I live seven miles to the steel mill where you loaded. I helped build the reheat mill where the coils are formed. I buy food and fuel at the Pilot Truck Stop where you weighed your truck. I watch and love your videos. It is really great to know the places where you made this video. Keep on TRUCKING!
Looks like good tarp job! Started hauling coils back in '81 up 2 about 2009! I never lost 1! Really enjoy watching ur videos! Still trking pulling grain hopper!
Dan I been watching you for 3 years and you don't do anything wrong I watched you chain up coils and I beams and steel pipes you do an excellent and outstanding job and that's why I watch your videos cuss you everything the way keep up the excellent job
Also I would suggest that with the right weight gauges (Best gauges to buy for sure) set them 500 pounds under the scale ticket. The reason for this is to make up for discrepancies in both your system and the DOT scales... Even when your 100% sure your on flat ground and even if you have let your air system fill completely there can still be some settling of the truck, if your breaks are set while you do this there can be some pull or push on one end or the other. If you release your breaks and chock you wheels there can also be some pull or push as the air ride settles. I have found over years of using these gauges that it usually always happens and it's usually 200 - 250 pounds off. I also move the truck forwards or backwards a few feet stopping a little hard to cause the air ride to move then let it settle again and recheck / re set. But I have found that by simply dropping my setting 500 pounds that there is NEVER a problem...
I believe you are correct in your statement about drivers thinking the way their company wants it done is the only way. The first realization I had about truck drivers when I started driving was that most drivers are unable to differentiate between company policy and law/federal regulation.
Thanks for showing the scales on truck / trailer Dan.... 40 year flatbed guy and never had them. First 30 years wouldnt have mattered. 😂 was always 10k or 25k over gross in the ole days😎 never happen today Nice trailer👍👍👍
Everybody does the job differently, the most important thing is if the load reaches its destination without being damaged or causing damage to anything else then its a job well done, simple as that!
Looked good to us! We were your neighbors at Mercer last night and saw it 😉 everyone has their own way and as long as it’s legal that’s all that matters!
it has been many yrs since i chained any coils, but back when i was hauling them, i crossed my chains --and ran one chain thru the center of the eye. now i hear u say that is wrong-huh. last coil i chained was in 1994. thanks for the info and the video.
Would really enjoy seeing the delivery parking methods more often in your videos. Some of the tighter locations would be really great to see. Take care.
Loved your comment about loading and securing coils. It gave me a chuckle,and found myself nodding my head up and down, in agreement with you. Keep up the great videos,be safe out there. 🙏🏻👍🙂
Why does every driver think their way is the right way ? Each to their own, as long as it’s safe and won’t kill you or anyone else that’s the right way 👍. Keep doing what you do Dan 👍
Funny, I have a large motor coach that I usually pack to the gills. So I use the Cat scales. I use the app to see the axels and each ones weight. Like yours, mine will crack if overweight.
There is a Chevron station next to that pilot you weighed at. There use to be a guy that did phenomenal bar be cue. GOOD FOOD CHEAP. Well at least it was 5 years ago. I use to haul caustic into that stainless steel mill. Always had instructions on the bill of lading DO NOT CALL THEM THYSEN KRUPP, THEY ARE EXTREMELY SENSITIVE!! LOL
Your tarp job is the best way. An what you said about the coil racks an wood was spot on too. .on the trailer. About a 6 to 12 inches back. Mark that on your trailer.
Hi Dan. I can not understand why trailers do not have coil wells built into them. Back as far as 50 years ago in the Uk and Europe 44000 lb coils were carried this way, even heavier now since the GVW has increased. The coil sits 40% lower on the trailer between the chassis rails. Two chains over the top. Tarp if necessary, much safer.
Great job with the sponsor. I believe they might learn a little here. I've never pulled a trailer with that spread axle, learned here how you can gross 40,000 lbs. on it. I would want to load the way you did too, keeps a little more weight off the truck. It would be nice if they just came reinforced that way from the factory. That jig they had on the tour that allowed them to rotate the trailer 360° was probably so most welds are flat, horizontal welds. Easier and better, faster too than overhead and vertical welds, my opinion. Oh, great video as always.
Dan. Pick up some of the rubber mud flaps you see laying around. Stick em in your trailer box. They make great tarp protectors an straps. Chain on steel too.
Agreed, anytime you ask a group of drivers any question. Divide the number of drivers by the question and that is how many different answers you will get. Stay safe. Keep the dirty side down.
I never set the brakes when I weigh on a cat scale. It will throw your axle weight off. When I calibrate my right weigh I pull back on the scale so I know everything is perfectly leave. Just a tip. I enjoy your videos👍
The reason you get 100 different answers is because each company has different procedures on how much securement they want you to use and how to use it so its above what the d.o.t considers secured.
Nice work Dan. If the coil stays in position, that would suggest that your way is good enough. Did you ever think of getting a cover specially made for the coils.
Dan as you know, there's your way then my way. But when done but the Regulations, its not going to get you a ticket. Plus if you use an extra chain or 3. Its safe and safe is what counts at the end of the trip.
i remember picking up aluminum coils, on pallets, from Kentucky, to Denver. i remember because i lost my big lock, when i delivered the load. had a habit of placing it on the DOT bumper, and i drove off, forgetting the lock. that was a $150 lock too. got it when i went to trucking school. i think i got 3 coils, and had to use 3 load locks, to keep the pallets from shifting, cause after its loaded, its sealed and locked.
