My trailer has been hit 4 times in 2 years, WTH

They have as much tail swing as the reefer trailer I pull since I almost always have it on first hole. The issue is with spreads the pivot point can change on the fly depending on which tire is bearing more weight at any point. Still don’t know why some flatbed companies refuse to install dump valves on their spreads. Helps with backing and you’re also not tearing up your tires during tight turns and sharp backing maneuvers.

 

My truck got hit 3 times in 20 hours parked in the same spot in the truckstop..

5th spot right from the driveway with fuel islands and the cat scale 100 feet straight in front of me... really just pull up to the cat scale and 100 foot straight back into either side of me, and yes I was hit on bothsides

 

There's somthing about a clean nice piece of equipment that attracts idiots that seem to hone in it with a seek and destroy mission .
A couple years ago I payed off my tractor and sure as hell 2 days later one metropolitans finest backed into it at a loading dock in Pennsylvania.

 

i think I have made at least 5 sets of doors for this guy over the last several years. This type of thing seems to happen to him a lot. I know it’s kinda off topic but just thought of this thread when he sent me the pictures

 

Sold my trailer 2 years into my career because the loading dock guys always wanted to play demo derby inside the trailers. Not worth it anymore. No pride in work on this new gen of drivers.

 

I don’t even know how you can legitimately do what that forklift driver did.

 

Murphys Law my friend. If you can think of a new and Creative way to screw things up, guess what. It will happen at some point in time.

 

After seeing first hand the ability or lack of and getting some answers from drivers that were recently licensed about thier training, while doing thier initial interview/assessment it’s surprising more people aren’t on here asking about this.