Maverick Transportation - The SUICIDE Steel Coil Nightmare
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I retired after 35 years as a Trucker, refused to EVER haul rolled steel, didn't miss a thing...
Can’t tell you how many drivers I ran into that had no clue how to haul coils. This load is unusual being slitted and steel strapped together. That top chain to keep um together is a nice safety feature. This has got to be around 50,000 and HIGH CG so careful on those exit ramps!
I haul these all the time... a little sketchy!!! Especially if they have 4” wood between the coils.
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Ayy we out here Big Fred!! I just hauled a double coil load for western. No issues. Easy money!
Same here, won't touch it
Here in the UK we use specific trailers for Steel Coil Transportation. The Trailer has a deep gully down the middle and the coils sit in the gully the opposite way round to the one one this trailer. It cannot roll and is extremely stable in transit.
The trailer has lift out boards that cover the gully, so you can use it as a normal flatbed if required.
Many things here in the U.S. are done ass backwards.Way to many people in this country don't give a shit. Many companies don't want to pay extra money to do things right. No matter if it kills people.
Yup! Its more of a common sense! If you put the metal roll the opposite way its less rolling back and forth...not the way this video does it, no matter how you tie it down, it will roll back and forth, and the metals used as stopper is not even tall enough to hold the coil when it breaks loose....Science? No! Common sense!
Jawee The reason most of the tine you have to haul “suicide” or the way this guy is because, the receiver and/or shipper can only load or unload coils set on the trailer in that fashion.
@@Danny-gj4yq 100% correct, i slit coils for a living, and anytime we have some stupid shipping instructions it”s because the customer doesn”t have the capabilities of unloading the coil in the safest way.
those “coil trailers” got popular in the states for a while and they’re great if all you haul is coils. They had a fibreglass canopy that slid back and forth that replaced tarps to. Not versatile enough to haul everything flatbed carriers in the US must haul though!
I know for a fact that those coils are extremely heavy. I am a sheet metal worker and the sheets of metal with which I work come from coils just like this. One of those coils broke loose and fell off the back of the trailer. It landed on the hood of a car and flattened it, engine and all down to within a foot off the ground. Scary to say the least.
Worked in a plant where we slit leveled and ctl sheet metal. Some of the big coils that were 72 wide would easily be over 40,000 pounds.
No thank you to that. I am a retired carpenter, just laying on the couch. Much respect for these truckers! Without them I would be laying on a dirt floor instead of a couch in the living room.
@@dapperdingol
Lmao are you kind of genius? How do you know this is heavy
@@PanchoOrdaz Because I have worked around them, with them and seen evidence of what can happen. No 'genius' needed.
As a press operator that processes steel coils like this I thank you getting our loads to us safely.🍻
Whenever I see a flatbed with coils, I get the hell around it and way away.
Enjoyed your video, bud. Hauled coils myself through the nineties. You were articulate, precise, and fully explained why you did each part of the process. I would have done a couple of things differently, but those are mostly differences in the way I was trained. Almost made me nostalgic.
I've carted hundreds of these coils in the late '80s from Port Kembla to Sydney and Newcastle and never had a problem. We used 4" x 4" hardwood timber in a cradle. 3 chains, 1 pulling to the front,1 pulling to the back and 1 in the middle. If it was narrow slit steel I'd put a choker chain around the top. Drive accordingly.
There's a simple solution for this problem in the UK. Most coils are carried on trailers with a coil bed built into them. 10mins to load 3 nine tonne coils, 10mins to strap them, good to go!
Not only in the UK😉
Worked at a toll processing plant for years. All we did was Steele sheet metal coils. A lot of slitting. Shipped bundles of coils like this every day. Not uncommon for them to be 45,000 pounds all together.
Some of the automotive exposed Steele that GM used for body panels for cars and trucks would go in and out in those “cradle trailers”. Should be a law. These chained in flatbeds are dangerous.
Most of our stuff was tarpped but some of the thicker cold rolled steel Ike this stuff or the thicker galvanized would go out not tarpped but you are right it is rare.
@@demodick No need for sheeting (or tarping) a load over here, our specialised coil carriers have a concertina tarp on side rails, just type in "Dennison Trailers, coil carrier," it'll show you what I mean.
those coil trailers were used in the US as well but never sold in high numbers. They had a fibreglass canopy that slid over the coil well to replace tarps. Reason was they could not be used for other commodities besides hauling coils. Now if you had a platform to go over the coil well it could work but then the trailer being too heavy might become an issue.
@@kimmorrison9169 yeah there was one carrier that used them all the time with us. But only that one.
I had seen another that it just had plates on hinges that flipped over to expose the valley so the driver could use it for other normal flat loads. That had to be more expensive and heavier which in the end is no good for $$$$. That said I would never haul a large coil in a flatbed. But I am not a truck driver so that doesn’t really matter. Lol.
Drivers, please continue being professonal and conscientious. As someone commented, gutter trucks sounds safer to me, worth the cost. A couple coils got loose in Buffalo NY 25-30 yrs ago. Don't know how they were loaded or secured, but i do recall several fatalities in the opposite lane, one was a mom going to work after dropping off at daycare. Once they are loose no knowing where they are going, rolling or flipping. So much responsibility.
