Post flatbed load photos here V2.0

Discussion in 'Flatbed Trucking Forum' started by leftlanetruckin, Feb 18, 2014.

  1. D.Tibbitt

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    Yep. Just about every load out of that mill is this high too.. lol
     
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    It's not about height of the load it's the overall height from the ground. OSHA requirement for general industry is 4 feet. A flatbed is generally already at 5 feet empty.

    Like I said above I have a customer that technically I'm not allowed to stand on the upper deck of my step deck because it's over 4 feet. The lower deck is only 3.5 feet so it's all good.

    When they have to deal with the average mega company driver they have to go overboard to keep the ####### from killing themselves. Things were a lot easier when they just let Darwin solve these problems.
     
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    10 wide and 10.6 tall from last week turns into a legal load once it's out of the crate. 20250416_075338.jpg 20250416_094344.jpg
    Hauled the old machine out 20250416_102627.jpg 20250416_102644.jpg
     
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    Change of scenery from yesterday’s delivery. :D
     
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    Started out a week ago at 60k lbs. Turned into 55k 2 days ago. Today it's 48k. Still 10 ft wide.
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    2 picks preloaded for tomorrow's first 3 drops.
     
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    Are you being sly and making profits doing flatbed version of short haul LTL ? Could this be the secret to getting out of places like south Florida ?
     
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    kicking off stops and getting fat this morning
     
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