Dot inspection

You document the first time you ask about that damage and whoever told you to aww run it.

So 1700 miles later here you are being chewed out. Provide the doggie chew toy the name and position of the person who told you aww run it.

The next damaged trailer you see, you take it to a shop and do not move until it's fixed. Or find a undamaged trailer for the load.

 

If it won't pass an inspection call it in and get it fixed. It's basically on you because you chose to ignore it.

 

Im pretty sure. New damage. Yea right. Why? So you can go on record as causing that NEW damage.

You are not going to find any driver photographing new damage. The next driver will be left to pick up the trailer damaged and all. That's you.

No one will want to sit in the shop losing mile pay waiting on fixing. Im pretty sure half the trailers in any company has some damage because all the drivers simply neglect to have them fixed.

 

Welcome to trucking.

Every time I get another trailer I inherit everyone else's problems.
Lights
Tires
Brakes
No registration
ABS. . that's the most common one.

I leave a great trailer... and pick up junk.
I always find the problem within 2-3 min of hooking to it, so you KNOW they knew the issues when they dropped it.

I tell my GM all the time..
"this crap will stop when you go back to the last person that pulled it and hold them accountable".

It's MY time.

 

Once the fleet manager thought he was going to Chew me out over the phone, it would have been a done deal for me right then. They should be after the last driver who had that trailer not you.