Load shifted damage product

well that's obvious, broken wood all over the floor...lol

sorry, i'm all giddy, no work tonight....

 

they are too heavy for you to just fix it yourself. if the receiver positions it, the shipper may not see a problem, even if it slap him in the face. BUT YOU, secure it still the same.

 

Most flatbedders will disagree with this statement, but, some loads [as provided by the shipper] just can't be "properly secured" to travel some of today's unbelievably bad roads and bridges. Or at best, you're putting yourself into a very difficult position.

 

I don't disagree with that. Any load can be secured properly but yes, it's certainly possible for the shipper to package stuff in a way that can't properly be secured without damaging something.

 

You said that load only weighs 9500. It’s already a disaster, just roll with it.

 

Gotta try and save what has not been damaged yet

 

That's nothing. You should have seen what happened on my 1st (and so far, last) plated glass run thru Black Mountain. Boy now THAT was a mess!

 

I have a question. I'm not trying to be hard or in anyway trying to shift the blame. However you must have had a camera handy when you first opened those doors. Why did you leave that shipper with that load in this condition? YOU the driver is the last link in that chain. Your not comfortable hauling a load for what ever reason then don't haul that load. I might be a minority of one on this however if your company is forcing you to haul that crap take photos of it and email them to loss prevention/safety. It is your reputation on the line. One of the things that has happened over the last 30 to 40 years in trucking is all these drivers scared to stand up and say i'm not doing this. Yes i'm old school. As a driver I NEVER left a shipper or a terminal with any equipment or load unless I was comfortable hauling it. Hopefully you will be OK. However i'm also hoping you will grow a pair and stand up for what is right. A company fires you for something like this trust me you will have another job within 72 hours!

 

I just don't think you learned how to properly load and secure them.

Who ever did load it should be fired.

AND YOU should not have taken the load like that.

Here is how I would have done it ...

starting from the front, you put two of them up front with a couple feet from the front. YOU put one on top of the other, strap the two to the wall - if you have one strap, then strap the top one and nail a stop board on the bottom. Then leaving a couple feet, do the same thing on the opposite side, put two there, strap it and put a stop board on the bottom with some nails. and so on until the last set is on.

THIS is how you haul them.

I've done a month of hauling fans and equipment just like that, and every time I used that same method and has no damage to one item in any equipment. I had enough straps to put them on top and bottom so didn't use stop boards unless there was rolling equipment like the axles for prototype transports platforms.

By the way, the excuses of the frames and so on being weak is just an excuse, the frame is there to make shipping easier for loading and unloading, not made to protect the item from damage.