Securing and Tarping skidded slitted coils

[@jjhz83]

+dale clay really appreciate these types of videos, I enjoy the frequent VLOGS of the life of a trucker...these loading and unloading videos really brings it full circle. Be safe and great job!

[@DaleLClay]

+Jorge Hernandez Appreciate that.

[@jodidetuncq9060]

Gotta love the person whp invented the good ole bungie cords! Very well done , kudos!

[@DaleLClay]

+jodi detuncq Yes sir.

[@HillbillyRednecking]

By far, the best trucker videos I've seen on KZbin!

[@DaleLClay]

Thank you!

[@lsellclumanetsolarenergyll5071]

Excellent video you can really see how you thinking about the securement. Funny looks like "Securement" is not a word for my Firefox web browser LOL. Great job there. It show's for outsiders really good how much time goes into securing a load proper.

[@garyott2457]

awesome job Dale. Really learned a lot. Thanks for your vids.

[@DaleLClay]

+Gary Ott YOur welcome

[@ozzieulloa6088]

Its realy allot better to speek and explain what your doing. Thank you for the video and your time.

[@bryanschmidt9539]

Hi my name is bryan ive been haulin steel sence 86 do not do not do this ok

[@bryanschmidt9539]

I was a trainer and ive trained driver to haul steel

[@bassbone52]

Very professional.

[@DaleLClay]

+bassbone52 Thanks

[@leighmackay7486]

Well done in all respects-load securement and video presentation. The helmet camera is excellent.

[@DaleLClay]

+Leigh MacKay Thanks, the hard part with the Helmet cam is not knowing exactly where it's pointing.

[@exportconnections1550]

The belly wrap chain is attached to the wood skid. What purpose is that when the coil it self can go flying foward off the pallet?

[@DaleLClay]

Prevent loadshift. If coils are flying chains won't help.

[@armobyzantine5881]

Why is the cool that in the middle strapped with two chains next to each other and the coils at both ends chains have a x pattern ?

[@IMAIRIINIE]

armo byzantine it prevents forward and rearward movement on the front and rear coils.

[@armobyzantine5881]

@@IMAIRIINIE would it still be ok if you made the middle like a x pattern like the rest

[@alexcristo4219]

I’m about to pick this up very helpful 💪🏼

[@Perry-pg4iw]

Great video and very informative Subscribed !!

[@apocyldoomer]

Why is that load not spread apart a little bit more, and do those chains ever break??

[@DaleLClay]

Keeping them close also allows them to prevent movement of other stacks. I suppose everything can break once its breaking point is reached. The number of securements we use is based on a mathematical formula to secure what it can handle.

[@apocyldoomer]

+Dale Clay OK just wondering I drive Dry Vans I'd be too nervous to drive a flatbed Keep on truckin and have a safe trip Driver!!

[@DaleLClay]

You mean putting a bunch of weight in the back and closing the doors does not make you nervous. I would be paranoid it would punch through a wall :)

[@bryanharper4426]

Well done sir!!

[@DaleLClay]

+Bryan Harper Thanks

[@tougemonsterae86]

Good job man injoy your videos keep up the good work

[@DaleLClay]

+Essi Mian Thanks

[@rubenastorga6939]

The money must b good It’s work but I guess once you get the hang of its like clock work !! Get your money G well done . Going owner op looking at everything

[@robertallred2368]

Yeah I'm doing the same thing.

[@dglowartz7935]

I can see why some drivers hate tarp ping , looks like, for the majority of your loads, you could use a 25' shorter trailer? What is gained, by the distance, between the two trailer axles? Appears that the military practice of "hurry up and wait" can also be applied to trucking? Thanks for your videos and insight and good luck.

[@DaleLClay]

+Docg 92S10 The only thing gained is I don't have to keep swapping trailers for longer ones. I have 49 feet of lumber on the deck right now.

[@Garland49120]

good Job

[@DaleLClay]

+garland curry Thanks

[@DudetECH]

Good job , keep it up 👍

[@DaleLClay]

+DUDE channel Tha ks

[@scummybagger4213]

Don't know if this boy is gonna do it. But you can loose a LOT of slack in chains by how you hook them into the rub rails ... Sometimes that's helpful. I hauled a lot of machinery. I even had shorter pieces of chain for specific jobs. Even had several no more than couple feet long .... You can hook a ratchet binder (only kind I carried) directly to rub rails if done right ...

