF A OLDER GUY SEE,S YOU GV A SH**..THEY WILL EXPLANE IN GREAT DETAIL...I ALWAYS ALWAYS OVER SECURE EVERY THING..& IM QUIK AT IT TOO...TARPING. LOL IS ANOTHER STORY..LOL....KEEP SAFE

 

Is that place still known as ISG? I remember it being a mud hole most the time.