Load Securement Question
Discussion in 'Flatbed Trucking Forum' started by HauntedSchizo19, Feb 21, 2014.
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Oh, and drive any coil load like it's a liquid tanker loaded with gasoline that if you roll it, it's gonna go BOOM and blow you to kingdom come so extra, extra slow in the curves. Take a Hazmat tanker type attitude with coils. They ain't nothing to mess around with. They seem to WANT to roll the rig. YOU have to be the one to know that and back her way down BEFORE any curve. You gotta have a whole different attitude about inertia and physics dynamics with coil loads. That whole multiple physics dynamics of braking in a curve REALLY comes into play with coil loads. There was a reason some states had a coil endorsement and it wasn't to generate an extra $8 in revenue from a very small driving population. Think about it. You can't fear the coils, but the minute you get complacent, a little slack and lose respect for them you'll be in a world $#!+.Last edited: Feb 22, 2014
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I also don't know how to drive a loaded tanker with gasoline but again, I get the gist of what you're saying: COILS ARE DANGEROUS! I like the terms you put it in, so you get a feeling of just how dangerous they are!
Thanks for all of the help towards the safety-mindness of load securement, I'll most certainly need it!Alaska76 Thanks this. -
just remember you go by the lowest will ratiing if the chain is 6600 lbs and the binder is 7000 lbs you have to go with the lowest will rating as that is the weakest point.
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