Need Advice about Load Shift Issue

No disrespect intended but securement like this would cost a flatbedder his CDL but it’s out of sight out of mind in the van world. And blaming the shipper or the Roads doesn’t wash with the DOT. You know that’s true Stexan

 

I guess that’s the entire problem here isn’t it?

Case 1:
Once I loaded a step deck load of utility trailers. They were electric dump trailers and the shipper wanted to load a skid of car batteries loose in a trailer box. I said no....first it’s hazmat and second I can’t secure the skid in your trailer. His reply?.....I’ll put it in the top trailer they’ll never look up there. LMAO dude WTF! Sidewalls aren’t securement.

Case2:
Lids for plastic septic tanks loaded in a cardboard box. I asked how I strap a cardboard box and what happens to that box if it rains? You need to build a crate

 

Case 3:
Clay Bricks on skids bound by steel strapping. I had to pay the guys to shrink wrap the snot out of that load. The bricks on the bottom started to crack from the pounding and then the straps started to come loose. I tarped the load for fear of the pieces falling out onto the road. The load didn’t shift but I never hauled them again.

 

Case 4:
Steel I beams stacked 4 layers high. Shipper had them already staged 4 high with no dunnage between the layers. They told me we’ll lift the whole load and you just back under. I don’t think so. I made them disassemble and load one layer at a time so I could place dunnage and belly strap. First rule is no shipper tells the driver how to load and secure.

Funny thing about all these shippers is I don’t think I was back to any of them after these incidents lol. I guess they have plenty of drivers willing to do as they say.

 

How many canned beverages you haul on that flatbed?

 

Load of Coors in Texarkana. I took one look and told them get proper shipping containers or call a yes man door slammer that does what he’s told. Enter Jerry Reed and Burt Reynolds and the rest is history

 

That breaks my heart.

Buy a dash cam please if you havent already. That should go into the documentation with a body cam while loading etc.

If they refused that and you didnt spill a drop? That's over the top picky in my book, You cannot imagine how many dents I find in canned stuff on the shelf at the store these days (And I look for OSD cans sorting the shelf to this day...)

Im not without sin, I threw two little chain in front of two pallets of eye to sky 14000 pound coil at Logan Ky once. Made it about 3 miles from Williamsburg VA Busch when someone forced me to horse her and hammer brakes a moment, The pallets promptly carried the coils halfway over the two chain.

Essentially no securement anywhere but straps. The aluminium was accepted, the pallets were not. 21 dollar each please. Shrugs. That was my worst.

 

=)

Let's see three Logan Coils from KY to Busch in VA would come out to roughly 11 miles worth of aluminum per coil.

I don't know how many cans that much sheet you can make, but I can tell you that it takes ONE of their three or more stamp mills inside Busch about 166 to 189 or so cans every .90 of a second. Stomp stomp stomp. Eats a coil in a few hours. I brought three fat ones. There should be more coming behind me within 8 to 16 hours of my delivering at Busch in Williasmburg outside the Colonial area at 7 am. I think they keep some coils on hand. Just in case.

24/7 just to keep up with the beer drinking of the midatlantic area, say 500 miles radius.

How many cans? I don't know. My mind fails when I try to think that high.

 

If they shifted forward, they weren’t loaded into the nose all the way. There shouldn’t be any room for them to move forward unless they went through the header board.