FedEx Freight | Trailer weight
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Streaker69
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This was loaded on a city trailer today. 15,600 lbs of liquid.. Seems to be common for our dock guys to load trailers with no respect to weights and spacing.
It has been brought to management's attention several times.
I've seen them load those totes on one side.
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That trailer cannot be overweight it it only has15 grand... Dock Supervisor today.... burger flipper yesterdayThis was loaded on a city trailer today. 15,600 lbs of liquid.. Seems to be common for our dock guys to load trailers with no respect to weights and spacing.
It has been brought to management's attention several times.
longhaullounger
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Yep, have seen that myself.
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Hey truckdriver that's HOT DOG ROLLER yesterday 
shroomzeee
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This is the perfect example of the importance of reweighs. It will correct the weight in the system when it's billed.
reweighs can take hours to update in the system, just sayin
On today's episode of "Morons on Forklifts" we have 14000 lbs of liquid totes unsecured all in the front of the trailer. Naturally the back of the trailer had 10 feet of empty space so there was plenty of room for several of us to gather and marvel at the sheer stupidity.
This happens daily.
How'd it scale on the drive axle?
On today's episode of "Morons on Forklifts" we have 14000 lbs of liquid totes unsecured all in the front of the trailer. Naturally the back of the trailer had 10 feet of empty space so there was plenty of room for several of us to gather and marvel at the sheer stupidity.
This happens daily.
I reworked it, didn't scale it. If I had to.guess it would probably have been 1k over. Some times it has been 5k over depending on the number of skids.
FreightRunner
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If that s a van: count 10 space between straps bars.
And whatever freight you put there, it can not go over 12000 Lbs.
Otherwise that ll put you overweight on the drive axle.
How i know, trooper stopped me once, had some concrete sitting a little too forward. and was over by 200 lbs.
In a pup, it doesnt really matter. unless you have 5k in the nose and unhook ... then you might have a surprise...
If the forklift try to do that, well , he will have a little ride.
And whatever freight you put there, it can not go over 12000 Lbs.
Otherwise that ll put you overweight on the drive axle.
How i know, trooper stopped me once, had some concrete sitting a little too forward. and was over by 200 lbs.
In a pup, it doesnt really matter. unless you have 5k in the nose and unhook ... then you might have a surprise...
If the forklift try to do that, well , he will have a little ride.
longhaullounger
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"But they put that one by itself in the middle in the nose, so it'll be ok!"
On today's episode of "Morons on Forklifts" we have 14000 lbs of liquid totes unsecured all in the front of the trailer. Naturally the back of the trailer had 10 feet of empty space so there was plenty of room for several of us to gather and marvel at the sheer stupidity.
This happens daily.
(As overheard from a purple shirt.)
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Yea as you would expect , lmfao
It's not his CDL , or the one it does not have because of his 3 drunk driving tickets
Why bother if it's obviously over weight?
Here it is corrected. Two totes on the tail since they have no dock and then the fun of getting them turned around in cramped space. Fun fact, 38k of weight is over gross on a single axle and a 53.
I'm not saying this load was overweight, just that 38k is over gross on a single axle. I always secure these totes and any hazmat or liquids to prevent movement.
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Any of you ever say, hey it scales with my tractor but there’s no way in hell it will scale for my meet driver? His tractor was 900lbs heavier on the drive axle than mine. Or do y’all just say that’s their problem, I’m making my gate.
longhaullounger
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Wasn't my fault they were dumb enough to send my meet driver in a single-screw sleeper Volvo to pick up loads I brought in my twin-screw sleeper Freightliner. I got to go!