Act of moral turpitude need help

You are wrong on this one.
You should have bring it back to their yard.
Take lots of pics and return the keys.
Don't you understand your responsibilities?
Don't you understand why you are hired by a carrier?

 

Dave, yewwww...

 

Forced by the driver abandoning the truck.
Not much choice left for the owner.

 

Thanks Dave, I was trying to figure out what was the Act of Moral Turpitude that was committed in a story about this guy's trailer tire.

 

Blowouts happen all the time, they're not that big of a deal most of time but still not ideal. Next time if you have tire wobble try telling them you think the wheel bearing is done for and the whole set appears ready to run for the hills. The hub and all leaving the trailer is generally bad for everybody. From the picture the tire itself doesn't appear all that bad, shot definitely but not something I'd be that afraid of running a couple hundred miles.

 

To be fair, he might have actually done a pre-trip. Sure there's a 99% chance that he did not, but I personally have ran into something close to that. Brand new tires, did a pre-trip, and 300 miles later the tire was horrible looking like that tire does in his picture. Simply a bad tire is all. Got it replaced at the next truck stop under warranty and aall was good.
Point being, sometimes stuff just happens no matter how good the pre-trip is done.

 

I am thinking there are two sides a story. I don't see anyone sending out a tow truck to haul a loaded vehicle and trailer when a road service call would be 4x 5x 6x cheaper

 

I'll mark it in my DVIR as a minor defect and report my findings.
If 2 or more tires on the tandem are like that it's already into Major defect territory.
Record and Report. Drive if Minor. Repair when possible.
Park if Major. Major could means more Minors too.