This is why you put more than 2 chains on a coil

If the coils coming off the trailer caused this accident, I would say your post was warranted. But it looks to me as if the coils came off the trailer because of the accident and your post points to the flatbed driver as doing shoddy work. You can’t tell if the securement was damaged by the collision, can you?

 

I was once told secure your load well Enough that God himself can pick your truck up turn it upside down and shake it all to hell... And the load would remain on the trailer.

 

I wanted to ask the same question but just seemed pointless.

 

"Granted I don't know the circumstances" translated to plain English is "I have no idea what happened, so I am going to guess"

 

An object in motion stays in motion unless acted upon by an opposing force. A 50,000# coil on a truck doing 65 mph has the equivalent of over 7,000,000# of energy built up, and if that truck comes to an abrupt stop (as in it hits an immovable object), THAT is the amount of force the chains have to withstand in order to stop that coil and keep it in place on the trailer. You can't put 7,000,000# worth of chains on a coil in the space allowed. If you allow for more stopping distance, as in the driver applying the brakes to stop the truck in 300', well now you'd only need about 24,000# worth of chain holding the coil back to keep it from breaking free.

That said, without knowing the cause or type of wreck or how abruptly the truck was brought to a stop, it is impossible to say whether there was sufficient securement because in a severe enough wreck even 2 or 3 times what is required by the regulations won't be enough to keep that coil in place.

 

I would venture a guess that the coils just off the trailer as seen in the video, says the securment was reasonably good for the load.

 

I counted 4 coils. That puts them about 12k lbs each at the very most. 2 chains per coil is plenty, with an extra pulling back on the very front coil as added protection in case of stupid people.

 

And why are you quoting my post? Did I make a judgement one way or the other? Nope