Steel Pipe Stake 4'6" — Flatbed Stake Pocket, 9-Gauge

A pipe stake drops into the flatbed's stake pocket and builds a wall along the deck edge, so a load of pipe has something to sit against instead of the open side of the trailer. This one is 4'6" of 9-gauge steel tube, 2.375" outer diameter, ending in a 6" flattened bottom sized for pockets with at least a 3" x 1.5" opening.

Drivers run them four to a truck, two per side, and the usual setup is to pull opposing stakes toward each other with chain and a binder run low across the deck. That is what turns a row of stakes into a wall. Trailers and loads differ, so take that as the common method rather than the only one.

If you load at a pipe mill, you already know the picture. Texas runs a lot of pipe, and a driver picking up there is expected to arrive with his own stakes in the rack, not to find a set waiting at the gate.

Stakes on their own do not secure anything — they contain. Chain and binders do the securing, and the DOT count is still the DOT count. Check your pocket dimensions before ordering: stake pockets vary between trailer builds, and a stake that does not seat fully will not hold once the load starts working.