Post flatbed load photos here V2.0

Nobody is perfect, certainly not me. Couple of youngin mistakes here I made.

First was letting my favorite agent talk me into a load to eastern PA

Second my female loader doesn't wanna double stack these 24 footers cause she's on light duty and climbing on the load is risky, and because ive become lazy i didn't wanna use 2 tarps.

Third was letting her put the 2x4 blocks on top of my 4x4 pieces of dunnage. Should of had her place them directly on the deck. "This customer is really adamant about the blocking JonJon, we gotta take pictures after it's loaded"

So when I get out to strap/tarp, I knew right away them 2x4 not gonna make it. I definitely should have used 2 more choke straps " the red ones" but decided to only use 1 per... bad idea using 1 per section

Sure enough throughout my trip, as I do my load tightening, the rear straps is just constantly pulling tighter and tighter. I knew right away. SMH.

Get to customer In Allentown area, untarp and the entire rear section is butt up against everybody... oh mercy....

Soon as Bubba comes out to unload he's looking right at the rear, I get the sense he doesn't wanna work anyhow cause it's poring rain, and he's just one of them. Of course he's gotta call the boss, cause he can't unload this type of truck

Boss man comes out, he just as bad as Bubba...

Easy solution... Give me the remote to yer little dinky crane, I got a 3 foot crow bar in my side box, to separate the bundles. Y'all go back inside, once I'm done, I come get you to sign paperwork. Since they claim they can't unload it...

Bunch of mumbling and grumbling, NO you sit in the truck, we're gonna get it...I'm taking pictures though!! Oh Boy, im terrified!!!

Good #### and unload it. Big boys pants guys!!! it's not rocket science.

I'll own my mistakes, but dang, quit crying. Complete whining babies.. I've seen and delivered way worse when the entire load is butt against each other. LOL

I've posted before my usual business model is "just load it between the rub rails and I'll deal with it" maybe after last week's super weight load and this BS, I'm gonna start being a A-hole and give firm drill sergeant loading instructions. Never wanted to be that driver though!!!

 

LOL, I am that driver.

 

And you're back to normal type loads now again.

 

LOL, I'm not hating can't lie though, I literally have seen some of these guys with a tape measure trying to get the load even on the deck...

Load me, I got a map book, I'm fixing to be back road Billy big rigger tonight Been around long time, if I get hemmed up, great.. fixing to buy me a lottery ticket!!!

It's maybe bit me In the butt a half dozen times when I'm out having to constantly rework my securement but not worthwhile of conversations.

I'd say my worst was rejected slinky coils that had the famous boot leg metal banding on them. Seen them things busting out of every strap I put on em was like worst load I've ever seen. Next time, I'm rejecting!!!

 

I'm not that bad, unless I suspect it's oversize..have had a few try that. On deck was inside, but as it went up.....it got wider. That's why dispatch loved me. I made sure they weren't trying to pull fast ones on us, and the other reason is that I was burned a couple times. One of them being that the load was not being spaced with hardwood, but with soft wood.

You know the saying, fool me once, shame on you, fool me twice, shame on me....and God doesn't make a day long enough for a third time.

 

The kid ran a welding robot from its refurbishment back to the manufacturer. Didn’t get pics of it untarped. He told them his tarps weren’t long enough and they insisted he tarp it anyway. Rate was good enough he didn’t complain.

 

Fiber glass rebar. Anyone ever used any of this ?

 

Make sure the tarps are dry before you put them on !!

 

Never even heard of it. Lol