How to Properly Secure Coils | C&W Trucking

In this instructional video, we show the proper way to safely secure a metal coil using various tiedown techniques.

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C&W Trucking and Sons, Inc. is a truckload flatbed carrier that prides itself on customer service and customer satisfaction, based in the Quad Cities. C&W was founded in 2006, initially with one truck hauling primarily steel. In the past 15 years, C&W has grown to a fleet of over 150 trucks and are constantly growing our team of experienced drivers, and have expanded our services to customers all throughout North America!

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[paullandreville]

Very professional. I like your load safety procedures.

[mqmoreno]

Looking forward to be a flatbed driver this was a great video 👍

[robertforrester]

I hauled steel back in the early nineties, michigan doubles and toll road lcvs .
And we just threw 2 chains over the top and called good.
Those old timers said that if you put to many chains on them, if you take a turn or a exit to fast the whole truck will tip over, but this way the coil rolls off, truck stays up right.
However, I know we can't do that any more because of our points system on our cdL, and we have to go by the book on all this stuff now days. Cheers from northern indiana usa

[TheBrownthugz]

Just came across your channel! Amazing videos you guys earned a subscriber, looking forward to your upcoming content keep it up👍🏼👍🏼

[stevenikitas]

Common sense makes the world go 'round. I love the way the belt holds itself when tightened.

[sirmister]

That the way I do it sometime I nail a front wood stop in front of the coil it just a stupid little thing I do

[ralphdrees]

All that securement and it’s all for nothing until you said this thing ain’t going anywhere.

[truckerchops]

Any advise for narrow coils 16" that are tippy?

[AllFallBeforeMe]

17k over 12k is nothing if you have to brake hard or swerve hard on a hill. Add chains and or straps accross bottom and over top of coil. Put huge glulam headers for chalking. Place as many 5 foot stacks of pallets as you can to cushion and slow down the coil if it breaks free.

[mikekomalley]

OK There are a variety of reasons a shipper or a driver would choose shotgun or suicide position of coil loading. The driver is correct about x chains here. He padded in between the 2 chains. And he even added an unnecessary strap over the top which provides an extra 6k WWL.

Sometimes YouTube comments are surprisingly ignorant.

[joshuacarlton]

I love how all these companies think us drivers are the dumbest fuckn people alive. 20+ yrs of driving multiple types of combinations, I can say this honestly. I haven't ever had a load come off a trlr & I haven't ever hit a damn bridge with a tall load

[inilledra]

You cross your chains so in case one breaks, the other chain will hopefully hold the coil in place until you can come to a stop and replace the broken chain.

[larryjanson]

crazy way to load coils.
they should be loaded so a fork lift can get to the center of it.
one chain pulling forward, two pulling to the rear.
in decades of hauling them this way the only time i saw a fail is when the driver pulled out in front of a train, .

[missohio]

Thanks for this video I need to know this stuff for my permit test and it really helps

[HasBeenTrucker]

Whatever happened to tightening a binder towards inboard? And whatever happened to putting the binders on the back side of the coil? That way when you have an emergency braking situation that you don’t mess up your binders and you can still work with the binder and it’s not pinched so banjo tight against the front face of the coil??
I guess so much for proper old school coil hauling.
Who owns the equipment that is doing the hauling? That’ll maybe tell the rest of the story. Should’ve smacked the chains with the cheater pipe a couple of times to make sure that some slack and binds weren’t hiding in there.

[daspicsman]

That is not how I thought that you did this. Thanks for the lesson!

[christopherfalconer]

No stop block in front chained down just metal wrapped in plastic on bare wood might as well put some lube on it all too

[baileyversluis]

oh wow a local outfit on YouTube. cool.

[joecummings]

Sorry, but people who X chain through the eye of a coil don't have a clue. You need to read a few books on rigging. Do you even know what a basket is? Do you realize the effect chain angles have on strength ?

[UnderTaker]

BHP would NEVER approve this system, very unsafe