a method of securing large rolls of compressible materials on flat transport cars , including placing a first set of longitudinally spaced u - shaped brackets on the transport car , each of the u - shaped brackets consisting of a horizontal cross member between a pair of vertical legs of a height no greater than the roll diameter , loading a plurality of the large rolls on the cross member to define a first row of the rolls , strapping the first row of rolls together , repeating steps and with additional sets of brackets to stack a selected number of additional rows of rolls above the first row , wherein the brackets of each set are aligned with the brackets associated with the rows therebeneath with the legs connected to so as to carry a significant portion of the weight of the rolls , and strapping selected adjacent rows of rolls together .