Hauling steel coils

Don't forget the load locks.

 

Hey I have a load lock in my covered wagon! Comes in handy when I haul onions.

 

Here's what happens if they aren't chained down properly

Truck Driver Killed As He Pays Road Toll CCTV - YouTube

 

Thanks for the replies about the X chain. Like I said, it's been a long time since I did the skateboards.

That video is exactly what happens if the rear chain breaks on a horseshoe. Once one coil starts moving, you aren't going to stop it. I guess since you can't X chain, if I were still running coils, I'd throw a couple of straight chains through the eye. Horseshoes only? I may be crazy, but I'm not stupid. That's dangerous no matter how you look at it.

 

WTF? No chains? We use heavy chains front, back and cross. We block and use 5/8 chains.

Our worst fear has been Oregon flooring and oddly enough, oilfield cedar.

We had to use a telephone pole in Utah to shift a load of Oregon flooring. The pallets were coming apart. I called the agent and complained. If we take another load, the agent will think I'm nuts for asking how the pallets are built.

Oilfield cedar ships in saran wrap and it wiggles everywhere. It requires new straps and more straps, as the plastic wears off. We had a deer jump into our truck, on one load. Ruined our grill, shifted the load, we had to buy more straps and shift the load, back. We had appropriate straps for the listed weight. We double strapped that load, plus some. We will never take a load like that, again.

I'd rather haul coils, than "lighter loads".

 

I agree, we hauled lumber forever and no matter how many straps you put on it can still move. Especially southern yellow pine, you hit the brakes and the units aren't wrapped they WILL telescope into each other which makes them fun to unload.

We hauled cedar and redwood for about 15yrs and you have to secure it but you can't damage it. After a while you would just lightly tighten the straps, roll the conestoga shut then crank the hell out of the straps. The tarp would help muffle the cracking.

 

Bad Attitude I agree with you but most times you have 3 or more chains anyways so you have one pulling straight down in the middle. Some companies have a 3 chain min rule because of that but I'm not using 3 chains on a 6,000lb pup coil. 2 is bad enough. Back in the day we did a lot of pup coils and it was common to put the front and rear coils in a rack with 2 chains and set the others on the floors with 1 chain pulling toward the coils in the racks. That's probably highly illegal nowadays.

Jfaulk That's a pet peeve of mine also. In Ontario they've decided that for skidded coils over 5,000lbs you need 3 chains over the skid plus a trip chain(block) front and back and a friction mat. If they aren't tight together you are supposed to do that for each skid. If they are tight it may or may not be alright to have a single chain over the middle skids as long as the front and back 3 chains, friction mat and blocks. Apparently they want to sell more chains

 

This is some great information for someone such as myself as I hauled 3 loads of coils, but is has been 10 years since doing that, and if I get back into FB I will check this out as well.

 

What you are ideally shooting for is for the chains to pull the coil down into the cradle not for half to pull rear and half to pull front.

You want to keep the chains as close to the center as possible.

 

Which regulation specifically calls for 4 chains regardless of weight?