HAHA, eyes to the front... I know when you lay it down they call it eye to the sky, but what's wrong with suicide? It's an apt description if you don't chain it right.

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Mr RC nice to see redcoat is happy,and I hope his training goes well.. I enjoyed reading your post about Covenant, and look forward to reading his adventurers at Maverick

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It is a term that co's are trying to get away from due to all the lawyer scandals in court involved in truck/ car accidents. How was that coil loaded? Suicide. Driver that sounds dangerous. Just more mumbo jumble that lawyers try to use to pad the pockets of the always constant make a million here lawsuits.

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I was thinking about Maverick,. but they dont hire in my area, oh well,

He has been giving a great job. I rarely come across an Maverick driver thats unhappy with this company. The reason they let you do it wrong, then show you and let you do it right is the reason you state. Also if your out on your own and do something wrong it proves that it only takes a few more minutes to get it right. Im glad your husband has landed a good job. I drove van and containers for six years and would not have dreamed of going flatbed at the beginning of my career, but im glad I made the switch. Tell him to take his time on all of it and enjoy the challenge and Im sure that he will do great. Also tell him when he's out around cumberland city,tn look for the bright yella trucks I go by "BAMA" (Roll Tide Roll) if he needs any help dont be shy to ask.

Notarps that is exactly the reason Redcoat said they told him. He said if you have the victim's family in court and they start tossing that word around it didn't go over too well and so the companies wanted to use verbiage that didn't paint quite such a grisly picture.

Thanks Sewerman and Bamanation for the warm welcome. It is so-far-so-good for Redcoat at load securement training. I asked him if he's going to be able to remember everything he's learning so far and he said no problem. He said besides that, there is a laminated book in every truck that has all the information in it so you can refer to it if you want to check to make sure something you're doing is right. He says for now his only concern is being able to chain down and tarp a load under time pressure. For instance if he's at a shipper and it's raining and they're waiting for him to chain and tarp before he can move the truck for another one in line to get loaded. He hates the thought of somebody waiting for him to do something so that will tend to get on his nerves a bit but I'm sure he will be able to deal with it.

I asked him what determined whether coils are loaded eyes to the sky, front, or side and he said they are too heavy for fork lifts so the shipper has to use a crane and that dictates how they want them loaded. Ah, that makes sense. As the non-trucker, it's sometimes hard to visualize how exactly this stuff gets done or why it's done one way and not another.

I think they're working on slinkys today so stay tuned.

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RC I am a former maverick. The book he speaks of will not or can not cover every load. He will have a list of numbers to call if he has questions and maverick drivers stick together and will help one another out. A newbie is easy to spot and there will be several mav's that will offer help if he needs it. If not he can just ask one of them. He needs to ask other mav's and not just any flat bedder because mavericks securement policy is above and beyond most co's.

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I would recommend a good pair of Redwing steel toes,....They are more money but I know my feet feel a whole lot better at the end of the day since I started buying quality foot wear,....

AH ya, didn't think of that. It's understandable, given our day and age.

And notarps was right. There will prolly be other flatbedders around to help out if he gets a load he's not sure how to secure, even if they don't run for Maverick. That's one of the things I met when flatbedding is a different world. Drivers I met were much friendlier on the whole, unless you weren't a flatbedder.

I know my first load for Melton was a glass load out of Tulsa. I bungeed the hell out of it to keep the tarps as tight as possible. I stopped for a load check at a plaza on SR75 (if I remember right...) and another driver watched me throwing on a few more bungees and came over and asked if I was new. I told him ya and he chuckled a bit, but in a friendly way. He then helped me a bit with redoing my bungees to make the tarps a bit tighter while using few of them. We talked for quite a while since I was taking my 10 hour break.

Anyway, all the securement and tarping and such takes a while to get used to. I know I barely scratched the tip of the iceberg in the little time I was with Melton, but at least it's more interesting then bumping a dock, turning in your paperwork, then watching TV for 2 hours.

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Yes...

RC's wife... I am a Maverick driver and notarps is 110% correct...securement HAS TO BE DONE the Maverick way...and no other way.

Maverick will give him a phone number to call if he has any securement questions...and somebody (usually Keith or James...Redcoat will know these names) will answer the phone at that number no matter the time of day or night.

Other Maverick drivers will help if he needs it...if they don't offer to help on their own RC should not hesistate to ask for help.

I enjoy helping others...but usually mind my own business unless asked for help (or I see something that is unsafe)