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<blockquote data-quote="tieguy" data-source="post: 90726" data-attributes="member: 1912"><p>Retired I understand your point about making service on the bundles but if he rolls the trailer those bundles won't make service anyway. </p><p></p><p>1) As part of his CDL requirements he has specific responsibility to ensure the load he pulls is balanced. He can be held liable by DOT if he does not inspect the load and ensure its balanced and secure. </p><p></p><p>2) In this case he has a legitimate concern because there clearly is a lot less wieght in the bottom of the load. </p><p></p><p>3) He actually has a right to refuse to pull that load for safety reasons. </p><p></p><p>4) A more service conscious solution would be for him to raise the concern about the wieght distribution to educate those who do not normally think about and deal with these issues. And then to ask that some of the heavier boxes / from the top of the load be moved under the flaps to add more wieght under the flaps. They could easily redistribute some of those packages from the top and move some of the bags from the bottom to the top of the walls above the flaps. With a little help from the driver this would not take more than 5 or 10 minutes.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="tieguy, post: 90726, member: 1912"] Retired I understand your point about making service on the bundles but if he rolls the trailer those bundles won't make service anyway. 1) As part of his CDL requirements he has specific responsibility to ensure the load he pulls is balanced. He can be held liable by DOT if he does not inspect the load and ensure its balanced and secure. 2) In this case he has a legitimate concern because there clearly is a lot less wieght in the bottom of the load. 3) He actually has a right to refuse to pull that load for safety reasons. 4) A more service conscious solution would be for him to raise the concern about the wieght distribution to educate those who do not normally think about and deal with these issues. And then to ask that some of the heavier boxes / from the top of the load be moved under the flaps to add more wieght under the flaps. They could easily redistribute some of those packages from the top and move some of the bags from the bottom to the top of the walls above the flaps. With a little help from the driver this would not take more than 5 or 10 minutes. [/QUOTE]
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