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Safe or unsafe trailer load?
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<blockquote data-quote="Dutch Dawg" data-source="post: 90610" data-attributes="member: 4843"><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px">I recently encountered a W style drop frame 28’ trailer with a 100% load. The belly (under flap area) to the 5<SUP>th</SUP> wheel deck was loaded exclusively with empty forever bags bundled within themselves for return to a hub. The above flap area was loaded as normal with packages. I questioned this practice among other hourly employees and was surprised to find a wide range of opinion regarding a high center of gravity and safety.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px">There were estimated to be aprox. 40 bundles of bags weighing about 30# each for roughly 1200# in the belly of the beast. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Among the comments I heard was “Well it’s really no different than a loaded flat pup.”</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px">I, being somewhat height challenged can peer across the floor of a flat without standing on my tiptoes from the ground. Looking across flaps to the front of a trailer is not possible for me without an elevator, jumping on a trampoline, step stool or like device. So I think it’s safe to say flaps are considerably higher than a flat’s floor.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong>In your opinion, is this a bone-fide concern?</strong></span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dutch Dawg, post: 90610, member: 4843"] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=3]I recently encountered a W style drop frame 28’ trailer with a 100% load. The belly (under flap area) to the 5<SUP>th</SUP> wheel deck was loaded exclusively with empty forever bags bundled within themselves for return to a hub. The above flap area was loaded as normal with packages. I questioned this practice among other hourly employees and was surprised to find a wide range of opinion regarding a high center of gravity and safety.[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=3]There were estimated to be aprox. 40 bundles of bags weighing about 30# each for roughly 1200# in the belly of the beast. [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=3]Among the comments I heard was “Well it’s really no different than a loaded flat pup.”[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=3]I, being somewhat height challenged can peer across the floor of a flat without standing on my tiptoes from the ground. Looking across flaps to the front of a trailer is not possible for me without an elevator, jumping on a trampoline, step stool or like device. So I think it’s safe to say flaps are considerably higher than a flat’s floor.[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=3][B]In your opinion, is this a bone-fide concern?[/B][/SIZE][/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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