Ok ,I loaded a guy out of Philly one NIGHT. End of day. Worked a little overtime to get him out. Loaded him up with asst.sheets from a slight defect house. I never watched him secure load. Slight rain. Everybody tiered. Next morn. State trooper at the job. Wanted a report. Sheets went sideways on 476 on /off ramp (very tight). Needless to say a woman was decapitated with a single sheet. Once it left my bldg its no longer my problem. Driver was responsible for that load.
I learned a lot from the video and the lengthy discussions that followed. Thank you for making and posting a fascinating video. I do fear that yours is a diminishing profession. Best of luck.
Down around Montgomery Al. they have had many of these coils come off trailers or flip them altogether, when they talked about what they needed to do to prevent this, someone told them that they needed to get them off the flatbeds and haul them on lowboys and that it would solve over half the problems they were having.When you raise the center of gravity on something that heavy that high your just asking for it.
Birmingham had the same problem about ten years ago. For several years they kept smashing the interstates in downtown. Amazing nobody was killed. The coils were coming off the beds. A pattern of accidents like that has to mean it's mainly the same ideots behind it. Wonder what the cost was to clean up the mess and repair the holes in the concrete. I worked at a place that brought in coils and slit them for a while and zero road accidents. I don't know if there is a machine that can flip a whole coil 90 degrees cleanly. The big coils are moved "suicide" so conventional machinery can handle them.
william dawkins hauling shotgun or suicide coils you can flip the truck easily. When hauling a coil and taking turns you are supposed to go no faster than 3mph making a right turn at an intersection. And no more than 5mph making a left turn. Our company has rear axle dump valve on all our trailers for a reason. It's easier to make those turns. It balances better, and your truck won't turn closer to the trailer as fast. It will pivot the trailer. Many companies with split axle flatbeds don't use or squire dump valves. Which can cause some problems when you actually need it.
Here in the steel city of Pittsburgh that's a daily occurrence around the area - one time one came off a truck rolled down a hill and killed someone sleeping in bed in there house one night.
Here is the main problem to why accidents continue to happen around your area, and having road disasters. For 1. Securement of the coil is extreme priority. I've seen stupid owner operators cheap out on the chain securement just to leave as soon as the coil gets on there trailer. I've seen people take right turns way too quick. I've seen people swerving the truck left and right on a straight highway. Accidents with coils can happen when your not careful and you are on point with your securement. The guy on this video for maverick. I would NEVER EVER run my chains inside the steak pockets like he did. He basically cut his securement strength for the coil in half. And can create a major risk.
You can have the same problem hauling coils on low deck trailers. But here is the key to reducing the amount of accidents that involve flipping a trailer.
Our fleet has about 99% of trailers. 48foot spread axle with air dump valves.
With an air dump valve you are able to drain all the air out of the suspension bags on the trailer. Allowing the pivot the trailer for sharp turns and curves on the road. This actually is very handy for the drivers and I can make a right turn with no problems hauling coils. Another The problem why many accidents can occur is company's like Melton have 53 foot trailers, and don't use an air dump valve. So the trailer cannot pivot and make turns as easily. So they have to turn more wide and cut the wheel, which can make the last axle of the trailer Skipp and making the coil rock sideways and flip a truck. It's not nessessarly the height of a trailer. It's actually the length of a trailer and if it has an air dump valve or not. Your better trailers are 48 foot trailers with air dump valve. I personally wouldn't recommend low deck trailers because they don't have air dump, even though it's low to the ground the last axle and wheels can still skip when making turns, this making the coil tip over and possibly flip the truck on its side.
I hauled steel coils for 17 years and transported all sorts of different steel products. Slitter coils aren’t too bad if you have them choked at the top like this guy did and you have enough cradle braces to support the weight and wood blocks directly under the coils. The worst load I’ve hauled was 3 tall skinny coils that were 22” wide, weighing 32,000 lbs each and loaded suicide. I put 4 chains through the eye of each coil and two leash chains from the top of each coil to the deck on each side to keep them from tipping sideways off my trailer in case of a swerve situation or just the inertia from a regular turn while driving. When I got them to where I was going, the receiver said I was the only guy he’s ever seen secure that load correctly and the only guy that didn’t deliver them with at least one ready to fall over!😳
i would have had the receiver put that in a framed letter . And then hand a copy to the DOT , OSHA and a bunch of other Gov officials that can make some changes . The load is called Suicide Coils for good reason
I was getting a partial out of Toledo going back to Chicago, heading home. I found another partial south of Detroit on the way...it was very similar to what you are showing here, but, only two coils (similar thickness metal) that were "upset". They had been re-banded (as best they could, not equal winding as yours. They were then set on their side and each banded to a large pallet and scraps of wood, not providing much of a "level" surface.
