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caught huge luck today

Discussion in 'Flatbed Trucking Forum' started by jsprocket, Jul 18, 2014.

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  1. Jul 18, 2014 #1
    jsprocket

    jsprocket Heavy Load Member

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    Just one of those days thankfully there was no room up front to put my dunnage so chained to back it went. Was raining and I just forgot my cheater bar was still on my trailer. Thank god I put the wood on the back instead underneath or else that would've been a bad accident wait to happen since it stopped it from fully coming off
     
    jsprocket, Jul 18, 2014
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  3. Jul 18, 2014 #2
    TripleSix

    TripleSix God of Roads

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    Walk-a-rounds, driver. Every one of us will forget something. That's why you walk around the truck completely before you move. I don't care how hard it rains. Safe travels.
     
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  4. Jul 18, 2014 #3
    MJ1657

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    I did the same thing with my bar one time. Bad feeling when I stopped and found it. Now when I lay it on the deck I make sure it hangs over the edge of the trailer.
     
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  5. Jul 19, 2014 #4
    Pipe 40

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    Always hang it over the edge and walk around before moving.
     
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  7. Jul 19, 2014 #5
    Logan76

    Logan76 Crusty In Training

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    I did that once in Middletown leaving AK steel, I made a turn and watched it bounce off the road...doh.
     
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  8. Jul 19, 2014 #6
    Jumbo

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    I thought I lost my bar at my first load check so I used my spare the rest of the trip. When I untarped they laid my bar on the trailer deck.
     
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  9. Jul 20, 2014 #7
    orcen

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    We've all done that....
     
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  10. Jul 20, 2014 #8
    FLT 76

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    I walk around -- get in the truck - ck everything -- then get out an do a slow walk around -- no matter what
     
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  11. Jul 23, 2014 #9
    jbatmick

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    `Cheap lesson learned. We have all done it.
     
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  12. Jul 24, 2014 #10
    camaro68

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    I wonder if it would help. If you could wrap some orange tape around the cheater bar. Maybe an inch wide. That might catch your attention when you walk by it. When it's laying on the trailer. Just a thought.
     
    camaro68, Jul 24, 2014
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