[@hdse103]

Thank you Sir, well done.

[@DaleLClay]

+hdse103 Thank you

[@burlcarey]

good one Dale. thumbs up buddy! C-ya. :)

[@DaleLClay]

+Burl Carey Thank you sir.

[@nolanmanley5359]

Dale, you know they make those orange safety vest in larger sizes... ..just for retired military guys that grow a little after leaving duty.

[@DaleLClay]

+Nolan L Manley Jr ROFL

[@ronjefe23]

Thank you for this video my G

[@_rafaelitoooo]

24:30 What's The Song Called?

[@DaleLClay]

+R C I call it, free youtube creator music. Unfortunately I am to lazy to track that stuff.

[@rogera879]

Good vid Dale! Curious though are a majority of customers secure and tarp out in the elements? Would really be challenging doing that in a downpour!

[@DaleLClay]

+Roger A IN bad weather most have us tarp under cover. Outside in the sun.

[@gereral1_jackofalltrades]

Top coil in center needed a cross chain. Possible if you hit a vehicle and came to a sudden stop that coil could slide into your cab. A truck driver 19 years old died in Tilbury, Ontario Canada from Laidlaw as a frenchman was merging onto the highway and came into the Laidlaws right lane and cut him off and he hit the back of his trailer as the french man ran out of on ramp. The laidlaw driver could not get over because a car was pinning him in. His coils like yours slid into his bunk and killed him. I've been doing flatbed for 10 years and would cross each chain and add a third rail to other rail strap or chain on each of those coil stacks as well. the over the rail to rail does nothing for forward movement but prevents the coils from sliding off the truck in case the trailer gets ditched of a jack knife occurs.Canada requires cross on over on each stack or its an 800 dollar fine.

[@DaleLClay]

+gereral1 Thanks for the information.

[@gereral1_jackofalltrades]

Just have ago pro fixed to your helmet?

[@DaleLClay]

+gereral1 Yes

[@luchnit.9231]

Great video Dale..👍 can u use just snap binders or just ratchet binders ? Or is there a reason u use both or u have to use both? If u could reply I'd appreciate it. Keep up the great job, stay save. 🍻

[@DaleLClay]

You can use whatever you want, it's a matter of preference. After a while I would develop a system of what works best for me with certain loads.

[@luchnit.9231]

@@DaleLClay thanks for the reply.. Subscribed.. 👍

[@Joe-eb8vc]

If you used two chains on the middle stack anyway, why not use the X pattern like the other two? Why not just use straps? Quicker, easier, and will secure the load just fine.

[@DaleLClay]

+Joe Mavericks policy is chains before straps on steel loads. I am not convinced it would be qiucker, as it's still the same number of chains.

[@CarlosCarlos-oz4qr]

Straps on steel coils won't resist on an emergency brake stop.

[@Joe-eb8vc]

Carlos Carlos Of course they will. Smh....

[@ShagWagon]

Joe whats the difference between a steel linked chain and a strap? I can cut a strap with a razor just like the edges of steel coils can. Not so much with steel chains.

[@waynepatterson5526]

How much weight you hauling

[@DaleLClay]

+Wayne Patterson I don't recall, and if I didn't say in the video then we are out of luck.

[@janaaj1an889]

Phew! How long did that actually take? Was that the whole job?

[@DaleLClay]

+Jan wa1jan It was normal speed.

[@Silvervwolfee]

I'm just starting out in flatbed. Is there a good source for load securement training? The coils in your vids give me the chills! But I'm learning alot just watching your vids.

[@DaleLClay]

+Michael Blosser Your company should provide the training.

[@robertallred2368]

Try googling dot training videos.

[@mikehodges3609]

Would a bulkhead have been overkill? Just curious. Really enjoy your videos.

[@DaleLClay]

+Mike Hodges I use trip chains for these type loads.

[@AnthonyHill77]

Recently stumbled onto your videos and have enjoyed them. I am seriously considering Maverick. And i will put you down as a referral if i do make that move!

[@DaleLClay]

+Anthony Hill I appreciate that and I am glad you like them.

[@heath7427]

you definitely earned tarp pay on that one

[@DaleLClay]

+Heath Smith This was easy compared to some I do.

