I like the ideas of using the bags, personally I have wondered for years why we didnt use them more, when I ran the XAU fac loading long boxes to the west I used them regularly, just makes sense if we use everything possible to secure the loads properly.
one thing I dont understand, and maybe boxboss can help in this area, when we send load bars to be repaired they also need a squirt of oil, I see them comming in new all the time and they dont work, but a shot of oil and presto, they work great, the oxidation from the welding process makes them stick, oil eliminates this problem, I have brought this up to several in "upper" managment, but I just get the brush off, I have went so far as keeping a spray can with me to use at reship.
cant we get this simple task accomplished on the end of the vendor who repairs them? its such a simple thing really, yet it has such incredible reults when the load bar actually ratchets and releases as intended, if we cant get it done on that end, then why not make some oil available on the docks, would be handy to have on hand for oiling forklift blades also, so they could actually be positioned and used properly, just my 2 cents worth....