Frito Lay Load Securement - Yeah, Right.....

Discussion in 'Schneider' started by RootHog, May 25, 2017.

  1. RootHog

    RootHog Heavy Load Member

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    Well, since everything else I like to haul with this company has either been lost, become dedicated, or hidden from owner operators, I am now finding myself at the gates of Frito Lay more and more. This week, I find myself there pretty much the entire week, doing nothing but dropping and hooking at their locations until I get to my home load.

    Anyhow, these folks require us to somehow secure little tiny boxes of potato chips with load straps. Load Straps that will do nothing to keep the load in place. Load straps that are pointless when you arrive to pick up the load and it is already falling down.

    So, how much effort do you make in securing these things?
     
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  3. belowspeedlimit

    belowspeedlimit Medium Load Member

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  4. uncleal13

    uncleal13 Road Train Member

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    Usually use sheets of plywood, then the straps.
     
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  5. BigTennOTR

    BigTennOTR Medium Load Member

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    Orrrrrrrrrrrr have more the. 2 straps...i carry 8.....never had a load shift.....even jars of peanut butter in flats with nothing wrapped around them.....i used all the straps and said...well best of luck and shut the doors.....when walking away i was like...if they turn the load away its a good thing i like peanut butter!
     
  6. driverdriver

    driverdriver Road Train Member

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    Ya have to step down the top row or two.
    In order for the straps to work ya just need to get one the highest you can reach , second one a couple rows down. I used to pull out the end rows so I could reach the E trac.
    Pull one side out hook both straps and put the row back then the other side. Depends on how tight they are though, sometimes you can pull the whole row out by just grabbing the bottom box.
    I would always try and leave only one row across above the highest strap. Sometimes it's a PITA.
    Make sense?
     
  7. Opus

    Opus Road Train Member

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    sometimes the exercise is all about whether or not there's 2 straps on the load, whether it's securing anything or not.......jus' sayin'
     
  8. supersnackbar

    supersnackbar Road Train Member

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    Use a loadlock, then add straps to keep the trailer walls from flexing and dropping the load lock to the floor
     
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  9. pattyj

    pattyj Road Train Member

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    I bet that's how all the other drivers do it.
     
  10. 201

    201 Road Train Member

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    Put a pallet agin the boxes and then load lock or strap, unless you're hauling them on a flatbed.:biggrin_25523:
     
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  11. Opus

    Opus Road Train Member

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    don't have pallets.......just a floor load of loose boxes
     
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