Help!!! I'm being forced to haul a unsecured forklift

Guys; we are talking about moving a dinky forklift TWO MILES between a plant and a warehouse right??? This has gotten WAY out of hand. Here: put two pallets of product in the nose of the trailer, side by side. Drive the lift in and engage one fork under each pallet with slight up pressure. Engage parking brake; nail down a couple chock blocks if you like.........use 2 or 3 load locks across the aft end of the machine. NOW THEN.........take your nappy backside and DRIVE WITH PRUDENCE the whopping 10,560 feet of your journey and repeat the process in reverse. I just read 6 pages of whiny BS and cannot believe "professional" drivers can't figure a way to just GET IT DONE so the poor guy keeps his job and his superiors are happy. Some "wonder" why our industry has "become" the way it is.............I read a thread like this and have no reason to wonder at all............

 

Love the get it done attitude, but if the OP were able to load the forklift himself this would be an option.

An idea similar to this is why I asked how heavy the pallets being used are.

I would still highly suggest this to the OP's boss or the warehouse guy he's spoken with. The higher ups love it when you bring more solutions than problems.

 

Block & Brace each wheel: using 2"x4" pieces of wood, block each wheel, then brace each block of wood. (make a T formation. Also, build up blocks height to least 4") secure the wood blocks to the floor by using 6" nail spikes. This method requires a crow/pry bar to remove.

 

EXACTLY. And I never read where he is NOT able to load it himself.........

 

Kinda got buried in there.

 

Load the forklift,drive as fast as u can in the company parking lot than hit the brakes.once the forklift goes thru the wall of the trailer call your boss and tell him thats why we need to secure this load

 

No one is forcing you do do it,,if you do it is your choice,,inform them that it must be secured,,if they fire you,,you can collect a lot of bucks after you file a complaint with the FMCSA,

If in an accident or if the forklift fell off the trailer you will be the one that will face criminal charges
Never do anything unsafe or illegal that a company ask or tells you to do,,You are the one that will be eating jail food.
You can always call your local or state police commercial vehicle cops and arrange for them to pull you over and do an inspection ,,

 

Then there is the 3rd choice, quit and move on to somewhere else. No one is forced to haul any load. While an employer may make something mandatory, in the end, it is the driver who decides whether he will do it or not.

 

You must have your load secured.

I would buy straps... some trailers have lock down points on the side of the trailer wall.

And if it did not get some locking bars to put in front and back of the fork lift close to the top and use the straps to lock them in place.

It will stop the fork lift from tipping just enough not to move to much or tilt over.

You can also use empty pallets either side to block the fork lift with straps or locking bars so it will not move to much.