Flatbed Secuerment: Steel Coil eye to the side securing and tarping @ Maverick 

I've been retired from trucking since 2007 yet operated flatbeds, drop decks and covered wagons. We use to refer to the eye to the side coils as "suicide, " for all obvious reasons and "shotgun" when the eye is in parallel with the length of the trailer.

Being a truck driver we never get paid enough for the hard work we put in.

Thank you for showing the process of securement. I am researching Maverick and regional flatbed, so your videos are helpful!

I've driven a dry van for 21 years. I didn't know anything about flat bedding until your videos, thanks. I must say, I would rather just shut the trailer doors and get down the road.....lol

Excellent video, very professional and safety minded. You are a great example of the flatbed industry.

Great video thanks for publishing! Just put my application in @Maverick today. Will graduate end of June w CDL class. Hope to see it live!

Very clean job, not a lot of wasted motion. Nice work Dale!

Enjoy watching your videos. Good job and thanks for all the time you put in to prepare and upload them.

I found this more entertaining than tv. Keep up the hard work. love the video.

Great job, I'm exhausted just watching this

Excellent video Dale! I enjoyed seeing the process from beginning to end.

Keep the great videos coming.. I appreciate your quality in your video as well as audio... tomorrow's my first day solo flatbed... awesome ....oh yeah your speed is on point too.

Great securement and tarping video as always Mr. Dale. I've had 5 loads so far with maverick n all has been tarp except one. And it has been taking me hours to load n tarp lol. Then I just got a multi load with 3 stop with 5 40 inch coils. So I really needed that video thanks again Mr. Dale

Thanks for the vids, I'm new to flatbed and picking up coil in the am

Didn’t know coils were that heavy, always wondered why only one was on the truck. Awesome job to you and all the other cdl drivers!

You are a credit to your company and the industry. WELL DONE

Three weeks of over the road training and never touched a coil. My first solo run and I picked up a 46600 lbs coil. Took me a lot longer than this to secure it. I've learned a lot watching this! Thank you!

Hi Dale, I know I'm late to the party but I JUST discovered your videos and wanted to thank you for making them. I'm going to be getting my CDL soon and am looking to join the flatbed brotherhood. Your videos are covering the main thing I'm fearing when I become a trainee.

Hey Dale, this was great. Thanks for the POV securing and tarping, I learned something.

That always pissed me off, the coils stay out in the weather in the yard for months, but if it gets loaded on a truck all of a sudden it becomes weather sensitive and has to be tarped

I'm impressed with your video. You did a good job on this coil. I found it interesting that the shipper expected that coil to be tarped after it had been sitting out in the rain. I was a long time company flatbed driver. But I would never work for a flatbed operation that expected it's drivers to swap trailers and gear. My trailer was MY trailer. I had it set up MY way and with MY goodies... little things like smoke tarps and corner protection, etc... I don't know how you guys with the major carriers do it! Good job!

Thanks for the tip on tarping the coil maybe mine will look a little better from now on

Every time I watch one of your videos it makes happy that you keep your chains and binders clean and stowed in an orderly fashion. I've watched other trucker videos and the securement devices are just stowed in haphazard manner and they are all dirty and rusty. It ,to me, shows that you have pride in the equipment you have to work with.

love your instructional videos been doing this a long time but always willing to refresh and learn .Never too old to keep gaining knowledge new ways

This is very helpful. Thanks!

I am new driver in canada, your video is so helpful thanks

Awake at 5am watching an old Dale Clay securement video. Bring the videos back, let’s see more of your JB hunt life.

Nice chain & tarp job. Always amazes me we all do those jobs slightly different . And we each prefer different things too securement wise. Cool vid liked the helmet cam too. Stay safe

Enjoy the video Learn a lot thanks

This is how ya load a coil or two! Boys and girls! This is how i was taught in Philadelphia PA.

You deserve more subscribers dale you’re an og

I used to pick up Slinky's in Perth Amboy, and they would pick them up out of the frozen mud with snow on them... and I would have to tarp it. Eventually I learned it was for road salt protection, but it sure seemed strange at the time. BTW I got $25.00 to tarp back in '96 as a company driver, o/o's got $100.00.

I'd rather tarp a coil than a load of lumber. Nice job and another good video. Stay safe!

I remember having to tarp roof shingles when I was with TMC. Roof shingles!! They're designed to be in the weather!! Even the customer asked me upon delivery, "Why did you tarp that?". I said, "Because they told me to". Crazy.

