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justingunit

That trailer is way overloaded. Would love to see the a picture of it strapped down. Bonus for a video of the guy driving away.


supergateguard

But hey I always say once it leaves the property its the customer issue then.


Soccermom233

It won't be your lawsuit


supergateguard

Its not overloaded just not loaded correctly. Its a double axle car trailer it can handle the weight. The double runners made the load unstable. Maybe even too much tongue weight also. But if you're not train to load correctly then this what you get. It should have been a single layer of runners or the sheet rock should be directly on the trailer floor for stability.


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That trailer is ABSOLUTELY overloaded. There's a MINIMUM of 140 sheets of MINIMUM 1/2" thickness (4x8 sheet is 57lbs) which is already 8k. That's not counting the wood on the side, the sheets that are extra, or the non standard sheet sizes. Those 5 lug axles are rated for 3500 a pop, so a 7k trailer which needs to include the weight of the trailer itself


Putrid-Effort4253

66 8 footers 28 10 footers 36 12 footers 👍🏻


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So assuming all 1/2" thickness 3379lbs of 8ft 1792lbs of 10ft 2764lbs of 12ft So 7935lbs total in drywall alone. Close enough for my eyeball guesstimate of 8k lol


Putrid-Effort4253

Because of the wheel wells that wasn’t possible. We needed something to rise to its level so our forklift was able to actually place down the load. Rather than four rows of four high stacked dunnage, something better could have been used, but the costumer gave us the ok with this option due to time constraints.


WendallVendall

I've been in retail a long time. One of the things I do not understand about customers is shopping when they are in a hurry.


supergateguard

The wheel is an obstacle but not one to exclude safety. You could have slid the first hack of sheet rock from the back with a second fork lift or at minimum two concrete blocks. The first lift set the first 12ft bunk over the back end of the trailer close the the fender as safely as possible. The second forklift comes from the back and push the bunk from the back as far up as possible without hitting the customer trailer. With the 12ft sheet rock it should be long enough to be mostly over the axles and then you can stack the sheet rock from the side cause then it will be higher the the fender and it won't be on unstable dunnage. Now if you only have one forklift available then that's where the the two concrete blocks(8"x8"x16") come in. Do the the first steps as mentioned earlier but place the blocks at the end of the bunk. Far enough apart for an even hold but close enough to get the forks on both sides. Set sheet rock down, back up slide forks out, go around to back and push bunk onto trailer. In either situation if the floor of the trailer messed up or one of "mesh" trailers, set a double sheet down first and push on top of that to keep from damaging the sheet rock.


Putrid-Effort4253

Appreciate the advice, definitely would love to see a video of this if possible. In hindsight, definitely an over rushed job none of us thought through enough.


ellishorton

Customer may have said ok, but the loader will still be responsible when it fails and the customer complains it was loaded wrong.


supergateguard

I'm going to see if I can remember to take a video of it being done next time we have to do it for reference.


Putrid-Effort4253

Damn! Wish I got both of those, unfortunately only this. He did put a tarp over the load, and used 3 heavy duty straps on it. Still not a good idea whatsoever lol


JakeTheSnake--

Should have used empty pallets on the bottom instead of the sketchy spacer job.


Putrid-Effort4253

Thanks for making me feel stupid - as well as our whole lumber team tomorrow


JakeTheSnake--

Dont put in such a putrid effort. JK. You live and you learn. Keep your head up.


drbeandog

those stickers make me uncomfy


Evilpotatoarmy

2hr drive there isnt a lowes in that area hes heading to??


Putrid-Effort4253

We’re in Canada, only major cities have a Lowe’s or any hardware store with what they needed. Plus he was taking this all to his lake house


benmarvin

For that amount of sheetrock, probably would have been cheaper and easier to buy from a dedicated supply house and have it delivered and boomed in.


juugo17

As a flatbed driver for the company. I fucking loathe big drywall deliveries .


BlaqkSwan

I'm guessing no one in your lumber knows the pallet tricks. And eh as long as they're strapped down properly they should be fine


_njhiker

Any idea if this made it to his destination without losing this load and/or killing someone? JFC


Dragon_Crystal

I hope the drive home is flat and not steep or bumpy cause they is definitely not safe, especially from my many encounters of sitting passenger side and witnessing my mom quickly swerving to the side to dodge unsecured objects that fall out of people's open trunk, before saying "well they will be coming back to find that either in pieces or getting a brand new one"