Okay, thank you for joining us for this module. Here we will be discussing the different types of accessorials that is involved in securing and safely protecting the cargo as it's in transit from the shipper to the receiver. There's a lot of different type of equipment that are used by drivers depending on the type of trailer they are pulling and also depending upon the different types of weather conditions that are prevalent at that specific time. So in this module, we will learn about the different accessorials, we will learn what they're for, and we will learn how to what different types of situations the driver may run into as far as this is concerned so let's get ready to start this module guys this is probably the most common of all okay good old tarping so anytime you have a load that has an open trailer which is going to be like a flatbed or a step deck um or RGN, depending on what the material is on there, it may or may not need to be tarped. And tarping is this black cover that you see here, okay? It just covers the material on the trailer and protects it during potential bad weather. And I think I used hay as a previous example, but another example could be like lumber, you know, some type of wood, wood paneling or something like that. you know if there's really bad weather if you're driving through a hurricane storm or something like that you don't want the wood to get soaked and drenched in water it could damage the wood okay so things like that or maybe another type of example will be insulation you know if you've got um pieces of insulation on your trailer um that you know water could damage insulation so just about whatever water could damage now things that are like you know like steel poles or something like that maybe plastic poles or something like that that type of stuff um is not a big deal you know the rain can hit that stuff all day and it's probably not gonna bother it too much as far as damage so Anyway, that is what tarps are for. Tarps mainly come in either four foot, six foot, or eight foot. So for example, if you've, I don't know how big this is, but whatever this is on here, let's say it's five feet long in height, five feet tall in height, okay? at bare minimum, we would need to have a six foot tarp to drop down and cover it in its entirety, okay? So just depending on how tall the commodity is determines what size tarp you'll need for the load, okay? So that's what a tarp is. Load levelers. So load levelers are used to balance freight on the trailers, okay? So an example, well, here, let's just look. These are what low levelers actually look like, okay? And here we have four levelers going across what I believe is a step deck. That might be the step part right there. Otherwise, I don't know why it would be on there. So look, the only time you will need to look to use load levelers is on a trailer that is not one hundred percent flat, which is going to be what, like a step deck or an RGN or something. Right. That's the only time you will use a load leveler because. The load leveler is to, I'm sorry, excuse me. The load leveler is to level out whatever the commodity is on the trailer. It's so that it can run straight across as you see per this example below. I have no clue what this is, but it was just a perfect example for my demonstration. So I decided to use it. But if you notice this trailer here is a step deck, right? There's the step. And so... whatever length this item is, it probably was too long to go on the bottom or it looks like they already have something else on the bottom. So in able to fit this piece on the trailer, they started it up at the top upper deck. And then in order to balance it on the trailer, they used this load leveler right here, you see? So that is exactly what the purpose of a load leveler is for. It's just to balance out any freight that's used on the trailer so that it's held up firm and goes straight across the trailer. So loading ramps. All right, I'm sorry, ramps are used to unload and offload vehicles for a trailer. It's pretty simple. This is what they look like here. And ramps are detachable you know you take you just put them on the trailer and then take them off and here's an example of when you would use. When you use the loading ramps to load up this what is this a F. little ram something. I don't know. Anyway, whatever type of truck that is, you just lay the ramps out and you can drive the vehicle up the ramps onto the trailer. Obviously, if you didn't have these ramps, you wouldn't be able to get the vehicle on there, right? So that is the purpose of ramps, okay? On to the next. Dunnage. So dunnage is used for keeping freight sturdy and balanced. Dunnage can be used on just about any type of trailer, drive-in, flatbed, conestoga, whatever. And there's different types of dunnage, but it all basically serves the same purpose. You can see here, if you've got palletized, and these are pallets, guys, these little, I'm sure you've seen them before. They're little wooden crates and they're what freight is put on most of the time. They're called pallets. Okay. I'll be sure to show you what that looks like in another video, but what one looks like without freight on it, but it's just a wooden plank, a wooden platform that people put the freight on. Okay. So anyway, in this example, it looks like we've got pallets of boxes, who knows what's in them, but because there's a space in the dry van, when the dry van is transporting and going over all those bumps and stuff, even though it is saran wrapped, it looks like it came apart and the boxes are falling. So that is what dunnage is for. Dunnage can be this type of material here, Or it can even be like wooden blocks. That's what you'll see a lot of the times that drivers have is wooden blocks, which you could just put in here to keep these two commodities here stable, okay? So that's all