i picked up a pre loaded sealed trailer one day of 5000lb rolled paper stock.guess it must have been a newbie that loaded it cause instead of standing em up the dummie layed them on the floor with a couple chock blocks behind the last one.well i came to the stop sign at the end of their driveway,stopped and proceeded to take off when all of a sudden there was a big bang .as i looked in my mirror those 5000lb rolls were rolling down the street.man someone could have gotton killed.i went and found the shipper to ream him a new a-hole
claims, trailer damage
Discussion in 'Experienced Truckers' Advice' started by drivin, Aug 29, 2014.
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Im dealing with this as well. Picked up a preload, looked inside and it was cases of beer on pallets. Could only see about halfway back in the trailer. Looked normal, so I slapped a load lock on it and rolled.
Ran into traffic, and when the 4 wheeler in front of me suddenly jammed on his brakes, so did I. I had to stand on them pretty hard to avoid collision, as I had just pulled in behind him to make an exit, and hadn't gotten proper following distance established yet.
I heard and felt the load shift, so after getting permission broke the seal to check it out. Load lock was still in place, but entire load has slid forward 2 feet. Crawled over the cases to see what the story was up front. Its a bunch of kegs, that were stacked loose on pallets, not wrapped or secured in any manner. I dont smell spilled beer, but they're scattered pretty well...
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Good call... its a Coors load!
This is exactly what happened.snatale42 Thanks this. -
I have a little extendable arm pointer thingy, (whatever you call them) that I strapped a mirror to the end of it, I poke that up and look around through the back of the trailer on loads like that to check the product, sometimes gotta shine a flashlight into it to see in the way back. It's not perfect, but it gives me a general look as to how the product was loaded and if it's safe to roll with.
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