And last week, I picked up an engine that was supposedly 250 lbs.
This was a diesel and for as much as my ample backside as I had to put into this thing to move it, I’d guess it weighed roughly ten times that.
Random LTL Rants (all are welcomed)
Discussion in 'LTL and Local Delivery Trucking Forum' started by road_runner, Jun 21, 2013.
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so one of our drivers picked up a crate 24 feet long by 80inch wide by 6 feet tall
the owner was walking in and said who picked that up lol they were trying to drag it out the trailer with a piece of string.... the TM had the driver in the office giving him a stern finger shaking tell him to call it in next....
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Welp... One of my coworkers screwed the pooch big time and made the news. What I'm posting is readily available online by either going to Georgia's DPS Facebook page or just by Googling "Harlem Ga News".
The pictures say it all. He ended up in an area where there were multiple postings of trucks not being allowed on that stretch of roadway. If you ever found yourself lost, it doesn't matter if you pass one sign or a dozen, once you pass the first one it is almost impossible to get turned around if you are unfamiliar with the area. My best guess is that he was within 1/4 of a mile from where he needed to be and just spun the dice.
From what I'm gathering, DOT yanked his CDL for 60 days, fined him $2750, a six point violation, and our company may also absorb a $11k fine. Without his license, he obviously is without work, pending his court date.
I am reading over some of the commentary from the keyboard commandos armchair quarterbacking what happened on some of the Facebook groups I follow. Some of the commentary is over the top and downright disparaging. The truth is he is a very experienced driver and is a really good guy. He screwed up, he knows he screwed up, and nobody is giving him crap about it; because giving the area, this could have easily happened to any of us.
Both the driver and the train engineers were unharmed. The truck also survived virtually unscathed. This scenario played out over less than a few minutes. If there is even a fraction of doubt in your mind, that's your spidey senses telling you stop what you are doing and figure out am alternate route.
I'm posting this because this could easily happen to the most experienced and best of us. Be safe out there.
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