dunnage is. It's just material that's used to keep the freight sturdy and balanced, okay? So you might hear a broker say, I'm sorry, you might hear a broker say requires eight pieces, the load that, I'm sorry, the load that you're taking from them requires eight pieces of dunnage. They may say like four by fours, you know, or something like that. So, but that's what it is. All right, on to the next, coil racks. So coil racks are used for securing coils on trailers and they may or may not require tarping. Okay, so here's an example of a coil, what it looks like and it's chained down. And this right here is the coil rack that the coil would actually sit on. And then you can see, some coil racks right here on this trailer as well. But basically the coil would sit right on top here and it keeps it from rolling back and forth on the trailer. It basically stabilizes it. So that's what they're for. And they are a headache, just FYI. But a lot of drivers don't like to deal with them. And you'll come to know that once you get in the industry, but hey, they got to move, right? So a lot of times they pay a little better than the average freight just because of the work you have to go through to get them on the trailer and stabilize them and all that. But that's what coil racks are for, okay? Pipestakes. Let's talk about pipestakes. So, pipestakes are used to secure bundled piping onto the trailer. Okay? So, these are examples of the pipestakes. They basically keep the pipes from falling off of the trailer. Okay? That's what they're for. And these pipestakes can either be... metal I guess maybe I don't know if that's plastic or metal um but most of the time pipe stakes are probably going to be metal they can be padded though because a lot of time if they are metal then they might damage if they scrape the pipes or something like that. You know, they could possibly damage the pipes. So a lot of times shippers and or brokers will request that you have padded pipe stakes, okay? Which is, you can either purchase them pre-padded or you can just buy padding and wrap them around the pipe stakes, okay? But this is padding on the pipe stakes that you're looking at here. So that is what pipe stakes are for. And then we have V-boards, which are also known as edge protectors, okay? They are used for protecting the corner borders of freight. So you can see here, I have no clue what this commodity is, guys. Doesn't matter. The point is you see the V-boards are placed on the edge. We have a one, two, three, four, five, six pieces of whatever this is, at least that are visible in this picture. And you'll notice that where they separate, that's where they have an edge protector. It protects the corners. Basically, it protects these corners down here, okay, to keep them from getting dented or anything like that. And then once the driver places the edge protectors on there, he can just strap them over, throw the straps over the material, strap it down and take off. So, uh, they, like I say, they're called V boards or edge protectors. You might hear a broker or a shipper call them either one. So don't get thrown off. If somebody says V boards say, huh, it's just edge protectors. Okay. So that is pretty much any and all of the accessorials that I can think of that are going to be important for you guys. Um, in our next chapter we are going to be covering how to find freight that will be a very fun chapter um yep there's basically two ways in which we talked about in our introductory video which is uh the load boards and also via direct shippers so that'll be a great chapter let's get to it and I will see you in the next video All right, guys. Hopefully that gives us a general idea of what the different type of accessorials are and what they're used for. So let's just dive right into it. Zaira, can you give us an example of an accessorial? Donnage. So, dunnage is used to keep freight secure and balanced during transport. It can be applied to any type of trailer, whether drive-in, platbed, or others. Dunnage often consists of wooden blocks placed between the cargo to establish and prevent from shifting. Awesome. Awesome. Now, dunnage primarily is what's – usually, it's put in the trailer. uh in between the different pallets and things like that to keep the pallets from falling over or to keep the product from shifting in transit usually dunnage is put in by the shipper whoever loads the uh uh The trailer usually will come put the dunnage in because they want to make sure that their product is secure, that they've properly secured it themselves. So it can be anything from blocks to pump up foam, bags, anything like that that's going to actually wedge the product in. And it can be used on a variety of types of different trailers. Christine, give us another example of an accessorial. Another example of accessories is load levelers. Load levelers is used to balance freight on the trailers. For example, you're using a step deck or any trailer that is not flat. It is used to level out the commodity in the trailer. Awesome. And that's a good example of why load levelers would be used. If you're using a step deck or an RGN, those trailers have different decks. Remember on the RGN, it has a big drop down, which is considered the well, and the neck of the trailer is detachable. So if you're transporting something and need it to be level, then you would have to use load levelers to kind of level that product out. while it is in transit on the trailer. So very good, Christine. Erwin, can you give us another type of accessorials? Tarpaulin. So you can use that to protect your lumber from water damages. okay awesome awesome and usually tarps will come in four feet six feet eight feet things of that nature and they're specifically designed to protect the load from the elements and they can be put on a variety of elements a lot of times you will see them