Made stupid mistake. Need help.

This should fix ya up.

 

To err is human, but to hide the mistake or blame someone else shows management potential.

 

I'm not sure if I ever brought this up, but a few years before I retired I was on I-81 after delivering to Hazel Pa. I was stopped by a Highway patrolman and told my trailer turn lights were crossed and he had noted it. Turns out a driver had tried to fix an electrical issue and got the wires reversed. All I did was engage my 4ways to check the lights and never looked. The cop was laughing about it. I took that empty to our drop yard near Palmyra and got another empty. I still laugh to this day about that.

 

JCMcD, good job putting the cable back together. Responsible guys like you give truckers a good name.

 

I've gotten into the habit of checking the left and right signals individually. I usually hook to my trailer before dawn, so before I pull away from the dock, I flip left and right while watching for the reflection of the lights against the building.

 

As a general rule if I saw something wrong and it was within my abilities I fixed the issue. I just never really had a lot of tools with me. I guess it makes me a bad person but I never thought it was my job to fix things.

 

Sometimes it's a matter of getting back on the road or waiting hours on end for a service! I don't expect my driver's to repair an engine harness but I like when they can replace a light bulb. Unfortunately, some of the newer kids don't even want to replace a light bulb!