[@rigut229]

WELL DONE. BE SAFE

[@DaleLClay]

+rigut229 Thanks...same to you.

[@waynepatterson5526]

Nice music

[@DaleLClay]

thanks

[@maxpuppy96]

I hated those slitted coils if I remember they were very oily, We use to get them from Worthington Steel, we called them WS coils.

[@DaleLClay]

+Mark Nairn I prefer skidded versus on their side, then i have to run some crazy figure 8 chains.

[@nebraskawildkats332]

Must want to lose the center coils?

[@leonardburns1780]

dale thanx for the video but I don't miss that part of the job at all ehhh

[@DaleLClay]

I hear ya

[@waynepatterson5526]

I know the Mavrick way Dale 😆

[@DaleLClay]

+Wayne Patterson 😉

[@aleins01]

Never hook up to pockets on aluminum trailer.

[@bryanschmidt9539]

My god why does maverick show this stuff he should place a 4x4 down center for down

[@johnlong3197]

Dale, I'm worn out just watching you tarp, is $50.00 for tarp pay enough, lol

[@DaleLClay]

+John Long 25 dollars an hours is not much but I will live with it for now.

[@rolandmalcome6684]

I want to know who showed you how to sucure the front and back of a load with a braceing chain with no binders // tarping you get 75 % you did good the way you covered coils to protect that last tarp ... you need some help with covering on front tarp at thends...

[@DaleLClay]

Some things are learn as you go with securement videos and securement manuals. Not every load is experienced under the tutelage of an instructor. I still feel fairly new to the trucking world and am always trying to do better in the methods I use.

[@rolandmalcome6684]

in your future trucking times ... I saw that you didn't have anymore binders so biuld a head bourd with 3 4by 4 s and 2 2inch x-straps and 1 4 inch strap on top of your head-bourd ...stay safe out there on the big road ...

[@RelaxingHomestead]

You have officially gone from informational blogging to putting on an educational course. Just think if you organized a channel just on how to secure flatbed. By the time you retire you would still be getting small trucking companies using your vids as the training department.

[@DaleLClay]

+RelaxingHomestead I do have a Playlist for how I secure stuff.

[@RelaxingHomestead]

+Dale Clay Yes Sir looks good. Seems like youtube puts alot of importance on keywords found in the search titles. Looking at your playlist, 5 of 12 have word securement, 4 or so have tarping, and only 1 has title word with flatbed. No consistant theme or way for keywords to find your work. You do the best documentation in this space. Seems like if you streamlined the wording to make it easier for the search engine to recommend your videos. Like start all of them with Flatbed Securement: Steel Coil etc. I am a perfectionist, might not want to be the minutia you want to go down. Just seems like youtube/ Maverick Referrals is a way you monetize your down time while on the road to create an additional stream of income.

[@DaleLClay]

+RelaxingHomestead Sounds like good reasoning to me.

[@Joe-eb8vc]

RelaxingHomestead The praise you're giving him is unwarranted. This load isn't secured properly.

[@waynepatterson5526]

U got it sucred for 16000

[@DaleLClay]

+Wayne Patterson Each chain covers 8000 pounds worth of securement value.

[@gereral1_jackofalltrades]

Correc. I use 3/8 chain and secure for 9600 lbs. You only need half for each point or rail as the ministry does when checking. say each coil is 5000 lbs. have 2 you would need 2 chains and a cross chain or strap. Sometimes I will use straps on the middle coils cross X and over each but always chain the front and back ones. Sometimes side skidded coils you has like 8 rows so you run out of chains. LOL

[@rockinroadways5626]

Thank you to share your knowledge but you still don't like to talk. I can't believe i can get sea sick by watching your VDO but I didn't mean you VDO not good just because your helmet camera moving up and down make me feel like I'm sitting in the boat and i have to fast forward to avoid before i vomiting.

[@DaleLClay]

+rockin roadways lol

[@bryanschmidt9539]

And hook to pockets on aluminum trailer so so wrong this kid dont knw how to set up load to use pockets so sad

[@harvey50ok]

I enjoy watching your videos but the music on this one is not what i enjoy. I wont be watching many of them with this kind of so called music.

[@DaleLClay]

+Harvey Nichols You always have the option to lower the volume, or play you own music in the background. Safe travels.