Comments on: Houston….we have a problem. http://lifeontheroad.com/2007/12/15/houstonwe-have-a-problem/459.html Discussion and opinions about the trucking industry Tue, 02 Dec 2008 21:33:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: Rick http://lifeontheroad.com/2007/12/15/houstonwe-have-a-problem/459.html#comment-2334 Rick Sat, 11 Oct 2008 09:21:35 +0000 http://lifeontheroad.com/2007/12/15/houstonwe-have-a-problem/459.html#comment-2334 Thank you for the lesson. Thank you for the lesson.

]]> By: JetRanger http://lifeontheroad.com/2007/12/15/houstonwe-have-a-problem/459.html#comment-952 JetRanger Mon, 31 Dec 2007 04:12:01 +0000 http://lifeontheroad.com/2007/12/15/houstonwe-have-a-problem/459.html#comment-952 Now if that would of been me, with my Luck, it would have rolled off the trailer the 1st curve I went into, and rolled over on its top or side. Glad you were doing it and not me !!! What a deal !!!!!! Now if that would of been me, with my Luck, it would have rolled off the trailer the 1st curve I went into, and rolled over on its top or side. Glad you were doing it and not me !!! What a deal !!!!!!

]]> By: Everitt Mickey http://lifeontheroad.com/2007/12/15/houstonwe-have-a-problem/459.html#comment-874 Everitt Mickey Sat, 22 Dec 2007 04:01:18 +0000 http://lifeontheroad.com/2007/12/15/houstonwe-have-a-problem/459.html#comment-874 I agree with your sentiment and in a perfect world................ .......however....we don't LIVE in a perfect world. Two things First. This was an overseas shipment...inbound. I can only imagine how many "hands" this went thru and how many languages. The possibility for mistakes were huge. Second. The trucker is always wrong. Even when he's right he's wrong. Wrong for pointing out the error. We should be good little truckies and "run with it" no matter what? You'd think that from listening to the shipper....and in some cases, dispatch. For example. In the last week I've heard of at least four cases where the truck showed up to load. Couldn't. The load was too Heavy. Not a little too heavy....a lot. My buddie the Ragin' Cajun went to pick up a 30,000 lb load that turned out to be 56,000. I've heard of Several sixties that were eighties....a couple of seventies that were nineties. It seems that everything got heavier this month. An no....they didn't "run with it"...most of 'em. I agree with your sentiment and in a perfect world…………….
…….however….we don’t LIVE in a perfect world.

Two things

First. This was an overseas shipment…inbound. I can only imagine how many “hands” this went thru and how many languages. The possibility for mistakes were huge.

Second. The trucker is always wrong. Even when he’s right he’s wrong. Wrong for pointing out the error. We should be good little truckies and “run with it” no matter what? You’d think that from listening to the shipper….and in some cases, dispatch.

For example. In the last week I’ve heard of at least four cases where the truck showed up to load. Couldn’t. The load was too Heavy. Not a little too heavy….a lot. My buddie the Ragin’ Cajun went to pick up a 30,000 lb load that turned out to be 56,000. I’ve heard of Several sixties that were eighties….a couple of seventies that were nineties.

It seems that everything got heavier this month.

An no….they didn’t “run with it”…most of ‘em.

]]> By: Sam http://lifeontheroad.com/2007/12/15/houstonwe-have-a-problem/459.html#comment-867 Sam Wed, 19 Dec 2007 18:55:12 +0000 http://lifeontheroad.com/2007/12/15/houstonwe-have-a-problem/459.html#comment-867 This is insane, so does the shipper take any responsibility for securing the cargo that they mis-measured? I don't understand how there is so little accountability with the shipper. This is insane, so does the shipper take any responsibility for securing the cargo that they mis-measured? I don’t understand how there is so little accountability with the shipper.

]]> By: Everitt Mickey http://lifeontheroad.com/2007/12/15/houstonwe-have-a-problem/459.html#comment-846 Everitt Mickey Sun, 16 Dec 2007 19:38:50 +0000 http://lifeontheroad.com/2007/12/15/houstonwe-have-a-problem/459.html#comment-846 Thank you for the compliment. Actually I've had much worse loads. The VERY worst loads I've EVER had were legal...that is...not overdimensional. Plastic pipe comes to mind. Also Tarped loads.... Tarp is a four-letter word. Thank you for the compliment.

Actually I’ve had much worse loads. The VERY worst loads I’ve EVER had were legal…that is…not overdimensional. Plastic pipe comes to mind.

Also Tarped loads….

Tarp is a four-letter word.

]]> By: Dave http://lifeontheroad.com/2007/12/15/houstonwe-have-a-problem/459.html#comment-843 Dave Sun, 16 Dec 2007 00:04:14 +0000 http://lifeontheroad.com/2007/12/15/houstonwe-have-a-problem/459.html#comment-843 You're a better man than me, I think I'd have just spontaneously combusted while trying to tie down a load like that.... (shivers...) ;_ You’re a better man than me, I think I’d have just spontaneously combusted while trying to tie down a load like that…. (shivers…) ;_

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