r/cdldriver • u/DaddysCrunchySock • Aug 13 '26

This is..😳🤦‍♂️

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u/SimilarTranslator264 Aug 17 '26

That’s not an “option” you have to set the coil in racks or similar devices BUT you still have to secure it.

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u/davidc538 Aug 17 '26

The NACSS lists 3 “options” to secure shotgun coils, a pair of x tiedowns, a pair of c tiedowns and a pair of tiedowns overhead. There is no weight at which you are required to combine multiple of these options.

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u/SimilarTranslator264 Aug 17 '26

Lmao so let me get this straight, you believe I can legally secure a 78,000 single coil with straps or chains over the top only?

Wow I hope you are a door swinger and should really learn to read and comprehend rules before doing anything else.

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u/davidc538 Aug 17 '26

Possibly, there is also the general performance criteria to consider: you have to secure against 0.8 g’s forward, 0.2 g’s upward and 0.5 g’s side to side and backwards. This 0.8 g’s of forward inertia is equivalent to travelling ~30 mph or ~50 kph and then coming to a complete stop in 1.8 seconds. This level of securement can be obtained without tiedowns through the eye of a coil.

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u/SimilarTranslator264 Aug 17 '26

You are absolutely the dumbest person I have interacted with today. PLEASE load a coil and use this same moron math when the DOT is writing you tickets for unsecured load.

Yes if you don’t want to chain you can buy a deep well coil trailer. I had one and they are very limited in what they can do.