Looks like receiver needs training in unloading heavy materials properly. Why was truck jackknifed when unloading?
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Discussion in 'Motor Carrier Questions - The Inside Scoop' started by dustin4841, Oct 28, 2017.
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Across the street from where I work the helper rest his soul was trapped under the stone that did what we see happened to your load so its best to lower legs on trailer and stay in your truck till its unloaded
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So you shouldnt have been jacknifed? Or could it be prevented by unloading evenly from both sides?
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Is that Congastoga a center frame trailer? Like a Ravens Covered Wagon or some other more generic Flatbed onto 5th wheel? Or is it a flat plate trailer like a Van under that deck where it meets the 5th wheel?
The reason I ask this is when you are jacked 90 degrees, you probably know there is a risk of that whole deck rocking pretty good as the 5th wheel plate flops back and forth when forklift starts shoving under the load to pick it up.
My thought is this.
Was there any room at all behind that trailer and the left side of the deck for forklift to get maybe half that load? It appears to me like it's a complete rack with lots of vertical sheets of heavy stuff.
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Basically I had two full recovery on me one behind the other. The fork lift removed both side of the rear rack first. No issues. Then he went for the drivers side of the front rack and he only took about half of what was on that side. But it was just enough to mess the balance up and over she went. Myself and another worker we're on the deck doing the rigging so when it started to tip I #### sure thought it was going all the way. Insta butthole puvker -
I don't recall too many problems on the deck myself except several specific times I was sent to a huge mill up near Gary/Hammond area to pick up a roll of half inch steel coil at about 52000 pounds. It's 24 feet long and about 8 high and wide as the deck just about. The Mill would put that thing right dead center on my marker light without a inch off either way.
Just getting that thing out of town each trip taught me how to be really scared. And you know each trip got a little bit easier, you get used to it. Those were monsters in their time.
Im just happy I got away with loads like that. They were almost too tippy for me.
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