Do You Strap Paper Rolls?

Picked up a dozen huge paper rolls today. I didn't strap them because I didn't want to mess up the paper. They are stacked two high towards the front of the trailer and single towards the back, and they are all placed in such a way that they can't move past each other. There are a couple of wooden blocks hammered or screwed into the floor behind the last roll so it can't move around. Do you guys strap them anyway?

Sue, don't you and your codriver haul these all the time?

Ive only hauled lots of the tall rolls... 6 or 7 to a load and placed on thin rubber mats to keep them from sliding. We use straps and take all ramps at half speed.

Oh ok. These will probably be ok then since they're short. Thanks!

I'll still take those ramps slow though. I'm grossing almost 79k right now

Yep those rolls are heavy and unstable as all get out. Go around a ramp too fast and youll knock them over inside your trailer throwing your weight all off or even worse, having rolls bust through the side of your trailer.

I'm assuming you're not flatbed. I haul those often, just posted a pic on the flatbed thread. If you are flatbed, please lord strap them or something lol

As a dedicated driver for Georgia Pacific, I haul lots of rolls. There's only one GP shipper that I go to that requires straps/load locks: Holly Springs, NC. But their product is a highly finished paper (white, shiny, etc.).

Also, many shippers/receivers have the trailer closed and sealed. Loading and stacking is on them, since you can't even look at the freight. But, of course, do your best to keep an even keel on those turns!

Sue is right - those rolls are unstable as heck - tall rolls, short rolls - doesn't matter. They will slide around on you or fall off the pile if you jump on the brakes or take a turn too hard. Drive very delicately with em. You wouldn't think something that big and heavy would move around easily, but trust me, they will.

And of course they make for quite a high center of gravity if they're the tall rolls or they're stacked, making it that much more dangerous. So easy on the brakes, easy around the turns.

I've only hauled them once. I actually couldn't believe they didn't come with instructions to put straps on them. I did it anyway, the last thing I wanted to deal with was one of them suckers rolling out the back doors. LOL

JJ