The Truckers’ Report flatbed Hall of Shame.

Didn't think to get a Pic.

Guy hauling a full pallet of SOD rolls. On a single axle snowmobile trailer, unwrapped, with ONE strap across the top. Clipping along at the speed limit (60mph).

 

A strap on sod? The guy seems to be ahead of the game.

 

The poor sod didn't realize he should have used chains?

 

I got a winner

There's 3 of us on this project. We're moving a steel company from old location to new location. We're the 3 "lucky" souls who get is this week. Grab a loaded trailer. Chain it down, drive 10 miles in traffic (takes 30 minutes), get unloaded. get the chains and dunnage tied back down, take empty trailer. drop it, grab another, repeat. (all freaking week, doesn't even make a dent. When 2 beams can be 50,000lbs, it takes A LOT of loads to move it). Apparently it's been going on for months. )

So, I'm pulling out with loaded trailer and 1 of the other 3 guys comes in. chains just sitting on the deck, dunnage (4x4x8's) just sitting in the middle. nothing tied off, cranked down nothing.
ummmmmmmmmmmmm, pretty sure that's bad

Catch him unloading. "hey, did you know your stuff wasn't tied off/secured?"

yeah, forget it, hate this.

ummmmmmmmmmmm ok, still that's the job.

 

I had a summer job during college in 1972 building and repairing bleachers. One of our contracts was in Chicago, we commuted every day from a southern suburb of Milwaukee. One of us got to ride in the cab over with the truck driver, the rest rode in a station wagon

One night driving back we had a 4x4 probably 16 feet long on the back of the trailer laying fairly lengthwise on the back of the flatbed, the far end about 10 feet from the rear of the trailer. When I brought this to the drivers attention he said don't worry about it it will stay where it is.

For the rest of the trip back I watched the piece of lumber 90% of the time. It would bounce up and down when the trailer hit a bump but it stayed in its relative position the whole trip home. He explained to me that the relative motion of the truck and wood was the same. It was long enough that when it bounced the there was always a portion of the wood in contact with the deck and that kept everything at 65 mph.

 

I’d probably throw something over the dunage, the chains wouldn’t bother me.

 

And then there is this old guy who drives 30 miles from Home depot with only a 1" strap on the load!!

 

At least he’s driving a Chevy

 

And his beer stayed upright the whole way too. That’s a sign of a good driver I hear?