Where is everyone #5

OTR...

I've done Kone before. I'd imagine this is similar... just annoyed they wont give me a QuickDraw for a load that basically screams "QUICKDRAW!!!"

I'll deal with it... 1300 miles in less than 48 hours... plus loading. Nevermind going through Atlanta, Mobile, and Houston traffic... Should be just dandy.

 

Sounds like drivers needed to pas their loads better? Most glass is tarped by hooking the tarps to the spreader bar and dragging the tarp over. Never had a issue and much easier then by hand.

Hell thats my preferred method of putting tarps on especially oversize loads. You don’t have to lift the tarps.

 

Yeah... watched a forklift operator wreck a Cypress tarp that way before...

Alcoa in Tennessee won't even lift your tarps uptop with a forklift anymore it's gotten so bad.

 

They are not bad. They have a nice tarping machine in the shed.

As for a QuickDraw as a solo driver good luck. Teams, dedicated, local work, or if a load specifically calls for one. That’s how you get a quickdraw.

 

The theory is pretty good. They wouldn't let the drivers get off the pit floor to do anything with their loads. We used skids that looked like giant pallets for the product, then built wooden sides out of 2 x lumber with OSB tops. Rarely was the stack of skids uniform, so there were a lot of sharp edges sticking out to catch stuff on. Once the crane operator figured out the tarp was hung up, it was generally too late. In the operator's defense, they couldn't watch both sides at the same time and the drivers were not allowed on the production floor around their trucks. They also weren't allowed in the pit while the tarping operation took place. They could stand at the rail and watch. They had to stay in the "pedestrian walkway" inside the building, go outside, down the stairs and back in through another walk door into the pit where their truck was parked.
The Safety Bean Counters' theory was "There are no accidents, only incidents. Incidents are preventable."

 

Yeah that's what we were told

 

Pokin a lil grub down our necks at the 35. We slept way too long and are sure enough behind. Yall be cool we got some boogiein ta do

 

So its not just my neck of the woods where safety has gotten stupid?

 

Diamond Heavy Haul, same people that built that 13 axle you pulled earlier this year.

 

@stwik