Cwc at prime inc.

Your gonna have to get credited for the locks, cause they sure will charge you for them at the inbound bay. They're not gonna care what happened to the load locks, or just take your word and give you 2 for free without charging your next paycheck. If your lucky they might explain that you have to get with your fleet manager about reimbursement.

Its all gonna have to be worked out with your fleet manager. If done right, your paycheck will credit you 2 load locks, and then charge you for 2. $70 (2 locks) minus $70 is $0.

 

Sorry just re read this. You can't get credited for load locks you didn't pay for. That's stealing. You can collect all the locks you want, but they will charge you for any ratchet load lock you replace, and if you try to get reimbursed for extra locks you didn't pay for, you might get in trouble. If you paid for two, you should only be reimbursed for those two.

BTW, lever locks are worthless in Prime eyes. When it comes to money, they won't pay or reimburse for anything but ratchet style. So if you swap loads with someone, make sure if you give them a load with two ratchet you get 2 ratchet back. If you get levers they need to charge him and reimburse you.

im pretty sure if the bay has any lever kind on the extra rack they'll let you take one or two. If they have them. You are still required to have two ratchet style.

 

I always just picked up a couple of used Lever Load locks at outbound if I needed them. They have a full rack of them there and were giving them away at the time. As far as the rachet type being required, I never noticed, but I normally had 4 lever type on my truck and no ratchet types, and no one ever said anything.

 

It's required that you have them. Make sure you check your macro 19 data... some of our shippers require that you have certain numbers of ratchet load locks or you can't load.

 

You should get reimbursed for your two ratchet when you quit.

And IP is right, load picked up from the Bensalem yard come to mind about ratchet locks. Local driver picks up the loads using the ratchet style left by previous drivers with their empties. You leave two, you get 2 with your load.

there are others, I just can't recall specific places.

 

Yeah, well ol' Local Larry and I aren't on too good terms. I've been getting lever locks, and crud that barely works. I've started taking pictures of what's in those Bensalem loads when I open up at the receivers. I've forgotten where I picked up at... somewhere in the Midwest required 2 ratchet style locks.