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Originally Posted by pigrider
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Originally Posted by rvrjr7
Now for me most steel loads are tarped along with bricks and shingles. now for securing steel, i havent hauled the large coils yet but ive hauled 2 coils at 20000 lbs each and used every darned chain I have on the truck and just for just a little bit of extra security I throw a strap through them too but I prefer to load them suicide.
for plate steel, i use chains to "X" the front and the back and 2 or three over the steel, i also belly wrap the steel plates with a strap and then throw a few straps over the tarp.
rebar i dont use any chains just alot of straps and belly wrap that also and I do the same with steel tubing.
just remember when it looks good throw one or two more chains or straps ive never heard of DOT lecturing someone about overkill for securement and ive seen a coil on a flatbed on its side and the coil still chained to the trailer
Why do you prefer to load steel coils suicide? You are the first person I have ever heards say that!
That may be the only way for the shipper to load them.
I thought X-chaining a coil was forbidden.
Saying you use every chain available on the truck isn't really telling us how many chains you are actually using. You only need three chains for a 20,000 lbs. coil. A strap across the top is a good idea. I am assuming you are using a coil rack, timber and coil racks? I too tend to use more securement than is required, nevertheless, I would not use "all" the chains I carry to secure two 20,000 lbs. coils.