Where is everyone #5

Discussion in 'Flatbed Trucking Forum' started by DDlighttruck, Aug 27, 2017.

  1. D.Tibbitt

    D.Tibbitt Road Train Member

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    Its mexico they do things differently there.
     
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  3. AModelCat

    AModelCat Road Train Member

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    Who needs landing gear? Ramps and full send it!
     
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  4. farmerjohn64

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    Not this time, make me break out my clipboard and lay down the law rofl never getting ####ed like that again; I was hauling those super sacks and they stacked them two high instead of spreading them out across the length of the trailer, well I didn’t know this and never hauled them before, so two ended up busting on me out of sixteen because my straps were tight up top, but a lot of slack on the bottom
     
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  5. MACK E-6

    MACK E-6 Moderator Staff Member

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    I never liked the idea of possibly wiping all the grease my fifth wheel, so with a spring ride truck I’d raise the trailer, where with air suspension and a dump valve you can lower the fifth wheel instead.
     
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  6. farmerjohn64

    farmerjohn64 Road Train Member

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    Well I would definitely have to visually see how that’s done, or at least a step by step guide lol
     
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  7. otherhalftw

    otherhalftw R.I.P.

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    That is maybe one of those....."come back tomorrow for the rest of your load, it hasn't cleared customs yet...and we are out of room on the dock so take this today....we will most likely screw up the paperwork better in the morning..." loads.

    I hated those cross-dock, cross border,customs clear crap from those border warehouses.....:mad:
     
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  8. farmerjohn64

    farmerjohn64 Road Train Member

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    Fingers crossed I won’t be back for awhile lol I’m picking up what looks like chicken wire, gonna throw two straps on the front one even though it’s not that big, just has a high profile
     
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  9. D.Tibbitt

    D.Tibbitt Road Train Member

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    Why the hell would they load super sacks 2 high?? Material must of been light? Usually i can get like 10-18 on, depending on material and im grossed out. Last load i had em put 4 in front and 6 in back and 1 in middle of the center light.... Stacking them seems like recipe for disaster.

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  10. farmerjohn64

    farmerjohn64 Road Train Member

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    California, me no speak English, you know how it goes I’m sure lol I was so pissed off when I got to the consignee and discovered they were stacked like that
     
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  11. MACK E-6

    MACK E-6 Moderator Staff Member

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    Simple.

    Lower the landing gear until it just touches the ground. Unlatch fifth wheel. Disconnect air and electric lines. Climb back in the truck and hit the suspension dump switch. Put it in your lowest gear after the hissing stops, and pull out slow.

    That’s how I do it anyway.
     
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