Report equipment problems!

Discussion in 'Experienced Truckers' Advice' started by TruckerPete1990, Mar 19, 2023.

  1. TruckerPete1990

    TruckerPete1990 Road Train Member

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    Here's just a small piece of advice. Report equipment issues. Most companies will just send someone out to fix the issue if it's drop and hook.
    The company I do power only for has a shop 9 miles away! Anytime all we have to do is call break down and let them know what's going on. They send people out when it's just a light or even if it just needs a DOT inspection.
    Dropping equipment that's not DOT legal causes everyone issues.. Here's the most recent one left the house to grab my trailer and bam side rail is cracked..now I'm at the mercy of the DC waiting on it to be reloaded and possibly putting my delivery at risk of being late. 20230319_175601.jpg
     
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  3. 201

    201 Road Train Member

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    Good show, driver, that's a bad spot, a bottom rail damaged. Not sure you are looking for any recognition, but shows, we still have some great drivers. :thumbup: For the record, in a drop and hook situation, that may have happened after it was dropped.
     
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  4. slim shady

    slim shady Road Train Member

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    Looks like 4 newer bolts near the damage compared to the others maybe someone put a bandaide on it
     
  5. Judge

    Judge Road Train Member

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    Good to Go.
     
  6. ducnut

    ducnut Road Train Member

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    Nah. Somebody’s been there before. Notice the rivets are a different color (newer) and there are washers under the rivet heads. It almost looks like someone bent that flap back, looking at the outward bow toward the front of it and the damage at the rear edge of it (beat on with a mini-sledge?). Terrible repair and obviously not DOT-compliant.
     
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  7. buzzarddriver

    buzzarddriver Road Train Member

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    Who ever repaired it should have run a bead the length of the crack.
     
  8. classic_150

    classic_150 Medium Load Member

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    They should have put a plated that rail for a proper repair
     
  9. ducnut

    ducnut Road Train Member

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    Our trailer shop drills the bottom half of the sheeting’s rivets, pulls it away, cuts out the damaged sections (inner rail, too, if needed), welds in a new section(s), and rivets everything back together. I’m not sure I’d trust just plating that, in a such a critical area.
     
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