Random LTL Rants (all are welcomed)

Having a massive political protest tomorrow in downtown Columbia SC. I won't point fingers or say names, but the event is big enough for most of the local areas to suspend P&D services.

 

I hate to be a Debbie Downer on a Wednesday, but my company has suffered a workplace fatality. They would not release any details to us other than it happened late at night or early in the morning and that it was a dock worker that was either run over or crushed to death by a forklift.

For all of you guys on dock only or dock/driver combo shifts, this accident happened in a split of a second. It's so easy to get complacent and get tunnel vision when you handle hundreds of bills shift after shift, but incidents like this are a stark reminder on how dangerous our job can be.

Be safe out there guys.

 

Oooor..they could have filled out a Bill of Lading, and had their crap legally shipped. There isn't much that most carriers won't touch.

"Two pallets of bricks and one with spray paint? You better make sure that your consignee has a forklift handy or at least be willing to cover the liftgate charges".

Anyway, great story with a great ending.

 

I believe that last charge you stated is a federal offense since operating a CMV on public roadways falls under the licensing requirements outlined somewhere in 49 CFR Part 383.

Anyway, this whole "operation" was destined to fail. For one, she probably thought the thing drives like an oversized U-haul (not trying to give advice to would-be rioters but renting one would be a more feasible option than stealing a Class 8 truck). For the other, assuming she knew what she was doing, most fleet trucks are governed out at 67 or below, and yes there are some that run faster. But my point being that even a truck bobtailing is not the most practical evasion vehicle. You could literally ride along side of it and shoot just one air tank and now you are stuck inside a 10 ton paperweight.

This whole heist is so half baked it could only have been conceived by one of those antifa morons. They should have just let her go, just to see how far she could have gone with locked up brakes.