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I had a buddy right out of high school who used to haul coil steel, coils about that size or larger. But I seem to remember they always hauled them on end, never on their side like that. I think they were strapped down to large pallets, and then the coils themselves separately strapped right to the trailer, precisely so they wouldn't do that to the driver. He also drove an old cab-over for that job, although I'm actually not sure how much higher they really sit in those.
I seem them regularly hauling that stuff into the Wellspun plant near my shop. They are usually on their side with three chains running through them with a binder for each chain.

One chain pulling straight down. One pulling forward and one pulling back.

This way they can easily load them.in the machine on site.

Seems like they would be a bear to tip on their side if they were hauled on their end. As well as a bear to strap down.
 
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Well he obviously needs a refresher course on securing loads, if he survived.
After seeing that cab, I'm not sure anyone would have survived. Hopefully there wasn't anyone in that sleeper when it came through.

I had a family of four hauling out of my shop last week. Husband and wife, plus two kids. Only two seats in the cab, so you know the kids were hanging in the bunk.
 
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The big problem with chaining through the eye of a coil is to not damage the coil. You have to use some kind of protection or you'll get dinged for the damage. A large 40-45,000lb coil will need at least 5 chains to meet DOT securement regulations.
 
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Seems like they would put in a center portion spool of some sort to protect from damage.
 
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Yes the ones I am talking about are 2-way stops. But they have been adding the "cross traffic does not stop" signs below them. Isn't that what a 2-way stop means?? And I agree that some "wierd" 3-way intersections still need the signs.




All of the intersections I have seen in my 40+ years of driving (until recently) have either 3 or 4 lights in the left turn lane. They are red, yellow, green, and sometimes a green arrow below that. Easy to understand: on red you stop, on yellow get ready to stop, on green light you can turn left but need to yield to oncoming traffic (they also have green), on green arrow you can go left and the oncoming traffic still has a red. That's my point -- that is how it always worked and was easy. But people today don't know what to do so now they are adding yellow turn arrows and signs telling you when you are allowed to turn.



Yeah that's another one!




Sounds like he had the "new" signs with the cross traffic warning below them and STILL didn't know what to do. So neither the old or new way would have helped this challenged driver.

Pretty soon we will need to have entire placards hanging at every street sign and stoplight. Reminds me of Five Man Electrical Band ....
Jump up on the fence and yell at the house, hey what gives you the right?
 
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Seems like they would put in a center portion spool of some sort to protect from damage.
The shippers don't care if it gets damaged, once it's on the truck, it's no longer their responsibility.

Quick story.
A driver that worked for me back in the 70s had driven for a local steel company and picked up coils at one of the mills in Gary. He went in one day with a brand new 45' Transcraft spread axle trailer to pick up a ~40,000lb coil, and when the crane had it over the trailer something broke and the coil dropped about six feet on to it. It bent the trailer so badly it broke one of the frame rails, and the driver got a concussion from hitting the roof of the truck cab. It also broke a couple of the cab mounts and did some other damage that basically totaled the truck too. The steel company bought a new truck and trailer and paid for the driver's time off to recover from the concussion.
 
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Here in Europe they sell coil trailers, curtainsiders with a coil trench between the chassis rails. One has to bump it 6 to 8 inches over the front crossmember to have it end up in the cab.

S.CS COIL combined securing support
 
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The shippers don't care if it gets damaged, once it's on the truck, it's no longer their responsibility.
Don't confuse Free On Board (FOB) with not caring. It's still a huge hassle for the manufacturer when a product gets damaged in shipping, and still leads to unhappy customers and potential loss of new business with that customer. Yes, most products are shipped FOB, such that the shipper is free from direct financial responsibility for product damaged in shipping, but still work hard to avoid the whole hassle and potential damage to their customer relationship.
 
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How’s this for a picture!
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