The Truckers’ Report flatbed Hall of Shame.

Not one board on the left side made contact with a strap. Different standards for gubment I guess!

 

If it fits it ships.

 

How in the hell would whomever owns that RT allow this to happen?

 

Could have told you that. They could still be liable for damages, but unless the employees are required by the local government to be CDL licensed, no...they don't have to subject themselves to the same rules as non-government entities. Unless a ruling government specifically includes other governments from the legislation, there is always a boilerplate exclusion covering all lower government units not having to be controlled by that statute. What's interesting, is that it appears that they do have a DOT number, so theoretically, they are supposed to be DOT regulated.

Went through this years ago. The reason most government agencies will require a CDL, is if they don't wish to negotiate with a Union, the right to drug test employees that drive those size vehicles. So they allow the overriding Federal Statute to require their employees to submit for random testing. What the local governments and their CDL employees don't normally realize, unless they have their heads stuck in the nether regions, is that they are now required to follow CDL rules with regards to records keeping, vehicle inspections, and load securement, and the driver gets the points on his license. Otherwise, if a government unit drives the same class of vehicle like we do (Class 8), they are not subject to the same rules and regulations as the civilian populace is, in being required to get a CDL, unless they require their own employees to have the license.

 

“That ain’t going anywhere”

 

Train derailment shuts down road in Weatherford – NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth




Oh, brother.... looks similar to the Triton truck I unloaded behind at Manchester.

 

It is a triton truck.

 

Not sure if this should go here.

caught up to this today, as I passed it the first time, I noticed the crate is about 8 feet wide/long from the side. Like it could have fit legal.

 

Might have been that the customer didn't have a way of grabbing it from the front/back? Since that's how the fork holes are they just loaded it that way. A few 4x4s could've fixed that.

Some customers or riggers won't listen to a driver though. If the driver doesn't push back or know better you end up with that.

There's no law saying what he's doing is illegal. They generally just say loaded the narrowest way that is practical. If they have no boards to set it on sideways than this is the most practical way to load it with a large forklift.

Hopefully the company is smart enough to take advantage of the situation and charge more for being oversize.