I was told by the agent the load needed to be tarped. When I got to the PU, was told the opposite, no tarp needed. They weren't big, I didn't mind tarping...but, upon closer inspection....the edges were jagged and WAY sharp, broken on different angles and bent outward and up. These coils had been CLEARLY marked "scrap metal" all over them. I wished I had a conestoga or a covered wagon flatbed!!!
I called the agent a second time, took photos, emailed, etc.
I didn't understand the need to tarp...and, wasn't willing to trash my tarp, didn't have a "throw away", and was needing to get further down the road to pick up a second partial in time.
My time for getting to the next stop was getting close. I was pissed because I was forced to wait in line outside for 2 hours, not getting a visual on this load until I got backed into the loading area.
I ended up leaving without it. The broker got pissed. I tried to explain as calmly as I could, the load was never described as being a destroyed coil. You get a coil load, there are certain "expectations" of how the load will look, especially if it needs a tarp.
I never got a dime for the waste of time. And, I swore I'd never do business with that broker again, who was big, but, has since gone out of business.
I don't do flatbed anymore...too old and fat to jump on and off that thing...and frankly, the pay isn't that much more to make it worth all the effort to secure the load. But, good luck to those that do!
Mike Mascow io
Mike Mascow the broker was getting the tarp pAy
You still drive?
@@emmyv9605 Not much, I sold all my equipment, trucks, trailers as well as my authority. I drive to make some extra $ here and there, last time I did was in June.
The guys who bought my business and authority would like me to drive for them, I said I'd do a few days a week as long as I get home every day.
But, right now, we bought a new house on a lake, so, been busy packing, remodeling and cleaning both places and finally moving this week.
How about you?
Haha, as soon as I heard that horn going off I knew it was a Cascadia with the parking brake off and the door opened 🤣
msmith5150 People used to think I was honking at them lol. 😂
I worked at Freightliner (now, Daimler Trucks North America). Great company to work for.
Thats a great idea. Life saving. A guy driving a maxi load of lumber 105Klbs gross at 7 feathers in Oregon forgot to set his brakes on a slight decline. He walked all the way into the truckstop and sat down to eat. Meanwhile his truck rolled into another tractor. Thankfully no one was hurt. A driver went in the restaurant and found the guy. I walked buy the wreck and heard the guy say I swore I set the brake. The DOT cop climbed up in the cab and pulled the valves pshhhhhhh. Felt bad for the guy.
So back before Interstate 49, from Fort Smith to Fayetteville on highway 71 I saw SOO many coils of steel unrolled, so many trailers upside down. Glad that you guys have a safer route now!
I remembe in the 70sr going with my dad to docks on the East coast of the UK to pick up steel coils from a German ship. We were on and off the boat through the freight door and my dad never worried but when it came to loading I was told to get in the cab and stay there. The trailer was unhitched and away up the dock.
He had a trenched trailer with three coils loaded eyes to the front and chained through and over, no sheeting. still clear in my mind was the tension in all working around the load. Thanks for bringing up good memories
The DOT should shred your CDL for the way you have that coil tied down. You need to spread out the tie-down points to decrease the stress on the chains. I can't believe you haven't gotten red-tagged for that.
It also should pull backwards instead of even 🤷🏽♂️
I didn’t quite catch his clue at the actual weight (and frankly, didn’t care enough to rewind)…. So I don’t really know how many chains I would have used.
But, my own personal rule of thumb was generally to chain per DOT requirement, then add one more pulling a little more rearward. If you don’t have the time for that, you need to work on your time management skills 😉
@@bobinthewest8559at my company we chain coils by the weight but chains rated at 4000 pounds for securement to exceed dot requirements for safety. I'd probably have had to have used 10-12 chains for that and some straps with felt protection, with the back side with one more chain than the front toward the cab
Chains should not be attached to the rail. Especially the way he did it. That is scariest part, right after no loop chain
Absolutely he definitely should’ve sprayed a double chains out a little more
Growing up in a steel town (Sparrows Point) there were truckers who hauled steel in our neighborhood. When I was young, we lost a neighbor hauling a coil loaded suicide which broke loose in an accident and rolled over the cab. So I do see the nature of the beast here.
I've always wondered why larger cradles aren't required to haul these loads. I'd be fairly anxious hauling any such load even with multiple chain binders without some other protection. The short cradle pictured in the vlog wouldn't stop roll in a severe collision/sudden stop.
Yeah suicide won't stop that
If you get into a full head on. Not much is stoping that much weight. Drivers seem to know, if you get stuck like Chuck. Its all over.
inertia is a bitch and she has no mercy for the stupid, so dont drive like an idiot and you should be fine.
Crazy! At first I thought it was odd that you as the driver would have to secure the load, but then I realized that makes sense since you're the one that'll see it anytime you stop along the way, to make sure it's remained secure, or to “shore it up” if it needed adjusting or reinforcing it.
Very cool!
I used to work at a pipe mill in Sweden and we got all our coils loaded that way as most companies would use either a crane or a forklift with a "horn". But we did usual get our coils by rail as we used 4-500 ton material a day.
If those pockets are rated for the weight then sure but id personally never hook chains to the state pockets themselves especially doubles lol but to each their own.