Sir Dan !!!! GREAT VIDEO !!! YES ,,the ""LITTLE GREEN BIBLE"" for Truckers very seldom gets LOOKED at till the Driver gets himself into trouble ,,then its TOO late to try & correct the mistakes !!! ""KEEP IT SAFE ""!!!!
Since you like reading the green book, perhaps you should read the part about weight on a single axle. You mentioned your "A little heavy on the steer" and showed a scale for 12100 pounds.... WRONG.... your steer weight is determined by the weight rating of the axle and the tires... In a class 8 truck the lightest steer axle will be 12350 pounds. G rated tires are 6175 pounds each. So if you have 14 ply "G" rated tires at 6175 then you have 12350 pound tire rating. Combine that with a 12350 pound rated axle and you can legally have 12350 pounds on your steer IN EVERY STATE.... The 12000 pounds is two things. First it is an industry standard to which all axle and tire manufacturers do not want to go below for a weight rating on a class 8 truck. Second it's a simplified learning practice for new drivers. 12000 Steer 34000 Drives 34000 Tandem is much simpler to explain than saying your steer can be at axle or tire rating which ever is lower and then you have to take what ever is over 12000 away from another axle group. So lets say you have a 13200 pound axle and "H" tires (13220 6610 x 2) the axle is lower so you could have 13200 pounds on your steer but then you can't be over 80K so now you have 13200 steer 32800 pound drive 34000 tandem, or 13200, 34000, 32800.... Being that you have a set back steer axle if you look at the door you will most likely see you have a 13200 pound axle. Look at your tires for the wight at 110 psi 6175 is a G and 6610 is a H you combine the rating of both steer tires 6175 x 2 =12350 for G ply and 6610 x 2 = 13220 for H. If for some reason you had a G on one side and an H on the other then you have to go by the lesser number so in that case you would be good tire wise for 12350...
I just watched a Pepe's Towing video of a trailer that had the frame break carrying a coil like that and tipped the truck over. The trucks you see with good tarp jobs on coils probably have tarps that are made to fit coils.
Great video and hey I can’t tarp coils all that well either but as long as it’s not wet or damaged I feel like I done pretty good be safe driver and keep them wheels rolling
I was securing a large machine one night and another employee came over and told me that I did not have enough securement on it, I said yes I know this I was just going to put one more 2 inch strap on it and roll. He gave me the usual your an ass look and walked off. Everyone is entitled their opinions doesn't mean I need to hear it. LOL...
👍😎👍 I was always under the impression that coil rocks had a rating of 10,000 lb. Maybe that was just company BS that was told to me. Either way as long as it gets there safe and legal it's all that matters right.
Sorry Dan, there are 4 million people who think they know how its done (coils) and if they were inspected they would fail miserably, but they are never wrong. By the way, wish they had coil racks when I hauled coils ours was 4x4 and wedges and lots of nails
Sorry, I can't help myself. Dan probably knows this, but 3/8 inch chains are only good for 6000+ WLL if the binder is rated just as high. The WLL of the weakest component is all you get. Many binders have a WLL of 5400. He's still legal in either case.
I always added 50% more securement than the law says. calls for 3 chains? I'll put four and two straps. It takes a minute extra and if I flip it'll probably stay on the truck so I can rest easy hauling it like that.
You didn't stick the paper with "Howdie Teresa " with the right tape. I'll send you instructions on "how to," a bit later as I'm busy right now, telling my "Teresa" how to clean the kitchen. I'm retired after 46 years of driving a "Big Banger" with 2 trailers and have nothing else to do but criticise your paper sign. Hope you don't mind too much. Pete
Hey Dan love the new Dorsey.I do have a question tho.I've found a 2015 International prostar 324000 miles 500 HP engine well maintained. I believe it was a heavy haul the drives are 14000 and drives are 40000.Would you consider using something like that for flat bed.Thanks for any input
Sort of and off subject question. Do you use 3/8 chain or 5/16 chain? My dad used to use 3/8 until a chain link got stuck in his Reitnouer J hook rail and he had to cut it out. -20422
in the u k we have coil trailers with coil well in the deck the coil drops in to the well the coil is turned around not like yours it can't roll forward
@@SuperTruckerdan That must be standard on trucks. I see the same hose on other channels. You have the Best trucking channel on RU-vid, Second is Trucker Josh. Thanks for posting,
Looks great to me!! That really stinks for us who don’t care right & wrong we want to see I being loaded. Tell them you get one complaint then if you bitch we move them the Euro Trucking VLOG !!!! Lmao
I'm a Noob less than a year on the road... wouldn't you want to go to a cat scale and calibrate your truck empty? Not trying to be a smart-ass just asking a question
Those little air scales are designed to work on air pressure. A heavy load creates the most air pressure. There is not much air pressure in the suspension when you have a little load. They have to be calibrated under a heavy load. Thanks for watching
@@SuperTruckerdan like I said I'm new to this industry less than a year I'm willing to learn everything I can to make my job easier and more efficient that's why I watch your channel and many others thanks for posting your videos it helps more than you know
Rite-Weigh instructions say to scale within 1500 pounds of full axle weight. Most gauges only indicate a value, so you want the accuracy the legal axle reading. My scale reading is off 1000 pounds when I am empty but accurate at 34,000 pounds.
