Profile For Lee G.

So I’m pretty irritated right now. I’ve been driving for three years and have only had one incident before this morning. That incident was when I was training, I rubbed a stop sign on private property. No damage to sign tiny scratch on trailer.

So here is how today went. I deliver a load in IL then immediately go to pick up a load of aluminum out of Chicago. It’s big aluminum sows and I’m in a dry van.

The loader packs everything in tight, one row two sows high front to back no spaces other then the sloped sides. I ask if they put anything under them (like they do for skidded coils) and they say no.

I guess there all against the bulk head (I get in and check every load) it looks good so I strap the back of them and put some straps in the center as best I can. 5 miles later I’m doing 10under the speed limit (35mph) and a lady jerks her front end into my lane with 0 warning.

I stab the brakes and she misses my front end by inches. I pull into the speedway to scale and notice the bulge in my trailer nose. They all slid forward about 10inches and pushed the front of the trailer out.

1.)Is this going to show up on my DAC? 2.)Is the load shift considered preventable even tho I was essentially brake checked?

Just to be clear if this goes on my DAC and they don’t fire me I’m telling the company I won’t accept anymore loads that should be loaded on a flatbed.