It figures....

Bob Noel wrote:
In article . com,
"Jay Honeck" wrote:

But, still, it's ridiculous. I mean, how in hell do you back a semi
into a BUILDING?

Well, he probably had to swerve several times...

Years ago an acquaintance was studying to become a mechanical engineer
and needed a thesis topic. He decided to look into why the standard
design for a loading dock was something like "do the design, compute all
the loads for the largest shipments, the weight of forklifts, etc AND
THEN MULTIPLY ALL THE SUPPORT SIZES BY 4." This was uniformly accepted
as safe practice.

It was true. Anything less would crumble within a short time. The
answer was that trucks would back into the docks.

You should see the spots in our asphalt where drivers, once backed up to the
dock, will continue to push the accelerator rather than floating the clutch
and applying the brakes... 3-4" deep gouges in the asphalt from the drive
tires spinning. Then there are those that actual back into the dock and
bounce off... unreal.

Years of experience around guys like these prove how inexpensive
overbuilding and using lots of steel and concrete is compared to repairing
buildings.

Jim

"Stubby" wrote in message
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Bob Noel wrote:
In article . com,
"Jay Honeck" wrote:

But, still, it's ridiculous. I mean, how in hell do you back a semi
into a BUILDING?

Well, he probably had to swerve several times...

Years ago an acquaintance was studying to become a mechanical engineer and
needed a thesis topic. He decided to look into why the standard design
for a loading dock was something like "do the design, compute all the
loads for the largest shipments, the weight of forklifts, etc AND THEN
MULTIPLY ALL THE SUPPORT SIZES BY 4." This was uniformly accepted as safe
practice.

It was true. Anything less would crumble within a short time. The
answer was that trucks would back into the docks.

Years of experience around guys like these prove how inexpensive
overbuilding and using lots of steel and concrete is compared to repairing
buildings.

Yeah, my loading dock at our distribution center in Kenosha, WI had to
withstand the impact of Teamster union drivers ramming the Chicago
Tribune semis into it, night after night. One time they actually moved
the back wall of the building off its foundation, having fully used up
the shock absorbers. Must've been going 20 mph to do that.

They were idiots, but they weren't "accidentally" hitting the building,
like this guy apparently was. The Teamsters did it for sport.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

Jay Honeck wrote:
...
They were idiots, but they weren't "accidentally" hitting the building,
like this guy apparently was. The Teamsters did it for sport.

Do any teamsters have pilot licenses?

They were idiots, but they weren't "accidentally" hitting the building,
like this guy apparently was. The Teamsters did it for sport.

Do any teamsters have pilot licenses?

Well, given what they were being paid, it would certainly not have been
beyond their means. (Of course, my data points are a bit dated now. My
experience working with Teamsters ran from 1988 to 1994.)
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

Stubby wrote:
Jay Honeck wrote:
...
They were idiots, but they weren't "accidentally" hitting the building,
like this guy apparently was. The Teamsters did it for sport.

Do any teamsters have pilot licenses?




A few did but,,,,, gravity soon weeded out those idiots.. G

Stubby wrote:


Jay Honeck wrote:

...
They were idiots, but they weren't "accidentally" hitting the building,
like this guy apparently was. The Teamsters did it for sport.


Do any teamsters have pilot licenses?

Only as sport pilots according to Jay. :-)

Matt

"Stubby" wrote in message

Do any teamsters have pilot licenses?

I believe IBT represents UPS pilots, plus a few of the nonsked operators. I
think Fedex voted them out a few years ago. I don't know about Airborne or
DHL.

Do any teamsters have pilot licenses?

NetJet pilots are Teamsters.