I've had the band's bust and the coils shift on those coils like that , choker chain is a must .Only load I've ever had shift.
I am trucking for 38 years and i have hauled countless loads of these steel coils , I caught this video and noticed from what I can see is that your two outer chains are not cross chained meaning forming a x pattern with the intersection in side the coil . By cross chaining you are less likely to ever have that coil come loose , I have seen coils loosen with the method you have . P.S. having the centre chain is good to use even in a cross chain configuration .
HI Dale, I hope all is going well on the road. Well, looks like I'll be trying to hook up with Schneider. Thanks again for the video. I truly appreciate it. Be safe out there on the road.
Looks good in exception of the angles on your forward and rear prevention chains. DOT will put a damn angle ruler on that crap these days.
I always hook another chain to the one that isn't long enough on the slitted coils, nice job, you're meticulous as I am.
I watched many of these coils unchained when I worked at a truck wheel manufacturer. Some trucks brought them in three coil in back, two in front. About 1/3 of the loads would come in leaning. I would watch drivers unchaining their loads. It would always make me nervous as they removed those chains. I saw several of these coils fall over and off the trailers. Our crane operator would hook the coils before the driver would take the last chains loose. Some trucks brought in a single coil weighting 45,000 lbs. Most trucks brought in five separate coils weighing about 7,200 lbs each. Most coils arrived with no tarp. One day we had over fifty loads come in.
I like seeing the Maverick boat division trucks going found the road, that looks like more fun than messing with normal flatbed loads.
I once hauled a huge cable roll on wood on a pup trailer, with no good way to secure it, man, I was nervous the whole way to AMTRAK, thank god it wasn’t that far, had wood placed underneath the reel, this and that no way to properly secure it with a load bar, that was crazy I almost refused the load and I was damn glad to get that behemoth off my back!!!!😥
cool stuff dalethankyou for sharing
Nice video showing how you hold that in place. Thank you for making sure everything is properly secured.
+David Norton Thanks
I used to haul steel back in the late 90s when I moved into flatbeds. Never cared much for it but it's nice to see good load securement (I saw a lot of sketchy coil securement back then). The past decade, I've driven mostly oilfield and wind sites (blades the last couple of years and recently back in the North Dakota oilfield), permitted loads mostly. I'm glad the steel hauling taught me the basics for good securement but I don't miss it in the least.
This was super important and extremely informational! I use this in my everyday life! This is something we should all care about! I'm so glad you wasted your time making this video so that we can all see this! This is a must-see!
That's a JMS load going to Sand Springs OK. if I remember correctly. Webco
I worked at Evraz in Red Deer Alberta (formerly known as IPSCO) for about 8 years. I spent about 2.5 of those years working on the mill, so when I was at the uncoiler or running the overhead crane, I had to move these coils around a lot. Looks like coils for 3.5" pipe, but could be for other applications too.
It is my personal belief that Maverick has the coolest trucks on the road. I am biased being from Little Rock, AR, but spend a lot of time on the road and always proud to see a Maverick truck rolling down the road.
There all automatics I'll pass on maverick I'm sure they have inward facing cameras to spy on there drivers too
Story of a driver from Nucor Steel. Lost control of his semi due to poor road conditions and drove off and down a hill. Semi hit the tree and driver was knocked unconscious. He wakes up to find his whole passenger side... gone. Completely destroyed. Down the hill was the steel coil, all crumbled up.
Driving with those coils are deadly when caught in an accident.
Bet he went to church right after leaving the hospital 😂
It's the nature of the business.
Don't Screw up.
I drove for Maverick for 1 year, they are tarp crazy. I loaded slinkies in south Texas, I was the only truck there tarping. The reason I quit was my fm was an idiot and no amount of complaining would convince them to let me change. So I gave them a choice, I would have another fm or another job. I drive a cement mixer local now. same pay, home every night.
I hear ya, now to find a cement moxer.
@@DaleLClay
Try southeast WI. No idea of pay ranges.
Great video Dale, appreciate the detail explanation of your securement. Camera in camera 👍
Good vid bro. I like the way you detail everything. I do use alot of the info you share,keep up the good work
Those are dangerous. There are other dangers too. My brother worked in a factory that used those, before they could punch out the part shapes, they had to be rinsed in acid, then washed. My brother walked by the open air acid baths, accidentally breathed some in, and has had chronic lung problems ever since.
They are called, "Pickle Plants." Every vehicle parked outside ended up ruined from acid erosion. The one I worked near had to put scrubbers to control exposure to the acid bath exhaust. After rinsing the coil it was run through oil to preserve it. The old plants really put employees through hell and ruined many a good man's health. Sorry about your relative.
@jimmyfly
The plant I worked at slit the coils after pickling them. The individual I addressed mentioned the pickling process. I had experience with pickling, slitting, and packaging cuts for shipping. Negativity is unbecoming....
@jimmyfly hey both have danger in common; safety is the unifying theme.
I work in a large automotive stamping factory. I unload these coils daily. It can be a nightmare. The first few weeks I ran the 50 ton overhead crane, it was kinda scary lol
Kamtek?
