The Truckers’ Report flatbed Hall of Shame.

Also, whenever someone takes pictures on this thread, I ALWAYS try to look at background and guess where people are.....anyone know where Im at inn this picture above?

 

Some oldtimer told them to always distribute their load's weight. They just aren't smart enough to realize they only meant front to back.

The sad lack of basic mechanical aptitude/understanding is almost frightening, nowadays. That load down the center puts almost all the load right into frame rails instead of loading up the crossmember as that^ foolishness does. Not to mention how much better the securement would be.

 

Crane load/unload and shipper didnt have vertical blocking/the driver is green, it is tmc after all

 

Never understood it either. Hauled a lot of rebar when I first started trucking. So easy to tell the loaders to load it properly.

 

Yea, I honestly cant remember hauling rebar.....does rebar have like a light oil coating on it? Making it kinda slick?

 

There's steel reinforcement in those - they probably just turned the trailer magnets on.

 

LOL!!

 

I don't remember it being oil coated but I could be wrong. Guess I never really paid attention if it was or not

 

LOL, I was with TMC 4 a short time, they have more than 1 shipper that loads it like that. I would atleast weave the straps under over so atleast everything has atleast 1 strap touching. And my experience, when it's dipped in oil, then ya gotta tarp it. So highly doubt this was oil dipped. Could be wrong though...

 

Ok, im just thinking back to flat bedding days...I remember something similar having a light coat of grease/oil on it.... maybe it wasnt rebar. Looking at the rebar jogged my memory