Argument Over Load Securement Leads To A Driver Behind Bars

Discussion in 'Other News' started by mjd4277, Sep 15, 2020.

  1. zaroba

    zaroba Heavy Load Member

    Joined:
    Aug 28, 2012
    Messages:
    840
    Thanks Received:
    1,269
    Location:
    South East PA
    0
    Seems pretty silly to me, but it was Florida.

    When doing trailer swaps while running reefer, if I had a load lock in my trailer and the guy I was swapping with had none in his trailer, he would just give me a load lock. Or vice versa, if my trailer had none and his had 2, I'd give him two of mine. That way neither of us lost equipment, otherwise we could end up with too many or not enough.
     
    Wasted Thyme, mjd4277 and D.Tibbitt Thank this.
  2. D.Tibbitt

    D.Tibbitt Road Train Member

    Joined:
    Apr 26, 2013
    Messages:
    22,168
    Thanks Received:
    152,472
    Location:
    Gettin' down westbound
    0
    In a situation like that . Keep straps on load and give the other guy the crappiest straps from ur box , match the number. Not rocket science
     
  3. SmallPackage

    SmallPackage Road Train Member

    Joined:
    Dec 20, 2019
    Messages:
    5,613
    Thanks Received:
    17,938
    Location:
    Marion Texas
    0
    What really sucks is if he had been pulling the best trailer and kept the best securement in the company and now he lost it all because it well get shuffled around by others that don’t care as much as him.
    That I can relate to and understand why he wanted to kill. Maybe the driver they sent to repower is “that guy” in the company that looses or breaks things. Everyone knows a “that guy”
     
    mjd4277, Infosaur and Wasted Thyme Thank this.
  4. Infosaur

    Infosaur Road Train Member

    Joined:
    Oct 21, 2008
    Messages:
    3,611
    Thanks Received:
    5,207
    Location:
    Berks County PA, to NYC (Daily?)
    0
    I was gonna make a joke about:

    “luckily for the suspect, the bailiff didn’t know how to properly secure a jail cell and the suspect got away.”

    but it just doesn’t fit.

    just like the tarps,,,
     
    Wasted Thyme Thanks this.