The worst load ever...

you won't know its the worst load ever till you actually pull it.

 

even if you think you have the "right job" or company, something is always out there ready and waiting to bite you in the ###. i did local ltl for years and for me it this was my worst load.

day before thanksgiving, p/u 3 cases of cotton yes that's right, not a t/l, 3 ****** cases at mcniel in fort washington (makers of tylenol) that HAD to go same day to a contract packager in CT so they could run lines over the holiday weekend. i left around 10 and pulled into their dock at 3, crawling from exit 14 of the turnpike all the way up to CT.

the receiver had the 3 cases off before i ever got onto the dock. did a quick bathroom break and back out onto 95. finally got home at midnight. i hadn't bought the turkey yet since we were living in a tiny apartment with an even tinier refrigerator. got up at 6, went to my local grocery store to buy a fresh bird. the only one left was 24lbs. for 2 people. to this day i hate turkey and tylenol.

 

my worst load, is always my next load.
All my other loads, I've made it home.....sooner or later

 

I have to agree with this. Or Safeway in Tracy..

 

41 ton roll off dumpster pulled onto a 4 axle mack granite straight truck. 8 foot wheelie, broke about 5 strands on the cable. 11 mile journey to scrap yard. total weight 112,xxx ( Max legal } 73,280. stopping and going was fine. slightest curve in the road it stuck with gravity.

the unload took about 2 seconds, scrap coils shot about 100 feet down the yard.

did that dumpster 5 weeks in a row. varied 34-41 ton. broke crap every time. my boss would ring up the customer and complain on speaker. yeah nothing was solved. i 'forgot' to go one week and never was asked again.

 

always works the same, do a favor screws you 3x worse

 

deja vu times three

 

A load of 99 propane tanks going 1680 mile on an ancient tandem flatbed. The boards on the deck were dry rotted and the dunage nails
pulled out. I had rows of tanks moving. I used about ten 2 inch straps to get it there.

 

Absolutely true story....I don't think ANYONE can beat me on this one,even though it wasn't a trailer...2 front end loader buckets full of pig manure. The flies and smell were extremely overpowering for the 1/10 mile trips .I don't think anyone else here had to suppress the need to puke making their delivery.:smt078

 

where did the load go to your local state assembly house or to your dispatcher