Great Video. Great Job

Nice job! Tarping very quick! 5+ 👍

Cool... if Maverick would allow a cat on the truck, I would sign on in a heartbeat and go flat-beddin'!

awesome job man

I use to love when the shipper tells me they have to be tarped when they’ve been sitting outside in the elements for weeks or months at a time

nice job great work

On your patch job I learned not to use square patches but cut round ones. This way there is no real edge to pull up on. On a square patch you have the 4 pointed ends to start to peel from if thatmakes any sense

great content

That coil was sure well secured,you are more safety aware than we are over here there is no way that a u.k driver would put 6 chains on one coil, an interesting video my friend.keep safe down the road.

He was able to get this done in less than an hour. That's good for whatever tarp pay you get. At least it ain't a couple of hours then it wouldn't be worth it.

Hey man like your video, filling out my app today.

Ratchet binders take forever but they're safer than this other ones you have in my opinion..I've seen severe cuts from the bar and I've seen the bar fly and hit ppl and trks also

It is very unfortunate that most drivers that only haul steel coils with eyes to the side of the trailer rarely or occasionally do not secure them properly. For example, in this video, the 2 chains going straight across the coil are useless. Why? You have to think about the dynamics of how that coil is going to try to move during transport. The most important item to consider and protect against is forward movement in case of a hard or emergency stop. In CFR 49 section 393.120 , the law is very specific: The chains securing those coils must be at an angle of no more than 45 degrees. This is the angle of the chain to the deck. In this video, the angle is closer to 55 or even 60 degrees, completely illegal and from a practical point, useless. Why? Because if the angle is greater than 45 degrees, you have greatly decreased the holding power of the chain against forward movement of that coil. Additionally, chain WLL must be respected. In California, before they changed the law to mimic the federal law, it specified that coils 5,000 to 15,000 required 1 chain to the rear and one chain to the front. Coils 15,000 to 25,000 required 2 chains to the rear and 1 chain to the front. Coils over 25,000 required 3 chains to the rear and 2 chains to the front. Again, each chain must be angled 45 degrees or less, and only one chain allowed per anchor point. Now, it does not specific the quantity because it is counting on and assuming the driver will be respecting the chain WLL, which is what those numbers were based upon. And yes, I have hauled 54,000 coils before, and I used 4 chains to the rear and 3 chains to the front. Remember, the most important thing to consider when hauling steel coils, or any heavy coil product, is how is that coil going to try to move in an emergency, then use common sense to protect against that.

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Good job, safety first

You the man !

I might no agree with home these mega carriers threat their drivers or pay them but I do respect how they train you properly to strap sht down.

thanks for sharing.

DAM DALE #YR GOOD #MAVERICK SHOULD BE PROUD #SAFE TRAVELS

Great video do more like these thanks

I will stick to my Conestoga alot easier and you did a decent job chaining and tarping but I would like to give you a few pointers if you don't mind , I know they probably taught you how to chain but they are probably desk jockies , a good rule to remember is the less chain you use on the side the better for your safety, good video , nice job

So.. I have 8 years cdl driving experience and about a month flatbedding. never hauled a coil before. did some training when I started here. I just drove 4 hours empty up to this place in Mississippi to load. They won't load me because I've never physically hauled a coil. That's what I get for asking the loader a simple question. had my company and broker call and they won't load me. makes no sense to me. I got no problem chaining. watched this video earlier bc I was curious about tarping tho. Just at a loss for words right now with the way I was treated today. I'm usually home Fridays in Minnesota. this just totally screws up my weekend picking up my kids. I'm gonna get my ass chewed by their mother for sure... Thanks for these helpful videos tho. Guess I better keep my mouth shut from now on.

If I had to tarp that coil that tarp would be flapping in the breeeze by the time I got out of the yard, I always sucked at tarping. I guess it makes it easier when you have the right tarps

Nice.

Great exercise that's for sure...and lucky it's not raining ?

I just wondered if you have a preference ...because if I recall correctly,, last time you had the coil on a skid and it was turned the other way so that you could chain and then strap it accordingly over the top.

🎶 “ if your happy and you know it, clap your feet” 🎶 11:07

"why do i care about tarps that arent mine? Because theyre my responsibility" They just dont make men like they used to... I was born in the wrong generation lol. Thank god for my old school, hard ass military parents. Stay safe out there brother.

