We had a tandem axel driver miss a load belt , and a whole load of steel and the truck , were hanging from the ceiling . I was afraid to hit the reverse button , and I lowered it down manually with a wrench .
I often lift containers of trucks where the drivers havnt unlocked all their pins I cant see if the back ones are unlocked but you soon realise if your lifting up the truck lol
Where I have worked it's forbidden to sit in cab when lifting. Then he don't get service. Helmet, west and sign clearly to cranedriver that it's good to go. Many drivers are injured every year (even killed) because of incomplete release on one or more corners. Operator lifts and everything follows, then slipps and falls down, always everything but straight down.
@@nordmoretruck6208 Thanks Nordmoretruck. Ya know these guys get lazy. That's what it's all about. Until they do a 30-40 foot drop & rack them nuts on the steering column. that usually wakes them up.
@@philsmidwestclassiccars150 Many good drivers there also, but those who are in a "hurry", and desides to stay in cab and signal out the window? No thanks. 😄
Besides the unsafe practice of staying in the truck, it is also unsafe when there is no ground person with radio employed to ensure pin locks are unlocked. Additionally, the truck driver ought to have been wearing a hardhat.
Sorry dude, I don't pull containers, never will. I already know that it is the driver's responsibility to release the lock pins. It's also his responsibility to insure they are all lock before leaving the ship yard. Think about it a second.
+Sam Thompson In the UK, at gantry lift operations such as what you see there, or Felixstowe, Immingham and Most freightliner depots you stay in the cab, except at London Gateway and Thamesport where you get out. At most straddle lift operations, such as Seaforth, Tilbury, Southampton etc you get out. In most Forklift container lift yards you stay in the Cab. That's just in my experience. If in doubt, stay put, its usualy warmer and drier inside the truck any way.
You should try truck driving before you comment on this. Always tired rarely at home with loved ones. SO MUCH stuff to think about ALL the time when at work. Living life on the clock and the attitude of shitty car drivers who think the road belongs to them. And all for £9.00 pounds an hour
this is England the unions have no powers no more if north Americans are not careful there unions will go the same way government politics and greedy businesses and taking power away from the hard workers hope you're lucky to keep your unions
Unions are why business are moving out of California and going overseas in droves. Toyota is moving 5,000 jobs to Texas is a great example. Why is California and the US are losing jobs? Think about it. To benefit a few like you the forest (general economy) is sacrificed by interfering with company health, growth, profit and ability to compete. California has lost 1,510 companies between 2008 - 2014 most went to Texas, where there is no state income tax and the state actually encourages and benefits busine ss growth but most importantly it is a right to work state. The number doesn't include all the business lost since 1995 when the exodus started.
This is the shipping industry, not manufacturing. The shipping unions have been protecting the sailors and longshoremen for over a century, especially with the Jones act . We are more of a brotherhood not a contract agency.