@@mrlevhil I Deal with Kamtek yes. But also Brose, Ogihara, Multimatic, VW, BGM (Bowling Green Metals) Adient, Faurcia, etc.
Worked for Maverick Transportation for 3 years, great company.
I carried 10 chains, and with a max load, I used them all. Mike taught me to do a belly hold back. (fasten to back side of trailer, accross the front of the load, then back to the other side.) My brakes were a lot stronger than my power, so I didn't have to worry much about it sliding backward.)
I needed this video. Thi is exciting and eye opening as it relates to the danger of hauling such a load. Thanks for posting. Drive Safe
Thanks, much nicer than many that post in this one?
Questions: Do you have to untie and unload the product? Do you have to purchase your own chains and clamps and bungies? How long is the training, what's the worst part of the job?
I'm thinking about going through training with Maverick
I unsecure and secure loads. Shippers and receivers load and unload their product. All equipment I used was provided by the company. Training is 4 to 6 weeks long or longer depending on the individual. Worst moments, um.... bad drivers.
@@DaleLClay Thank you so much Dale. A recruiter contacted me today. I have no interest in doing regional or working at the doc so I declined at this time. Again, I appreciate you. Stay safe and I'll keep up with your video's. I hope to see more. Thanks
I was regional. Just means you tend not to travel west of Kansas, but end up all over everything east of there. What are you looking to do?
I work on a slitter that cuts these coils into these "slit coils". Not having a tarp is beyond comprehension, so that's really weird. But, having the coils slit and bundled sideways like this is the wackest thing I've ever seen. In 15 years of working with these I would have never thought anyone would do this. As far as suicide loading goes, it's fine if you have enough chains. The chain around the top holding the coils together is a good idea. If this load came into my place of employment I'd utter more than a few epithets for sure. CRAZY LOAD.
The trailer was covered, why would it also be tarped?
@@DVankeuren The trailer was not covered at all, and he said that the load was not to be tarped. Steel is always tarped, in my experience. Maybe the customer likes rusty coils.
Funny thing is. The metal service center I worked at in Philly,specialized in blemishes or second coils and sheets. Not prime. So I saw a lot of it including painted and such. Level a coil that was scrap,send it to a shear. Cut out the good. So on, usually had a lot of work. 20 yrs ago
Flatbed driver:
1 chain can hold down 4700- 5000 pounds .
If your coil weighs 40.000 your gonna need 8 chains threw that coil.
It all depends on the weight of your coil . The weight is on the paperwork and go from there.
You still have to be sweet when transporting these coils no matter what.
Seems it would be far safer to transport these coils, with all seven separate, and layed down flat across the whole bed. Seems to be asking for trouble putting the whole load so high up and all in one place.
it would be safer, definitely, but the suits at the shipper and/or consignee, who don't have one hour logged behind the wheel, decide that it's faster to load, unload and store them this way thereby increasing productivity. it's all about the bottom line to the corporations, and maximum safety they feel costs too much in man hours and materials.
Or one could take safety to the extreme and flat-ship just one coil per trailer. smh
When properly secured and transported, FMCSA code provides all the safety the economy will bear.
Most would stack these cuts on skids and load eye to the sky. Customer dictates.
I used to work in the industry that slit these coils from larger coils of various materials. This is a dangerous way to transport them but easier for the receiving company to unload and process.
We used to, for the most part, build wooden skids and lay the coils flat separated by wood.
The receiving company would lift the coils off one by one using adjustable c-clamp 'fingers' that would lift them up and right them to a standing position to be loaded onto the bore of a machine to work the metal.
That was the preferred and safer method.
@@mr.d.4175 skid won't hold
Seen the aftermath of one of these rolling over a cab onetime after the driver rear ended another semi... suffice to say the driver didn't make out too well.
thats why its called Suicide loading/eye to the side vs Shotgun or eye facing the rear
I like that you used more than (2) chains and wood. Best way I've seen yet! I always see just (2) chains
I spent 5 years working at a plant that had 6 Slitters for heavy gauge steel, from .065 to .625. This load would never be sent out like this for any distance, except maybe across town. Normally these cuts would be placed on wood pallets with or without wood spacers and placed eye to the sky. All the wood used was covered with a thick waterproof paper product so the moisture would not put rust spots on the steel. (pressed wood has moisture squeezed out). If the customer only had a "C" hook to unload these cuts it would be ordered this way but sales department would need a release BECAUSE THIS IS NOT SAFE. These look like 10" wide cuts as the maximum width before slitting is usually 72" and this load has good banding (notice the thick white cardboard placed on the end of each cut). They could have placed cardboard on the outside banding so the whole thing does not pop apart from friction rubbing against the banding. Overall this is a good job of banding but NEVER load it suicide regardless of the number of chains holding it down. The height of this load is also worrisome. I have seen loads that toppled over. It only takes one to convince. The best option, after eye to the sky, would be to have a trailer with a carved out center in the bed and the cuts set down partway into it. Yes, I am done and I quit the job to further my education.