Great job, can i make a suggestion? You could use way less bungi cords if you would instead of 1 bungi per tarp D ring you would bungi the bottom D ring and then go into the rub rail come up and hook into the top D ring, this would get the job done with less bungi cords and in less time, in turn gettin out of the rain quicker too .Just a suggestion.

fast on feet slow in seat ? LOL I like it!

Sweet coil bag bro

Why didn’t you strap a 4x4 over the front of the tarp to keep air from getting under it??

Knowledge is good.

Eye to the side... first I've heard that but I like it. This way is better of known as suicide loading, and reversed is shotgun loading.

I just hsve to ask. These coils are not to get wet? Yet there stored in s field. I know you called it Coil land,but where are they made? How did they get to this open field.... Also the way you fold tarps at the end ,dictates how easily it goes on.

So, the video starts, I see coils sitting out in the yard, in the elements (some appear to have light surface rust), and I'm about to type the question "why in THE hell would you spend time tarping them." ... and then you deliver your punchline before the logo bumper rolls. PRICELESS! --- I'm assuming it's a company policy to tarp all loads? For appearances? For fuel economy?

looks good

I like all the racks under that nugget from a loaders standpoint, and all the chains too. Yep. That ones pretty oscelated on the id. I've seen better wraps. Black iron i think.

What i sont like is all the coils and same another tipe.of loqd they are outside but once we load they want us to tarp, that make sense???

3 maverick and no body says hi 😂

Also, is that tarp cloth? I remember TMC used some kind of vinyl or something. It was heavy. I think there was an 80 lb and a 100 lb. tarp. Yours looks like cloth. Looks lighter.

Cool video. Just subbed to your channel.

gotta love blytheville

Only reason I ask is because the Mill Numbers on the side of the coils look similar to what I see at WI.

Those snap binders make me nervous... I like the ratcheting ones a little better... great video quality BTW....

Snap binders? My company never allowed us to use those. I also never had to tarp a load since I had a conestoga trailer. Best thing if all you do is haul coils!

Some shippers pay like $150 tarping and $150 unarping

Looks like Fulton County Processing's yard in Delta Ohio. If this is, did you stop by WI or Northstar to pick up?

Our company wants use to use 8 chains (9 because you have to extend a chain), and wrap each chain around the steak pocket and hook back on to the chain when doing Suicide Coils.... They way you do it is a lot more neat n simple but goes against what I was taught. They say those half moon spools have zero working load limit and only the steak pockets have a working load limit, but other truckers I met on the road said the half moon spools do have a WLL. Either way if I get pulled into the Terminal like how you got it secured they would pull me off the truck and put me back through 1-3 days of load securement class. Any thoughts Dave? As I like the way you do it, just not sure if those half moon spools have a WLL.

hey i was wondering as a coil hauler myself why dont you double up on your chains and use j hooks on 1 side of the coil for binders and with that dont you keep your binders on 1 side of the coil much nicer when checking your load. and how much load weight is your setup good for?

Do you need to have experience to work for maverick or do they take newbies fresh out of cdl school? Planning to get my cdl this next spring.

why doesn't he bundle the excess chain up with bungee cords?

5:20 that coil is messing with your chain 🤣🤣

What kind of CB radio do you run with that big antenna mounted on your headache rack?

Hey I'm new to flat bed does your trailer rub rail spacers have a working load limit?

Now i see why you are not concerned about exercising, looks like a pretty good workout for the day.

Just asking my man but are your chains rated for that ratchet binder chains look a little small for a ratchet binder

I’ve hauled coils but never let them load them so if it breaks free it’s not going to roll over top of my cab . I don’t know why these r being loaded this way

What is the length of those chains ⛓ and thickness? Thanks

Is all of Maverick's trucks super single tires?

Do you know if maverick has laws against concealed carrying a firearm in company vehicle? Did they ever mention that?

Tarping a load that already got rain on it lol it so doesn’t make sense 🤦🏻‍♂️

Couple things, is wearing the hard hat and all the ppe a maverick policy or a dale policy? Also the way you hook your chains to the stake pockets is that a maverick thing. I don't see many people doing it like that, not saying it's wrong just asking. Finally I love tapping steel all nice for them to take it off the truck and put it outside in the dirt as I say.

Okay, now you've wrapped it up nice and tight. How are you going to check your chains. I'm legitimately asking because I'm about to go into heavy haul and through my not CDL experience, load securements loosen after only a short time of travel. Do you just not check it.

Good viewing. I bet it took longer to secure and sheet the coil than it to load onto the trailer.

What weight are those coils , I used to carry 3 x 8 ton