this is my rant after a very bad monday shift
today i open a trailer, theres 500 books all over the floor next to a busted up box
behidn that was 85 loose tires, which was fine.....but then behind that, was 10 pallets stacked 2 high, NOT ONE PALLET was wrapped OR braced, so theres was EVERYWHERE
all kinds of cartons all over the floor, thousands, had to sort them all out and actually wrap them
does anybody on here think for one second that 2 skids of loose cartons not wrapped and not braced will even make it out of the yard without falling? NO.....and it came from over 300 miles away
what i have found is that ups freight dont give a about bracing properly.......at all.......when i was at roadway express we hardly ever got like that, theese freight loaders just throw in the trailer however it fits knowing that the next guy is gonna have a massive mess to with
i swear to god if i ever find loader 534 from lousville kentucky im beating his in ass
almost all the trailers are like that, all you need is some wrap and a few load bars or straps
damnit
end rant
We all agree it is frustrating to deal with this.
You do your part and do the right thing. We, ultimately, can only control our actions ...and our reactions.
one time i had these 4 skids that had completely tipped over en route and they had TINY boxes THOUSANDS of them all over the floor, i showed my superviser and he just chuckled, then walked away to talk to the guy in the door next to me
...i once had a skid of this high value freight which is suppose to really be protected good.....it was in the very nose, with a skid of 4 drums of some corrosive hazmat material on top of it, not stable at all, and crushing it
corrosive liquid spilled all over the place including on the freight itself......people at ups freight simply do not give a about loading techniques
is it the same way at ups ground? do your loaders put a 300 lb unstable box on top of a 5 lb box of glass? probably
i get so mad i beat the out of the trailer walls and my knuckles are always bloody
Well, no. UPS package isn't supposed to go over 150 lbs, so we only dump 150 lb packages on top of the 5 lb boxes of glass...