First Beer Load

Load should be secured:

Ahahaha yep that should do the trick.

If they have the pallets against each wall is when you need the load bars instead of straps.

Those black plastic shields can also be placed on the front of the pallets, I don't know off the top of my head if they prefer them a certain way, but the important thing is that the corners of the pallets are covered so that the straps don't crumple the boxes

I prefer placing them on the front myself because then there's no for the corner to slip out and the shield falling into that triangular space between the straps and the pallets. If you place it front side it's secured by the entire length of the strap across it's width instead of just the corner.

I prefer placing them on the front myself because then there's no for the corner to slip out and the shield falling into that triangular space between the straps and the pallets. If you place it front side it's secured by the entire length of the strap across it's width instead of just the corner.

Yeah, I didn't think about that until the trailer was already sealed.

Hopefully it holds up, the straps are holding it pretty good, but I know there is a chance it will come lose and slide back some. I'm getting live unloaded at 6am on the 20th, so I will find out.

I'll keep that in mind for the future, as no other load I've done had these shields.

It looks great. You're not going to have any problems with it. It will look exactly the same when you get to the delivery.

Remember, also, that loads almost never shift toward the back, they shift toward the front. A truck doesn't accelerate quickly enough to throw the load backward and they don't climb hills steep enough to make anything slide backward. But you can easily hit the brakes hard enough to shift everything forward. Keep that in mind anytime you consider what might happen to a load during the trip. Make sure there isn't anything that appears like it might go flying forward if you have to hit the brakes hard.

Sometimes you may have something that's stacked pretty high and unstable, so it's possible the top of the pallet could tip over backwards on a hill or something. But most of the time the biggest threat comes from hitting the brakes hard and shifting everything forward.

I was just there a few days ago. Didn't quite go as hard on the straps as you did but they didn't shift. Supposedly they have an axle scale somewhere on property that i couldn't find so i winged it with my tandems. Then heaven forbid they give you your scale ticket when you leave. That's the only miller brewery that doesn't for some reason.

I was just there a few days ago. Didnt quite go as ham on the straps as you did but they didnt shift. Supposedly they have an axle scale somewhere on property that i coupdnt find so i winged it with my tandems. Then heaven forbid they give you your scale ticket when you leave. Thats the only miller brewery that doesn't for some reason.

My work assignment said to bring 2 to 3, or 3 to 4 straps dont remember off the top of my head. So I wanted to play it safe in case anything did happen, they cant say i didn't do my part Haha.

But if you're talking about the same place I picked up in Fort Worth, then the scale is not to far from the exit, in front of the loading docks when you start to make your way to the exit. Let me get a picture.

The left circle is where you enter, and follow around the building going toward the exit, I circled where the scale is at. Cant get a scale ticket, but itll display the weights on the screen. Pretty accurate, was almost exactly the same when I went to the Cat scale down the road.

I made sure I scaled out because they had a sign that said if we left without scaling, and used a third party scale and we was overweight, then they would make you pay to have the load reworked. So I made sure to get my weight legal, and took pictures of the screen with my phone so they couldn't say I didn't or anything like that.

I dont know if you had the same problem, but the security folks had an attitude from the start Haha. I was still nice and told them to have a nice night.

Funny thing is, I only found the scale thanks to Google Maps Satellite.

577 miles later, I'm currently 300 miles for my delivery tomorrow morning at 6am.