Post flatbed load photos here V2.0

Had a load lumber in Mississippi this summer. It had to be loaded under a cover and I assumed it had to be tarped before I pulled out so I tarped and strapped then pulled out to scale and ended up being 2000 lbs over on my spreads. Had to pull back inside and pull my tarps to the middle so they could rework the load. Temps were in the mid to high 90s and probably 80% humidity. Ended up taking about 6 hours when all was said and done. The shipper asked why I didn't scale before tarping. Told her I wish I had asked but everyplace I've been to that I load inside I have to be tarped before I pull out. I'm learning to ask questions now.

 

A couple of years back, I loaded a return load from a wind farm. Was up on a bluff on the south side of the snake river. Near Hagerman,Id. 100 + and a heck of a wind. Imagine that windy at a wind farm.
Just a load of crap, you name it I had it.
Welders,generators,tool boxes,pallets of fire extinguishers, rolls of cable, winches, job boxes,pallets of busted concrete block.Took 4 hours, basically loaded it by hand. Lull driver would set stuff on and I'd wiggle it into place. Finally done loading, time to strap and TARP. Lull driver took off. Just me by my lonesome,was pretty tempting to forget the Tarp. No shade anywhere and no A.C. in the truck. Time I was done I was over the limit. Took off down the hill, parked in a park next to the snake river. Lost my shirt, boots, emptyed out the pockets and jumped in pants and all.

 

I don't even know where to start...currently in Denton at the T/a

 

I would say start at the back...

 

That might be the most interesting load I've ever seen!

 

Same here.

 

I'm looking at that and trying to figure out how I would even contemplate strapping and making a load like that safe.

Looks like he caught a good bump and loosened up his load real good. Glad its not me with a load like that. That would suck.

Thats gotta suck.

On a funnier note,.. and I'm really not trying to make fun of these guys ethnic background,.. but two guys,.. I can only surmise they were African. Certainly not black Americans,.. one guy was in a dress, the other had a Red Bull T-shirt and khakis with sandals on.

My wife and I were in tears watching these guys argue and yelling at each other in their native language, jerking each other out from behind the wheel while they both struggled to do a simple straight back in on an end space next to another truck. 45 minutes,.. not even being sarcastic,.. to park that thing. I wished I got it on video,.. but I didnt want to upset them and one of them whips out a sword and hack me up.

It was like watching a BET version of Beavis and Butthead. No offense meant,.. but thats the best way I can think to describe the hilarity.


This is a man,.. ^^^^

Hurst

 

Yeah, there are some things that you should not haul on a flatbed. I have dealt with scrap tires so I know how to make it work but I did it with semi tires. Car and light truck tires are too soft. Looks like the banding on the lower logs broke.

 

That and wouldnt it have been safer if they interlinked the tires? I've never hauled them on a flatbed,.. but I have on an open stake body straight truck before and the tires were tight. I had maybe 5 or 6 straps back there and I hit lots of bumps on the way to the power plant that was going to burn them for fuel. They stayed tight together the whole way.

Hurst

 

This is me and a 980 loader, bucket was to wide do it got set on the tail of the lowboy. Had to throw on some 2x12 on the side rails.