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Drive-a-Mack · **^ Top** #61 09.10.2009

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RC is not going to make it as far as he had hoped he would this evening. He wanted to try to make it to the Pilot at Exit 5 in Georgia but he's not going to have enough hours after sitting for 3 hours waiting for a dispatch and then taking 2 hours to tarp. Looks like it'll be the I-20 Truck Stop for him tonight with longer to go in the a.m. Not exactly what he wanted.

..hmmm, now if I had the authority to make this decision with the hrs he had left, I would have asked the shipper if they wanted that coil tarped, if not then hightail it to the Pilot then tarp the load there.... yes..no..?

Sabine in Mo · **^ Top** #62 09.10.2009

To protect from theft may have been their reason on tarping the copper load, but we were told it was to protect it from the elements (yeah, right, it gets melted where we took it to, at thousands of degrees). I have never tarped a load of copper, when we pulled flatbed, never heard of it, other then the monetary issue, but we ran team, this was run over night to Texas, truck didn't stop for much, not so much chance to rip it off.

notarps4me · **^ Top** #63 09.10.2009

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Originally Posted by Drive-a-Mack

..hmmm, now if I had the authority to make this decision with the hrs he had left, I would have asked the shipper if they wanted that coil tarped, if not then hightail it to the Pilot then tarp the load there.... yes..no..?

Some places require tarp prior to getting your BOL

Gator83 · **^ Top** #64 09.10.2009

I noticed in reading that someone mentioned that it might better out with a trainer instead of being sent out on your own. One of the first things I noticed in my first week out with this company, which was only a month ago, is that while you may be driving the truck by yourself, when you get to where you are going you are almost never alone. In just over a month now, I think I have only loaded / unloaded once or twice where there were no other trucks, and that was mostly this week (and for some reason I seem to have slipped into some kind of hidden night run fleet here, picking up at 9p and deliver 500 miles away the next morning at 8a, which is probably why I haven't seen any other drivers..).

That being said, no driver going to Mav needs to worry about the "being alone" part. I've used that 24-hour # to ask questions several times, sometimes just to make sure I made the right decision, and every time they made sure to tell me they were happy to know I called instead of just going. I've also had other Mav drivers finish their load and then help me finish mine, just because. Had nothing to do with me being new.

Good luck to RC out there, I know I talked to you a few times RCs Wife, but haven't been on in a while, so hope all is well with RC.

Gator

sarge26044 · **^ Top** #65 09.11.2009

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Originally Posted by Panhandle flash

Vorad sucks and won't be installed anyway or shouldn't be. They lost their frequencies with the new refarming scheme the government came up with. There is a new system out I hear but way more expensive than the VORAD was. It not only goes off when near cars, but overhead signs, bridges, and even some of the bigger hiline wires cause it to go off.

VORAD sucks!?!-- vorad proved in an accident that a car that was parked on the right shoulder of the highway and tried to reenter traffic was actually in reverse when the oncoming truck struck it. It is unfortunate that the driver of the car was killed in the accident, but it was fortunate that the driver of the truck that struck the car and the company that owned the truck were found to be innocent because of the information stored on the trucks VORAD system. Any system that could protect a driver and his/her company from a frivolous lawsuit is fine with me. The vorad in my truck goes off on a rare occaison at an overpass but not so much that it is annoying. Its much more annoying to me when a car or truck cuts in front of me (which also sets off the vorad system). Its not the vorad warning system thats annoying but the inconsiderate driving habits of others on the road.

sarge26044 · **^ Top** #66 09.11.2009

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Originally Posted by Redcoat wife

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.

tell your hubby, its like playing golf. Dont let the group behind you pressure you or ruin the good game you have going. They are not driving that load to its destination, your hubby is. If the drivers waiting to be loaded are that concerned with your hubby taking "too long" to secure and tarp, in my opinion, they have two choices 1. sit there in their trucks and complain or 2. Help your hubby secure and/or tarp thereby helping out a fellow driver and getting themselves into the dock to get loaded quicker.

A driver came into the dock where i was loading and told me i was oversecuring my load. I replied, there was no such term in my vocabulary. Not trying to be rude, when the driver was speaking to me, i stopped what i was doing and gave him my full attention. The driver did not like when i told him that the more he stood there and told me how i was oversecuring my load, the longer i was going to take me because i was stopping what i was doing to listen to what he had to say. i asked if he had children which seemed to throw him for a loop. he responded two, a son and a daughter. I told him this chain is for your son, and this chain is for your daughter so you can either help me put those chains on, or you can go sit in your truck....He walked back to his truck without another word. I finished "oversecuring" my load and away i went.

Larz · **^ Top** #67 09.11.2009

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Originally Posted by sarge26044

. i asked if he had children which seemed to throw him for a loop. he responded two, a son and a daughter. I told him this chain is for your son, and this chain is for your daughter so you can either help me put those chains on, or you can go sit in your truck....He walked back to his truck without another word. I finished "oversecuring" my load and away i went.

WOW, GREAT ANSWER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

And thank you for doing it for my kids as well!

MSS · **^ Top** #68 09.11.2009

Redcoat's wife, speaking from experience tell your husband I myself was in that position at USG, felt the pressure of everybody waiting on me so I hurried. The whole way to consignee was the longest trip ever, did I miss anything, did I use enough chains is the coil getting wet. It's not worth it do it right the first time and sleep good that night.

sarge26044 · **^ Top** #69 09.11.2009

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Originally Posted by Redcoat wife

Does anybody know if Maverick still goes there?

Redcoat made his delivery on time this morning. He waited for about a half hour to see if he would get a load from the same place but nothing came over the QC so he went ahead and put all his tarps and chains away. Another 2 1/2 hours later he finally got a dispatch to go to Severs (?) in Columbus, MS to pick up a 46K coil and take it to Winder, GA. This time it took him 2 hours to chain and tarp so he knocked a half hour off his time and it was a bigger coil.

I have a question. Why does he have to tarp this coil if there are bunches of them sitting outside in the yard waiting to be loaded? Obviously it's not for weather purposes or else the others would be under some kind of protection and it kind of makes no sense to try hide such an obvious load.

RC is not going to make it as far as he had hoped he would this evening. He wanted to try to make it to the Pilot at Exit 5 in Georgia but he's not going to have enough hours after sitting for 3 hours waiting for a dispatch and then taking 2 hours to tarp. Looks like it'll be the I-20 Truck Stop for him tonight with longer to go in the a.m. Not exactly what he wanted.

Other from that, so far so good.

Why tarp the coils when they are sitting outside waiting to be loaded....EXCELLENT QUESTION and i've always wondered the same thing.
1. Tarp because its a quick ten bucks(quicker when you get a system down)
2. Alot of places have you tarp during the winter months only because the wash they use at the consignee to finish the product can produce toxic gasses when combined with road salting chemicals.
3. because maverick tells you to.

sarge26044 · **^ Top** #70 09.11.2009

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Originally Posted by crazyfox

Thanks RC wife for all the post!! Keep them coming, I have applied to maverick on Tuesday, of this week. I sure hope that I get hired on!! Just wanted to let you know i'm following your post. Also notarps, i have noticed that you drove for maverick, got any advise? All i've done before was Dry van.

crazyfox, i drive for maverick. my advise: do it how maverick wants you to do it, "The Maverick Way"

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