Transferring Steel Coils Can Be Really Tricky

Transferring steel coils can be really tricky. Usually steel coils are transported standing, even though it may seem safer to be laid flat. Here you can see the three reasons why they are still transported standing.

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[AlexanderFalcone]

Anytime we work with these, we pray. Not even joking

[ari]

Reason 1: Harder to handle
Reason 2: More stress, less stable
Reason 3: Refer to Reason 1

[kimdurig]

I used to drive a tow truck and saw what they can do when they get loose, i always stay clear of them when im in a car

[weaselman]

Hauled them for years. The right chains the right binders, angles and racks will hold them no problem. It's the usual 'right equipment for the job' deal.

[GooseGodGeb]

I feel like it would be beneficial to come up with a custom truck bed specifically for transporting these coils.

[tdp-sir]

Deathtraps…. Cant believe engineers havent come up with another way

[sonsofliberty]

Not true. They're shipped 3 ways. Shotgun, where the hole faces front and back. Suicide, where they can roll forward on the trailer, and eyes in the sky, loaded flat. If they're flat, they will use a large fork lift to pick them up. The issue is the place you're unloading or loading if you're backing into a place that uses an overhead crane, then you need to stand them up. Usually if they're over 20k lbs you need to stand them up. Most of these guys didn't use enough chains.

[brianrogers]

All the steel coils that were shipped to the plant i worked at were laid flat. Never problems unloading them.

[Phil-ol]

Should make a V rack system to be safer and can achieve better loading and unloading! Safer for all!

[EdwinHowle]

Thats called suicide, but, when properly chained the best way to haul. With coil racks and properly chained if the trailer rolled over they would still be secured in position

[Toepferle]

We have special trailers with v/u shaped space below the floor boards. If we haul coil, we will open up said space, put the coil in there and secure it with chains. So much easier, so much safer. Would never do it on a flat bed. Even if possible I just don't feel comfortable doing it.

[GabyOrtega-vqri]

So much respect for these workers, I wouldn’t be able to do this job

[az]

Yeah you're right we should totally do this to other things like septic tanks because they're so heavy and so awkward oh wait a minute No we just put blocks underneath them.

[garydunken]

I lost count of how many times I watched that guy sprung up on the flat bed.

[NO-jikk]

1: untrue. 2: untrue 3: a pallet will solve the issue

[NeverGonnaTellALie]

The video of a man getting flattened by a steel coil still haunts me to this day.

[powermutt]

I load coils on trucks all night. We lay them vertical. You can get under them. There's boards under it. They're strapped horizontally to hell and back to avoid coil expansion. They're usually banded to pallets so you can pick them up just fine.

[wildgamer]

yeah my job used to have this problem how we fixed it was we put them in boxes sideways then when we need to unload we break the side of the boxes it's a bit more work and much safer

[dchen]

There is something to grip onto if the coils are laid flat. Use an electromagnet to pick up the coil.

[jgaa]

not all are shipped like this. Some are on skids.