Suicide or just lazy?

I wasn't out to tar and feather you. Water under the bridge.

 

As a mod,they can do it.

Just click on the ! next to the "thanks" button.

 

I can change it for you if you want, but honestly I don't think it needs it.

When you don't properly secure a load and something like this happens it is no different than suicide, folks that have never done this kind of work have a hard time comprehending the forces involved with it. Regardless of this being intentional or not, HIS actions cost him HIS life.

 

Like Oscar said HIS actions caused this.

I would leave the title as it is,this way it might give someone a wake up call about how they secure loads.

 

Pays to chain down the load,,I use 5/8

 

What is anothing that the driver likely never did that you are suppose to do, when transporting this load?

 

Hi macavoy, I hauled heavy equipment for a while, and it's kind of like driving a tanker with half a load, you can never forget what you have behind you. More chains would have helped, but even that is no guarantee. Heavy equipment hauling is one of the hardest things to do, and a momentary lapse of reason, cost this driver his life.

 

[QUOTE="semi" retired;4172556]Hi macavoy, I hauled heavy equipment for a while, and it's kind of like driving a tanker with half a load, you can never forget what you have behind you. More chains would have helped, but even that is no guarantee. Heavy equipment hauling is one of the hardest things to do, and a momentary lapse of reason, cost this driver his life.[/QUOTE]

I got my start in trucking in heavy haul. I didn't know alot of the rules / regulations. I had an old school trucker drive with me for my first couple of weeks who taught me a lot and was intergral to my development. But it took me a couple months of reading on this forum to learn about FMCSA regulations and a lot of the finer details of the laws.

I didn't realize at first that on a rollback, your suppose to chain the machine down before you move the boom / shovel because of weight shifting. Also, I didn't know at first about the locking pin on articulating machines. It wasn't until we got a new dispatcher who was a former driver who told me about it. I mostly moved a lot of small rollers that articulated and had 4 points of contact but learning about the articulating lock pins was good to know when I started hauling wheel loaders like the one pictured.
It was only after I read this forum that I learnt about the green bible. It amazes me how many drivers out there that don't know a lot of the regulations. I'm just glad that I've taken the time to learn a lot of these things and have had other good drivers that have shown me the right way and about where to go, if I don't know.

Drivers out there are great assets, they are always willing to help. I've never had a driver say no to me when I ask for advice or help, or to spot. That's a comraderie that I respect.

 

as soon as it hit those tires it just launched into the cab,RIP driver