When I tie them down I always use extra bungee cords
[sarcasm]
I think it should be on a specially made heavy duty steel pallet to avoid it from rolling off on a hard stop. And secured with thicker chains.
And what do you do with this big steel skid, when I unload the coil and go for a load of lumber, you have never drive truck have you ?
A couple of truck drivers told me, exaggerating only slightly, that those chains are just for show to make the public feel like the load is secure. If that truck has to stop short those chains will snap like kite strings.
Maverick says 1 chain for every 8,000 lbs. so, your coil is between 40,000 and 48,000lbs.
Here in the Uk we have specially built coil trailers with wells in the middle in which you sit the coil. Makes no sense to be hauling them on a standard flat?
they have that here in the states too, but its a specialized trailer that can do nothing but coils, so its specific to the steel producers and nowhere else, they cant even haul bars back out of those area so its a pay run out and nothing coming back....not a way to make money in the long haul unless your dedicated to doing it for a producer. ive hauled this and it goes 500 miles round trip on average
You’re completely right! This is sooo dangerous! I’ve seen multiple videos of things like steel bars and wood pallets slamming into the cab, crushing it and the driver when the driver stopped at a red light! This is even more dangerous than those items! I wouldn’t carry it if I was a trucker.
I saw a couple of your glass trucks heading west in AZ the other day. Didn't think y'all went that far west
+Lee S All 48, it's just rare out west. Glass also goes to Canada
Lee S I've seen their flatbed in az the other day too, I've never seen them before
Seen a photo once of a truck that went off the highway and the coil crashed through the cab, scary site.
Thank you for sharing this. That is strange- without a tarp. Still- you were able to show the scary but awesome beauty of all that deadly mass.
The trailer was covered, why would it also be tarped?
@@DVankeuren I see no "cover". It is an open flatbed.
In this situation, a tarp is normally used, to protect the shipment
and reduce air drag. A secured heavy canvas tarp is also another
layer of safety containment.
Why am i watching this?
You are a Mindless automaton that has no control over your own faculties. Welcome to the cell phone generation.
Recoils in horror! :P
O.O
The reel question is why not watch it?
It's 3 AM. What else am I going to do.
u could make a jig to make it safer friend. even a cage that straps to the bed
Back in the 80's we use to haul coils out of the mill every day. Almost all suicide, and always heavy. 100,000 gross on 5 axles was more or less normal. There were a couple guys doing "Back gate loads" with Autocars and modified trailers going out the back well over 150,000. They only traveled a couple miles down the public roads though. I guess now they would never get away with that
I have seen, many years ago what you call " back gate loads". On 8 axle trailer people taking out 5 big nuggets, around 250k.
I'm only at 3:30 minutes into the video and I already see how f'ing lucky I was when I hauled a 43,000 pound coil. My employer had 5/16ths inch chains, only 7 of them. I knew they were only good for 5k pounds each, so I used 8 of the wide straps. When I got to where I was going, because I didn't know how to use the braces, and had used only two, the 4x4 was ruined.
Great video.
I used all the chains, and the 8 straps...
Why isn’t custom pallets made for these things. At least chock it properly with decent cut logs.
A simple frame could be strapped & chained. For added safety. But would add cost I suppose
Seroisly. A custom pallet would be super helpful
Dale the next time you are repairing your tarps can you film it and please show us
+dennis thorn I will try
that will be a great video
I live in canada and that's all I haul . Never had one not tarped. Nice job with the tie down,real professional. You can come work for me anytime, if you can stand Canadian winters.
honestly these coils should have some kind of brace on top with chain going forward and backwards extra
A little over 48,000 would be my guess. We get shotgun slitted coils out of Houston, Tx and those are a pain.
jason escobar And Railroads load 3-4 of these on coil cars designed for gross weight of 240,000 lbs including weight of a steel cover.!
jason escobar over on federal rd?
348frank348 yes sir. Those are lots of fun lol
Maverick says 1 rack per coil min regardless of weight, it’s rare to have more slits that weight. But we only do 8k per rack so.
Guy I know will haul two coils on back roads if he's hard up for money.
I miss flat bedding, this was a sloppy way to secure this load!
@Patrick Sulley He has 6 chains securing the load. 2 pulling forward, 2 pulling down, and 2 pulling back. Then another on top unitizing the bundle.
@@sapperveteran245 8 chains. Minimum. Three to the front, fout to the back, one center.
Then one holding it together.
I haul doubles with explosive and frankly I would much rather haul boom-juice than suicide coils. Though from time to time I haul those too. Keep trucking brother!
Here the rest of us can get an idea of the work truckers do. My hat's off to you sir.
Looks good Dale. My guess on weight 49,000 pounds.
Wow. When I was driving Flatbed, I never, thankfully got a drop and hook coil load. Always loaded when I was present and always Shotgun. Though Suicide is easier to chain ; ). What killed me was almost every coil, I was told to tarp it. Then I'd deliver it to yards with thousands of rolls out in the open, rusty, and I'd untarp the damn'd thing, and they'd put it outside with all the other rusty coils. 0_o. And they're a bitch to tarp too. I think the CO I drove for only paid like $15 to tarp and it was not worth it.
