Random LTL Rants (all are welcomed)

Well I've got some chores to do need to walk to the store (car is still at the body shop) to buy some Mayo have some grass to water and some silver to polish fun times!

 

I have nightmares of the sound of dock plates being brought down on my trl. Over and over and over again....

But in all reality. I'm glad I finally switched to ltl. Love it. My other job was just too boring. Here I actually feel like I accomplish something every day.

 

Speaking of dock plates, we had a satellite dock that had a portable dock plate. Had to set it and pull it with the fork lift. It had el brackets welded to it to keep it in place between trailer and dock. So one day this "driver" loads his truck, jumps off the fork lift, jumps off the dock, fires up his truck and pulls out.
Dropped the plate off the dock, he obviously didn't take time to pull it, he also left his roll up door open, left the fork lift running, outside, on the unsecured dock and took off to make his delivery. The guy working on the adjoining dock, for a different company, heard the commotion and realized what happened.
Being both a darn good guy, and a friend of the dock manager, he used our fork lift to retrieve our dock plate, put it inside, put the fork lift inside,(shutting it down,) and closed and locked our dock door.
Of course he told the dock manager what had happened, when he saw him the next morning. This dock manager was a pretty cool dude. He didn't say anything to the driver, hoping the guy would "fess up."
(Oh I forgot to add that one of the safety brackets got busted when the dock plate hit the ground.)
Anyway after a couple of days the manager confronted the driver, who denied it happened. After a brief conversation, the driver finally admitted it, and said, "But I was in a hurry..."
You see all kinds in this business. Smh

 

One thing I try to be very conscious of is our break away doors. We don't have roll doors all of our trailers except for the lift gate trailer of which there is only one in our division have barn doors on them and the barn doors are designed to breakaway. Well guys not very often thank God, but in the past before my time guys have ripped doors off trailers and that's a big no no.

You rip a door off a trailer your getting charged with a full fledged accident. You know why you would rip a door off a trailer? Because your in a hurry that's usually from what I've seen from stories I've heard the big common denominator guys were in a big hurry pulling out of some goofy dock and the trailer doors got stuck on a post or what ever and the door gets yanked right off.

Any time I'm with a new guy (listen to me I talk like I'm some kind of Assistant Trans Manager LOL!) I always tell the new guys just watch out for those trailer doors there break away don't pull one off the trailer on your watch.

 

Oh hey one more thing, you guys go a lot of places I don't, I had a random thought do you guys in your travels see any MS Carriers trailers still out and around? I haven't seen one in the longest time and I was just wondering if Swift finally got rid of all of them.