The Truckers’ Report flatbed Hall of Shame.

Ya, IMO it's a horrible load to pickup because of how they space it and it's dropped on the trailer with those magnetic crane type deal so it tears the hell outta the suspension as they drop each bundle off the magnet.

 

Regarding has no oil on it ,has to be used in concrete as reinforcement. That's why it's call rebar. You're probably thinking of greasy bars or cold roll.

 

Yea but I'm sure he gives em a good slap with a "That ain't going nowhere. Basically welds them to the deck.

 

I-40 east bound around the 440 in Tennessee

 

Close enough....right before exit 432!!

 

It’s a beautiful stretch of road

 

This is a top notch that had me in tears. Added it to my vocabulary.

P.s Was loading today and an experienced driver told me how he once got a load of 44k granite block onto his aluminium stepdeck. That block turned out to be 49.5k on scales. His dispatch told him it was fine, "do your job". At his next stop he noticed that the frame had cracked. So he made it to one of the company locations, got a brand new trailer and the manager organized reloading. Guess what happened next - that second trailer's alu frame cracked, too. He told me the manager wanted to put all the blame on him and luckily he had his objections recorded. He said a steel trailer would have been needed for this kind of load.
Just passing what I heard but would be interesting to know if that could be a true story. The company, if I remember correctly, was ATS

 

Not real confident that happened. We have MAC aluminum trailers and I’ve had 49k plus coils on them several times with no issues. Point loading for a granite block or coil can’t be too different though I admit to have never hauled one

 

Upon rereading post I see you said it was a step deck but I’m not real familiar with steps so maybe that was a factor

 

witnessed a few Montgomery carrier drivers going up 81 with junk like that on Tuesday.