Standing Coil - wet on bottom

some places make you put plastic down before they set the coil on the put a plastic bag over the coil before tarping

 

was the bottom of the coil all the way down on the deck

 

The tarp at the front of the trailer, fold it up. The folded part should be wider than the coil. Use your bungees and cross stitch at the sides. Strap the folded part down as tightly as you can. I dont see how the bottom of the coil got wet if he had the coil sitting on the racks with dunnage. Also, some shipper ship the coils in oil.

 

well i dont know about the condensation i've never had a problem but that doesnt mean it cant happen. i have a covered wagon so i dont put plastic on th bottom unless the mill makes me but if its raining or wet i always put a plastic bag over the coil

 

My fsther taught me a trick he always used, and signed all his "Rusty" even if it was a brand new coil with no rust. Most places won;t allow this, so he would sign them "Rusty Gordon" (my last name) and the shippers never asked..... and he never had an issue at a reciever. I've done this twice with both coils I hauled.

To clarify, he worked for a horrible flatbed company back in the 70's and they had covered wagons that has skylight size holes in the tarps and other things. He hated that place, but it's where he got his start. He's now much happier driving for Wal-Mart lol

 

I use coil bags but if there's any chance of rain and some exposure at the bottom i have a 16" wide strip of tarp material (liberated from Tri City canvas' dumpster) I added some grommets to that I wrap completely around the bottom under the coil bag.

My coil sat in the rain from the 22nd through the drive to the consignee on the 26th. It was dry.

 

Place a 4by 4 on front and rear of TARP that is touching the deck and strap them tight on top of TARP. Will seal it to the deck that how I do it, quick and easy, plus helps keep the TARP tight. And for future reference, if steel gets a little wet and discolored, if u look at it b4 you get to receiver wd40 and a rag will make it look new.

 

I have allways done what SHC has said. I allways add to the bol loaded with signs of rust or loaded out in the weather and take a pic. Have had a reciever try and blame me for surface rust untill i pointed out on the bol it was loaded in the rain outside. I would have to say it was not tarped to good for water to acually get to the coil or it was allready wet when loaded. I have run in some real bad rain and wind storms and have nevre seen or had water get to the coil. The deck of the trailer near the coil from water running under the tarp but never up on the coil.