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<blockquote data-quote="quad decade guy" data-source="post: 4339167" data-attributes="member: 77939"><p>Is it the drivers responsibility? To what degree? How do you (as a driver) make that certainty?</p><p></p><p>Given the current mgt. don't give a crap attitude about anything, what would they do to insure</p><p></p><p>absolute load security? So in your scenario, it's up to the mechanic to make this certainty?</p><p></p><p>I bet he would be surprised at that statement. And distance himself as far as possible from it.</p><p></p><p>In my current experience, most loads either don't have a load retainer or it is not deployed.</p><p></p><p>And contact with a mgt. person yields absolutely nothing unless they suggest "is the load </p><p></p><p>stepped down? If so, then its acceptable..." I've never hauled dollies in a trailer, but would at </p><p></p><p>least demand them chained to the trailer floor. At least. We all know that will never happen.</p><p></p><p>And if you refused to pull that trailer for said concerns, could they fire you? I'm pretty </p><p></p><p>confident some would try. All of the trailers I've refused to pull have arrived at their destination</p><p></p><p>shortly thereafter by another driver. Dispatch just reassigns it. A lot of drivers never give a</p><p></p><p>second thought about liability. And a 20 yo.(or 20 years experience) dispatcher could care </p><p></p><p>less about anything except getting that trailer off the yard(at any cost to the driver or public).</p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></p><p> <span style="font-size: 12px"></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="quad decade guy, post: 4339167, member: 77939"] Is it the drivers responsibility? To what degree? How do you (as a driver) make that certainty? Given the current mgt. don't give a crap attitude about anything, what would they do to insure absolute load security? So in your scenario, it's up to the mechanic to make this certainty? I bet he would be surprised at that statement. And distance himself as far as possible from it. In my current experience, most loads either don't have a load retainer or it is not deployed. And contact with a mgt. person yields absolutely nothing unless they suggest "is the load stepped down? If so, then its acceptable..." I've never hauled dollies in a trailer, but would at least demand them chained to the trailer floor. At least. We all know that will never happen. And if you refused to pull that trailer for said concerns, could they fire you? I'm pretty confident some would try. All of the trailers I've refused to pull have arrived at their destination shortly thereafter by another driver. Dispatch just reassigns it. A lot of drivers never give a [SIZE=3][/SIZE] second thought about liability. And a 20 yo.(or 20 years experience) dispatcher could care less about anything except getting that trailer off the yard(at any cost to the driver or public). [SIZE=3] [/SIZE] [/QUOTE]
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