Debris In Trailer

Carry a good size crowbar to pull the nails out. Sometimes they're difficult to pull out because the trailer floor is hardwood.
First time I had that situation, only had a short crowbar and that didn't work.

 

I used to haul loads like that for John Deere. They would put 6 or 8 crated riding mowers in the nose, and finish it off with 3 or 4 gators, which were chocked to the floor as mentioned. The guys would cut the straps and drive the gators over the chocks, then use the crates to ram the chocks off the floor. Problem is it left all the nails stuck in the floor. Of course the lazy drivers would just leave the nails but I always pulled them.

I never really put that much thought into it, I always just dealt with it myself. In my experience, whenever the receiver did clean my trailer out for me, they never did it to my liking anyway (don’t even get me started on scrap paper loads). If I got unloaded and the docks weren’t busy, I would always ask the guy (politely) if I could go inside quick and sweep my trailer out. Never had any problems.

Nowadays, I will occasionally help unload flatbeds if I don’t have anything else to do, and I will happily help the drivers clear the dunnage off their deck. For one, because I’m a nice guy, and for two, because I keep the dunnage and reuse it on my trailer. LOL

 

so you knew it all right out of the box..???


wow, you're so spayshell

 

i had coiled steel from Ferletto steel in CT, they were flat rolls, laying on pallets...they nailed blocks to the floor, that i had to pull up before the forklift could pull each one out...good too, the customer, they allowed me to dump it all in thier dumpster.

 

It depends. If the next customer won't load until the floor is smooth & nails removed, are you driving back to previous customer or pulling the nails yourself?

 

If u haul intermodal they are if they don't clean fine terminate cont then the receiver gets the bill

 

I could see if the driver doesn't have a crowbar, and entirely possible these here days, it could be an issue. Usually the dock has one you can use. The schmoes take a sledge and bust the wood and bend the nails over.

 

Time is your enemy. Some times it's quicker to just go ahead and remedy a situation yourself than complain about it to anyone who'll listen.
A crow bar, a block of wood for a fulcrum, and a few minutes work...on to the next load.