Yeah...had lots of those loads too. When I asked what the point was of tarping them, they'd say it was to keep any "Road Film" off of them...and it didn't matter if they got rusty sitting in their yard. They also said the customer pays to have them "Gift Wrapped". The Company also collects a few hundred for tarping, while the Driver who does all the hard work gets paid a pittance...see how that works? Slavery on 18 Wheels!
that could also be to keep the DOT away. they love it when you don't have coils secured correctly right out in plain view. at least the tarp makes them do their job.
The reason I was given for tarping, even when I knew the coils would be thrown in the mud, was road salt. Iron and steel will resist a lot of water and other crap, but salt will destroy naked steel in short order. Back in those days, we weren't paid for tarping - that was just part of the job.
lol
I know where you picked that up. I hauled a bunch of those from there out past Ft Worth, just running back and forth. Used to stop at that station with the diesel fried chicken, though I never got around to trying any. They required all the coils to be tarped back then.
Just curious as to how the coil chocks are secured to the bed or perhaps, the load? In my experience any sudden braking will create tension on the rear most chain. Along with the pull of the forward most chain...failure of the load securement could result, in the event of front end collision.
45,000 lbs. Of potentially rolling weight wants to continue to keep rolling when traveling at 60 mph. and is suddenly put to the test.
What we need to know, basically, is...what is the force applied and the combined breaking strength of chain and securement points.
Force applied is in reference to a sudden stop as in the case of the front end hitting an immoveable object.
God bless the truckers of the world and the trucking industry as a whole. You guys are truly gifted.
The coil racks set on the deck the timbers set in the coil rack rubber mudflaps lay across the timbers
The timbers have a corner knocked off at 45° to cradle the coil. Oh. The timbers have to be clear hardwood with no knots.
On the trailer is a spot that says place single coil here that's where you know to place the coil so your not over axle. Only "coil spec" flatbeds/step decks can haul a single coil safely. The "math" is weigh of coil devided by weakest link. Securement devices are DOT required to have a weight rating visible on the device. That top chain is a safety chain
To keep the "slit" coils from leaning side to side.
Dude! Connect 2 chains together to make the figure 8 securement. I wouldn't go posting a video of an improperly secured load that you've transported all the way across Arkansas.
Right....I live in Arkansas and now I know to stay the hell away from Maverick trucks hauling coils. 😓
john public instead of using a figure 8 you can also X strap it
"Attaching tiedowns diagonally through the eye of a coil to form an X-pattern when viewed from above the vehicle is prohibited. (Section 3.3.3.2)"
www.fmcsa.dot.gov/regulations/cargo-securement/drivers-handbook-cargo-securement-chapter-5-metal-coils
Coils like that came off of a semi a few years ago in Minnesota, rolled down the highway and a guy in a full size Dodge truck hit one and died.
There should be five chains on that coil
I can promise you these coils don't roll.
@@wgist87 why?
@@rareELL they just squish under their own weight.
If its a smaller one it would maybe roll. But its too dense and the centers typically do not have any reinforcement so they just squash.
They would slide and tumble if anything.
@@wgist87 oh ok thanks for explaining!
The other drivers see you talking to
yourself and think you are INSANE.
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13 tonne ? One pothole and it will fall over and those straps won't stop it at all .Normally slit coil are flat with timber slats between .Pretty sure in Australia this would illegal on account of dangerous loading practice .
I want to see a rig like this in a 65 mph crash test.
All trucks are toast no matter what they are carrying when you go from 65mph to 0mph instantly.
I absolutely agree Dale. My thought was about where the roll of steel went. 46,000 pounds of steel rolling toward your car at 60 mph is a scary thought.
Go 55 and laugh at the trucks stuck behind you.
i always prefer to pull coils loaded suicide. they seem to ride better. trailer doesn't want to roll as much on turns. just gotta be sure to oversecure and leave plenty of following distance. safe travels
+jack handy 👍
jack handy Sound advice my brother!👍
me too shot guns will slide
Coil racks used to be illegal in CA. I used to have to get 5 2X4s, cut 6 cletes, pound 30 nails then throw chains to secure that coil.
Thank's for being so safe , when I was young a company I was driving for wanted me to carry a huge load , steam ship cap at least 12' ft circ. that weighed to much for a 30ft single axle straight bed I refused . The guy that took the load lost it getting off the freeway , turned the truck over lucky no one was killed. Lost respect for the company and left . Safety first!
BTW, most slitted material was on it's side,on pallets. Solid coils always loaded stand up.
I see these without tarps and suicide loaded all the time around were I am. One truck with B-Train trailers and a spool on each trailer.
Now, I remember being a kid and seeing what happens when those bands break after an MVA. Clock springs they are.
The only suggestion I would have is using big lumber and big coil racks. Anything coil that size using small lumber and small coil racks can have your coil touching the trailer floor leaving it to move slightly and causing the chains to loosen. Other then that looks good. Great video and info thank you.
