Hi everyone, right now I'm driving a Class B locally hauling textiles. I had about a 10,000 lb load a 12 wool bails destined to become MLB baseballs. I thought I was gonna roll it over during a 10 mph right hand turn!!! There were 3 bails on each pallet (total of 4 pallets) with a load bar in front. This is a weekly run but this has never happened before!! The truck weights 16,500 and can carry 16,500. Do you think todays extreme humidity would cause the wood floor to be more slippery to cause this? Any inside info would help!
Thanks Kris
Had my 1st load shift today!!
Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by krispb, Aug 17, 2009.
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I think you took the corner too fast. Be happy you still have the black round thingy's down.
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Humidity might have made the bales less solid and bulkier, but it would be hard to say it caused the load to shift.
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a. It wasn't secured properly.
b. The reason it shifted was that the driver went around the corner too fast. Physics.
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Yep secure everything I had a container full of lithium ingots shift on me, going slow, none of the others had moved, but the legs of the container had oil on them, I should have put a strap inside the van at the back
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Simple fact is it doesn't matter why the load shifted, except in what you can do to prevent it next time. It shifted because it wasn't secured or loaded properly, or because you went too fast (maybe it was slow enough if the load was properly secured, but this time it wasn't.) Either way, load securement is your responsibility unless the truck was pre-loaded and sealed before you picked it up. Then, the only culpability you share in this is that you went through the turn too fast.
If there had been an accident involving other vehicles, and especially an injury, and REALLY especially a death, you can bet your sweet bippy you would be getting your ### hauled over the coals right now. Even if there were environmental factors that contributed to the load being less secure than it normally was.
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Thanks for the tips, I have 3 rows on the truck where either I can put a load bar/strap. I don't have any ratchet straps though, only regulars ones. The bails are around 7 1/2 feet high. Think a strap over each one to the lowest rung would help prevent this in the future?
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You could have came on the power too soon also. Wait until you're completely out of the turn before you apply power.
krispb Thanks this.
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