on things like hay lumber wood paneling insulation things like that things that the the water and rain and snow and different elements that would definitely damage uh you will see tarping involved and those things would be mentioned hopefully they're supposed to be outlined and mentioned in the dispatch uh instructions that we need to properly relay to the drivers so the accessorials are very important guys they they and drivers should know when they receive a load not only through our dispatch instructions and the things that we're telling them but they should know from their experience and they should know from the different types of cargo that they have to pick up and transport what type of accessorials they will need now we try to help them as much as possible to give them as much information as we possibly can but it is up to them to be adequately prepared have the equipment on their truck uh and we need to just go over these things with them as far as what we know in the dispatch instructions and it is uh not against the rules guys to ask the broker or the shipper is there anything else that I can possibly relate to the driver as far as maybe some uh equipment that they may need uh and You don't want to keep the shipper or the broker on the phone too long, asking question after question after question. But just quickly, okay, I see everything's here as far as the tarps and things like that. It's all in the dispatch instructions. Anything else I might need to tell the driver? Real quick like that. And they'll say yes or no. No, everything's there. Okay. I'll make sure he properly, I'll make sure he gets all the instructions. And then it's up to the driver. to make sure they have this equipment and that it's functioning properly, it's not defective and things of that nature, okay? JM, what's another type of accessorial? Another type of accessorial is? We said tarps, we said load levelers, we said dunnage. It's loading ramps. Loading ramps. Loading ramps used to unload and also offload vehicles for a trailer. Example for a car or a truck. Awesome. Awesome. Awesome. Exactly. Those would be used if we needed... To unload or offload like a car, something like that, an ATV, something in that nature, a van, a bus, you know, that wasn't over certain weight limits and things like that. And those are things we need to as much as possible. Relate to the driver. And guys, we do not want to take for granted that the driver will read the dispatch instructions. You may not have time to read all the instructions verbatim, but to cover yourself each and every time and to keep the driver alert and aware. tell him to make sure he reads the dispatch instructions. Say, I'm going to send you over everything. Just do me a favor. Make sure you read the dispatch instructions very carefully. You don't have time to go all the time to go through item by item by item by item by item. We don't have time to do that. And it's their job to read them. But let me tell you something from personal experiences. Drivers do not all the time read the full dispatch instructions. I have been guilty of that myself. I have run a route so often, a particular route, that I got so comfortable with running the route that I didn't need to look at the dispatching instructions. I knew what time to pick up. I knew what time to deliver. I knew where I had to go. I knew if they had adequate parking. I knew everything because I'd been there a million times. Well, guess what? This one particular time, something may be different. And it catches me off guard because I have not adequately read the dispatch instructions. So don't assume that a driver is going to read them. But we don't have time to go over the entire dispatch instructions. But the pertinent, important things we want to try to skim over or go over, and then we always want to tell them, hey, make sure you go over the complete dispatch so we don't miss anything. You don't want to make the driver seem like an idiot because he knows he has to do that. So you want to slide that in in a way that says, OK, I think I went over everything I could to let you know everything I know. But you still might just want to look over the dispatch instructions to make sure I haven't missed something. That's a good way to put it. It takes the sarcasm out of it. you're letting the driver know, hey, I might have missed something. So it's best you go behind me and look. So that's a good way to put it, guys. And what's the purpose of these accessorials? They serve two purposes. What are they? Tashi, what are the two purposes that accessorials serve? Or in your mind, what do you think the purpose of them are? Yeah, in my mind, I think the purpose of the accessories is to deliver the freight safely and no damage to it. Awesome. Those are the two reasons to secure, to secure the product or the cargo and to make sure that it's no damage done to it by the weather, the elements. Sometime it's not even weather or elements is driving and another vehicle throws rocks up. You know, you're following a vehicle that is like a sand or a gravel truck. Any of you guys ever been behind one of those? Yeah. yeah or a truck that's got water leaking out of the back of it for some reason that's a nightmare if you ever get behind a cattle truck oh that is a big nightmare one that's transporting pigs or hogs man Let me tell you something. So it's important to have that equipment. If it's in the dispatching instructions to tarp, they need to tarp because they get paid extra for that. Ten times out of ten, that's extra money for them. They get paid to tarp according to how many tarps that product is needing. So, you know. All right, guys. Any questions on this particular section? Any comments? Anything that might be a benefit. All right. Well, that will complete the module on accessorials and we'll move right along to our next module, guys.