Carpetted dunnage…..

I freaking love stories of disrespectful shippers and receivers "calling your boss" only to have the independent carrier answer their own phone. I love it. Lol.

 

Oh... That was only the beginning.

I was actually stunned when he stepped on my shoes.

I've only pulled that 1 pipe load as an owner op. Even for over $6/ mile (350 miles), it's not worth it to me. I've had problems with yard boys before (you pull into a yard with a piece of equipment, the guy working out in the yard, washing down equipment comes up running off at the mouth. You ask him calmly, "Are you the person that signs the bills", and when he says no, you tell him to ####).
I have never seen a yard boy as nasty as Shorty. You know how much energy it takes to be that nasty??? I knew I couldn't have been the only one to run into this guy.

 

He better have a good dental plan if he tried that w/ me. Intentionally stomping somebody's toe without their permission to do so is battery, plain and simple. You attack me, I will defend myself with any means I have available at the time...perhaps I'll use my winch bar to check the quality of your hardhat...or maybe my framing hammer/tire thumper will test the integrity of your safety glasses. I won't know until the situation arises based upon what I have in my hand readily available...but whatever it is, you won't like it, so I'd suggest keeping your feet off my toes. Steel toe or not, it's still going to piss me off, and you're still going to get hurt...unless by some unforeseen miracle I'm able to somehow refrain from knocking you on your ### following the attack in which case I'll simply call the cops and report the attack. Then you can be fitted with a set of chrome bracelets and be on your way to make new friends with Bubba. Hell, even if you swallowed a few teeth a half second after your boot hit my toe, I'd still probably make that call to report the attack and my defensive response to it.

Bottom line, don't stomp on my toes. No matter how the incident plays out, it will not end well for you.

 

guess the moral of the story is, if your going to pearland, make sure to hit up walmart for steel toes first, eh!

cuz my boots AREN'T.

 

Here is a resource for brackets. I've had lessors use these and they worked fine.
https://www.iowa80.com/DirectionsWEB/webcart_category3.php?catid=ZBRACKET

 

Cool info to know...Im usually the 'lie' guy and say I can run everything...Nice to know all the flatbed stuffs so I dont mess up anything!! LOL

I can see me accepting a carpetted dunnage load, end up at carpet mart buying a new roll of carpet a block away at the last minute...stoopid!!!

Love this site...you all know a trick or two, a process or two..
cool stuff..

 

Pipe chocks look like this and you can get them here.. http://essentrapipeprotection.com/products/pipe-chocks/