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Agree. Laziness. Another one lost a jack out of the trailer because he was too lazy to padlock his door ( company policy) and it popped open after hitting a bump. Unsecured jack came out on the road. Thankfully didn’t hit anyone.

 

But there aren't specific ratings and methodology mandated by fmcsa like there are for flatbed. Just about the only time you'll see a "load securement violation" with a dry van is if there was an accident and the load shifted or its a hazmat load.

 

Yep, even people.
Plastic will eventually smother us. Whoever began
"Save a tree use plastic" didn't think that idea all the way through.
off topic so I will take the carpet , a magic one , and fly away.

 

My general rule:

barrels, liquid, 7ft tall skids, too heavy items(air compressors), hazmat, etc

should all be strapped. I try to load the way I want to be loaded, but never get the same courtesy.

I always tell the new guys you never want to be the guy that tells management you didn’t strap a barrel of oil/acid and that’s why it spilled all over the equipment and other customers freight.

I also strap across the pallets on the tail. I try to tell the new guys it’s a safety thing for the inbound crew at the sister terminal.

No one wants to open a door, and freight lands on top of them.

i had a trailer door struggle to open once, and so I thought “you know what it’s probably an old door and rusted lemme get a forklift to get it open”.

as soon as I raise the door about a foot three pallets of tile come crashing down….

 

We’ve been having a LOT of issues with Minneapolis not strapping stuff on the tail. One of our dock workers dang near got hurt opening up a trailer last week. Manager was not happy with Minneapolis.