deuceman51

Have any of you guys experienced loadout damage on your trucks. I know they loaded my truck with a forklift, but I didn't know they would just scoop under it and lift it on the semi truck. I figured they would use chains to lift or something. Now my two cab steps are bent up and I can't open either the battery or toolbox doors. They are other scrapes and dents on the truck from it. The trucker said they even bent something on the front axle for me. I know they aren't responsible for damages, but I was just wondering if anyone else had any trouble. My trucks were loaded at Ft. Riley. The worst was a broke sway bar on the rear axle which caused the rear axle to twist, the leafsprings to drop off the axle, and now the whole axle is at such an angle I can't even tow it. I was happy to get my trucks, but not too thrilled about the nice damages they left on them.

jwaller

they would not be responsible if the truck driver or person acting on your behalf let them do it and didnt raise heck. Esp if the site has a policy of not helping loadouts. I know at federal surplus they loaded a bunch of cuccv's with forklifts and bent all 12 rear driveshafts.

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bulldog_mack13

It happens , alot . I watched DRMO not GL unload a 5 ton cargo truck with winch, 800 series , with a fork lift that was half the trucks size off a drop deak flat bed.

On the other side I know GL moves trucks around with fork lifts also , fuel is taken out of tanks sometimes. It happens .

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builder77

How is GL saying no help loading out supposed to eliminate their liability if they do end up helping. Either GL is responsible for damage or the employee is. I would think there would be more liability if they said they will help, but accept no liability then if they will not help but do so anyways. They would be breaking there own rules in that case.

FrankUSMC

Was the trailer the truck was put on a roll back? or a drop deck? Or was it 5 feet off the ground?
If it was a roll back, I had a truck damaged while being pushed to the roll back, I was there, I saw it, I ate the price of the damages, they were trying to help load me and get me on the road.
If the trailer was 5 feet off the ground, ok, other than picking the truck up with a fork lift, how are they going to get it up on the trailer? Maybe the driver should have called you and told you what was going on , and you could have gotten a roll back truck to pick up the truck and move it on to the trailer.
I am not flaming you or picking on you, but I have been there. I sold a guy 3 tracked weasels, that did not run, and the guy knew it, but he sent some poor trucker all the way to my place with a trailer that was 5 feet off the ground. I had no way of loading the guy, and this poor trucker is almost in tears because of the fuel he wasted coming to my place for no load. I felt bad for him, and I was very angry at the guy who sent him because he knew I could not load him.
One of the few, Frank USMC RET

jasonjc

This is why I use a wreker service to pick up my trucks , they know what they are doing. The times that I've picked up trailer my self they (GL x1 Army NG x2) have always done a good job of loading them for me with fork lifts.

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FMJ

2 of my Deuces and my 1008 had damage from forklifts, prior to me picking them up.

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bulldog_mack13

Unload a 5 ton , not my 5 ton . It was on a drop deack. But i have had forklift marks on my M818 from pushing it.

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dragonman

Yes I just got a m35 from Ft Riley had a trucker pick it up with a Ford 350 and 40ft flatbed with ramps I thought they would use a chain on the front of the M35 and drive along the trailer to pull it up on or push it up on from the rear.
When he got here I didnt see any scratches on the rear bumperets so I thought they pulled it on. I was helping him unchain it and I noticed the drivers step was bent and the battery box. They loaded it with a forklift from the side.

papercu

Once again this is another pitfall from buying surplus. Wayne