Yeah, I tried to spin one cause the freight hung over on one side. Immediate crunch and a bunch of plastic falling off.
Plastic is lighter. But yeah, one poor approach angle and you pretty much cut large chunks out of it with your forklift tines.
I like the blue Pepsi pallets that you typically see at Walmart. Heavy as hell but they are almost impossible to destroy. We repurpose those...
Yellow is an upcoming consolidation between our parent company YRC, and its subsidiaries USF Holland, USF Reddaway, and New Penn. We are...
My barn is union and every other week they post a weekend work signup sheet in the break room. We sign up by name plus employee number to...
Their terminals overlap in the Carolinas but they are not associated with YRC.
Central Freight Lines closes its doors leaving thousands unemployed [IMG] A Central Texas company that’s lasted for generations is unfortunately...
I am on board with you and everyone else's opinion. But I did change my stance on pallets last year. For one, my company palletizes EVERYTHING....
So this isn't my story, it's his. He specifically told her it was against company policy to bring the freight inside because we are liable for...
This is a no crap story, and in the 10 years or so that I've been on here I've told this before. I worked for USF Reddaway and I had a coworker...
Wow that's the most loaded question I've seen on here. But I'd say mostly yes to everything. It's safe to say that most of us are happy to...
Had a Will-Call pickup (dock pickup) show up the other day. Customer sent out a driver to pick up three IBC totes using a Ford Transit van. My...
I have a friend that works for UPS Freight (now T-Force). $16/hour is fair market value for a forklift driver working the docks. I doubt there...
Yeah, no kidding. Most jacks are rated at 3000+ lbs, so it's not like you are being tasked to do more than what is reasonably expected. So if...
I've been working on something. At this point I am pretty much working on a book that talks about LTL. Here is an excerpt to describe the typical...
