Unloading rebar?

Tell them they ordered it they unld. it....

 

reverse, mash the fuel, slam on the brakes, a watch it fly!



(kidding)






American Trucker

 

I don't recall ever having to unload a flatbed myself. They should have either a crane or forklift to unload your load. If not, then ask them to sign off that they refused the load. You could hurt yourself trying to unload 2,000 pound bundles of rebar by hand.

 

Find something that won't move like a tree or utility pole. Put your trailer next to it with the cab jacked at 90 degrees. Tie your rebar to the tree and drive the trailer away. Then tie your chains to your bumper and pull them out from under the rebar. If there's no tree, use the site Foreman's new pickup. ("You ordered it, you got it").

 

If they do not want to unld. have them sign the bills refused to off ld. and then take it back to the shipper. That will fire them up. Plus then charge them to haul it back to shipper and then back to them...

 

Local deliveries include unload. Most have dump trailers.

Construction sites have a petti-boom unless it was a residential site. Get them to use that.

Like dave says (I almost didn't see yours, lol) get you a long chain, tie it to the back of the bundle, find a tree and yank the rebar off there. You can't hurt it.

I would stay away from a pole. You never know. I had a dozer clear some property and he barely touched a pole and it snapped. It was rotten at the base. It didn't cost me anything, but it could someone else.

 

I've never done it and can't believe that they would have no means of unloading but, if I found myself in that situation, my first thought would be to take a strap, run it under the rebar and hook it to the edge of the trailer on the side you want to unload on, then wrap the strap over the load, find any kind of vehicle to pull on the strap and it will roll the load right off without trapping the strap.

 

Any of the above should work. Flatbed cargo is not meant to be fingerprinted, period!! I know my brother, experienced flatbedder, would have immediately told the guy that said that didn't have anything to unload it, you find something fast, or else I'm dumping it on the ground, and it will be in your way!! You'd be surprised at how fast they come up with a forklift or something to unload it.

 

Remove your cell phone, dial your company, and ask for help.