Trailer cross member question

Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by TruckerGonnaBe, May 3, 2015.

  1. TruckerGonnaBe

    TruckerGonnaBe Light Load Member

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    Is this DOT legal? One person said no because the hole goes all the way across and is welded but another said yes because It's repaired.

    I hope this works. It's the first time I've put a picture in my post here.

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  3. Mrnice81

    Mrnice81 Bobtail Member

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    I'd just put a new cross member and call it a day
     
  4. TruckerGonnaBe

    TruckerGonnaBe Light Load Member

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    I agree completely. However, being it's a company trailer they don't see it my way. I was suppose to take it to pick up a load but it also had a blinker out so thankfully didn't have to use it until I could find out one way or another of it was legal to use that way.
     
  5. STexan

    STexan Road Train Member

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    You'll be fine pulling it with the roof the way it is. Lot's of shippers I've dealt with would probably reject that trailer to load but I'm not sure who you pull for or what the trailer will be pulling or your weather forecast. Plenty of trailers running around with a lot more duct tape and half-### repair jobs then that.
     
  6. KW Cajun

    KW Cajun Road Train Member

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    Well,, first of all that's not a proper repair. Someone needs to tell that welder... that he's not a welder. He's a butcher at best.
    I can't see the backing plate he used in the repair, or it's thickness/dimensions, but the weld is horrible.

    I'd bet dollars to donuts that any DOT inspection would see that "repair" from the get-go and hit you with a violation.
     
  7. striker

    striker Road Train Member

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    the cross member is not flat/flush against the floor of the trailer, there is a potential weak spot in the floor, looks like an "African special" repair I often see on the bottoms of containers, also, KW is right, that's a butcher of a welding job
     
  8. Cranky Yankee

    Cranky Yankee Cranky old ######

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    one would think if that is the repair
    there would be more violations to be found
    underneath the duct tape
     
  9. G.Anthony

    G.Anthony Road Train Member

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    Yeah I spit my soda outta my nose when I saw that alleged welding job. Who ever did that repair ought to go work flipping burgers. But whaddya gonna do, as the old saying goes, "you get what you paid for".
     
  10. xsetra

    xsetra Road Train Member

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    OP Not sure if that is a legal fix. The cross member still has a bend in it. I don't think DOT would put you OOS for it, But they might give you a 15 day fix it warning.
     
  11. wichris

    wichris Road Train Member

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    Crossmember is about 70.00 and 1 1/2 hour to replace. I hope that was the persons first try at welding.
     
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