Load shifted damage product

I had a load of those over the holidays. I think there were 8 rolls in the truck, and about 35k weight. The rolls were too big to put them in two rows. I'd guess they were six or seven feet in diameter, and at least six feet tall, when they were sitting on their sides. They had rubber mats under them, and didn't move even an inch in transit.

 

I dunno. Did you look at the other images they provided? Looking forward into the rest of the load, there's a LOT of empty space for crates to shift around. That load really needed some sort of air bags or spacers or something.

My guess is that the load bounced around in all that extra space, and the back top crates got misaligned with the back bottom crates. Then vibrations and gravity did the rest with the back top crates not sitting properly on the back bottom crates.

 

Would you say the same thing if the load was sealed? At the end of the day, I'm not a loader. I'm a driver. A HUGE PERCENTAGE of our loads are sealed when we drop and hook in van work. I wouldn't even look in the back on a d&h, period.

 

I'm not trying to be argumentative. However the OP said he opened the trailer. My whole comment was predicated on this. Of course if load was sealed then the situation is different.

 

It was loaded improperly, it is the drivers responsibility to insure that it is loaded properly, but the company is also to blame for not providing the proper training.

 

I can tell you from personal experience if you haul beer you will learn how to drive. Those pallets are loaded tall and top heavy. Drive like an idiot with beer and you will have a Clint Eastwood* special in the trailer when you open those doors.

* Think about the movie Heartbreak Ridge.

 

Nobody is questioning why the load was dropped at the yard? Maybe the new guy was the only driver that would take the load.

 

The way everything moved forward suggests high speed on bumps or hard braking.. it a learning lesson about light loads and not taking a improperly loaded trailer without a waiver of some sort from your company

 

But yes it was not loaded properly in the first place. Should have something between top and bottom layer. Thin returnable plywood sheets for eg.