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So what you are saying is
I aint your mamma
And
clean up after yourself.
Interesting concepts. Problem with them is the part time sups that will rant about the time it takes........Something you mentioned as well.
dannyboy
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That last problem you mentioned is right. Let's say that a trailer backs in and the sup is right there as the loader detaches the strap. I can just imagine the sup yelling at him if he took the time to reattach it to the other side.
I don't mind being someone's mama at times. Plenty of times I was sitting on my feeder butt in the building .waiting for a trailer to be loaded and waiting for the moment for when they say I can take it. More times than I can remember, I will get the nod from the loader as he starts walking to another trailer that the trailer is ready to be pulled. there still on the ground is the dock plate, just a relatively thin piece of metal that will fall 4 feet to the ground on the outside when the truck is pulled. Also many times, there will be small spools of wires on the back on the trailer that are just ready to roll backwards when that trailer is pulled (can't always close the doors until you get away from building and away from other trailers. So, instead of wasting my time telling them how they should do their jobs(which they already know), in a lesser amount of time I move the dock plate and put the spools on their sides or reorient them so that they won't roll back. I welcome the extra exercise. Plenty of times when I was back there in the building , I put the restraining strap (if there was one) in its proper position or in a place where it wouldn't fall out and get dragged and damaged.
Also, I will look to see if there are any hazmat papers and if so will look to see where the package is , it is supposed to be on the back. If it is a liquid :75 percent of the time, the arrow on the hazmat box is not pointing up, I will reorient it. As I have stated in another thread, it may or not be my job to do this, but the dot believes it is and I will also be the one to have to deal with and explain to the state trooper or d.o.t officials about that liquid that is leaking through my trailer.
All I was saying , from a safety and cost standpoint, three extra seconds for the unloader to safely reattach the safety strap or 20-40 extra seconds for a shifter feeder driver to unsafely do it, while holding up yard traffic or causing the guy waiting with a loaded trailer who needs to back into the same door to wait while he does it. 3 extra seconds equals a useable strap, . to not do this is risking the strap being useless and ordering a new one or not having one when one is needed.