This might be a stupid question, why load it vertically and not horizontally?
The way of product gets loaded often depends on how the customer can unload it.
Back around 89 or 90 one of those coils fell off a truck here in southern california and went half way through an overpass,, it punched a hole through the surface of the road... screwed up my drive to work for weeks while they did repairs... Also used to see them all the time at staub metal in paramount, we had a sheet metal shop on the back of there lot.
saw the aftermath of a bad one in chicago years ago on i-90 on the south side. coil snapped the chains when the driver braked hard to avoid a collision in rush hour traffic. coil was loaded suicide. rolled through the trailer bulkhead, through the headache rack on the back of the cab, through the cab itself, pancaked the engine, rolled over a four wheeler and then took out most of the concrete overpass supports on the 115th street overpass before finally coming to rest. both the truck driver and the driver of the four wheeler died. cb talk said driver only had 2 chains on a 40k# coil and that they were loose. happened in early nineties....
For those curious, the most common coils are about 70 OD, 70 wide, ~60,000#. Some are bigger, many are smaller.
This load is not legally secured.
this is dangerous you have to complete the Figure 8 holding the top from shifting from right to left if you only have one side then the load can shift to the other. one of these coils just heavy enough to smush a four-wheeler like a pancake. and it has happened. the driver should have never left without completing the figure eight securing the top of those coils.
Kelvin Boyd yes sir. Combine 2 chains if you have to, so the figure 8 is complete.
Kelvin Boyd i
One chain pulling the top one way? Not good! Looks like you could have used a short ratchet on that loose hook then down to the side.
Show me in the FMCSR where that top chain is even necessary. 393.120 covers coils, but you won't find it there. Go ahead, show me.
Or you can do 2 chains to binders. I won the driver side go over the top of the coil and through the eye and hook to the chain at the edge of the eye of the coil. Same on the passenger side. Works good with short chains
Picked up a few off the ground in Decatur Alabama from the turn off 20 on to the bridge
I haul steel coils and I would never anchor two chains on one stake pocket as most are rated at 5500 lbs. Unless my eyes were playing tricks on me.
I would've added one more chain holding it toward the rear of the trailer. I've hauled them suicide as well as shotgun and have never once had a problem. I don't understand what you're talking about when you say Suicide steel coil nightmare. It's just another day and another dollar from what I can see. You want a pain in the rear to secure, try hauling a load of slinkies...
you got that right about the slinkies!! hate those things...
Take it up to 70 and jack on the brakes ! Be sure you are playing James Taylors Steam roller blues before you do it .
Scott Odonahoe I drove for Maverick and if done correctly, this securement would survive a roll over (side) used to blare music through big cities all the time lol
My job was to slit the coils into multiple sizes exactly what your load is..
I worked at Dofasco Steel out of Hamilton Ontario 🇨🇦 for 35 years
The mill used to slit coils is called the
“GangSlittler” 60” and 62”
There’s two lines in one big football stadium size mill,
one line for heavy gauge steel and the other line for lighter gauge steel
(yours looked like lighter gauge coil)
The slitting process unrolls a large
50 -60 ton single coil on the entry end of the mill goes through a few sets of rollers a slitter head ( cutter heads) and then gets rerolled into smaller weights in the end hole ..example 3 - 20 ton multi-slit rolls..
It then gets strapped by hand by two strappers..
Takes about 15min of brute force to feed straps around each cut and then bundled together with thicker straps per coil..
I was the line operator and had 9guys not including the millwrights to run my line per 12 hour shift..
I’m guesstimating your load was about 30k to 40k(can’t tell by the video what gauge it is )
By the way our Canadian truckers run those coils during -35c weather on steel bunks,you know what happens when you have cold steel on cold steel it’s as slippery as a ice...
Cheers from 🇨🇦
Several commenters asked why the coils aren't set on end.
Then in a crash the coil(s) won't roll forward and crush the truck cab.
A trucker buddy told me that flat bed truckers have a death wish.
He has a flat bed endorsement on his CDL.
The coils are set cross ways because it's simpler to chain it down. If it was turned 90° it would be more stable as in a crash the forces are more likely longitudinal rather than sideways.
The only endorsements on a Class 'A' CDL are: Tanks, Doubles-Triples, Hazmat, & Passenger.
I've never had that happen (coil without a tarp), I'm sure if you run along side of a county or state trooper on the road, he will take a good long look at it. Looks good though!!!
Steel, the foundation of a modern world.
I thought Concrete was the Foundation of the modern world, learn something new every day :P
Dale Clay the Roman's invented concrete 1000 years ago
Aaaaah, .....So the Foundation of the Ancient World
Dale Clay I guess when you consider it. The ancient world is the foundation of the modern world. And if concrete is foundation of the ancient world then concrete is... Oh nevermind.
BUT, what is the key ingredient of any nutritious breakfast...a cheeseburger!
They come by my house everyday from nucor hickman steel in hickman arkansas. Seen 4 at a time on a train car. When they come off the trailer, they make on helluva dent in the pavement. Seen it too around here.