Rather odd

Suicide too...he's lucky to be alive. He has two things going against him.

1. He's stupid.
2. He's a coward.

Stupid for leaving the shipper. Coward for not telling whomever that told him not to use chain to Goeth Intercourse Thyself.

 

Loading coils suicide is not fun to start with. Unless my paperwork said no chains, I would be padding the heck out of the chains and making sure they aren't going anywhere.. Lucky for him they didn't roll forward all the way to the front..
How did they reset them if no chains allowed

 

He should have put that tarp in front of the coil to stop it from rolling forward and #profit

 

Could be

1 - Rookie
2 - Terrified of losing job/load/revenue.

Either way, I'd have refused the load if I couldn't chain with rubber edge corner protection.

Granted, I haven't loaded coils before - there's other freight out there that terrifies me less - like mulch - sigh.

 

No chains on a coil? I call bull. The shipper could be reported to the FMSCA couldn't they? Aren't chains mandatory on coils regardless of material?

Drivers these days being afraid to say no is making the roads incredibly unsafe.

 

Actually, most of the aluminum coils are sleeved so you can use chains. But, there are some, that won't let you use chains, straps only! Pretty stupid if you ask me, and I run F/B. Hell, there's one place we go that won't even let you use bungee's on the front/back of tarp, ropes only. Fortunately, most of the aluminum is getting palletized now so its easier to deal with. Suicide coils are the most dangerous thing we haul, and they will kill you. I agree with OP you need to be anal about coils.

 

Vertical coils, the shippers do not allow chains. Alcoa, Wise Metals in Muscle Shoal, AL, etc. But when I have hauled coils shotgun, there were no limitations on chains.

 

I did a pair of aluminum coils,.. they had a metal liner in the center and a thin tin like sleeve wrapped around the outside. I chained them pllus I put my cheapo plastic edge protectors just in case the liner dinged up. I tend to over torq the you know what when I lock down coils.

Unless they were eye to the sky,. no way I would not have used chains.

That guy should play the lottery. He's lucky to be alive.

Hurst