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Welcome back @Tall Mike try not to run too hard, I can’t have you making me look bad

 

My travel agent thinks I'm flying a cargo jet some days.

 

10/4 and welcome back sir. And who knows if we happen to meet up we will do lunch or something.

 

@tallWell I think that's a nice looking rig. I'll be looking for you in BAMA if you should wander this way. @Trashtrucker1707 will vouch for me being a good egg and I will help you if you need it. I stay mainly on I-65 between Huntsville and Mobile.You'll hear be before you see me ROFLMBO

 

Thank you I appreciate it.

 

I do a lot of lurking on this forum but don't post anything really. Had this happen to me the other day and figured you guys would get a kick out of it. I've never used a dump trailer before but I had a small land clearing job I did last week where I hauled all the debris out with this trailer I rented. Hauled about 15 loads of stumps and brush on it with no issues. The place I was dumping was asphalt and completely flat so pretty hard to screw up. When I was done with the trailer the owner of the trailer asked me to pick up a load of wood chunks on my way back to their yard. When I got there he showed me where to dump, it was a bit sloped but seemed hard enough and I figured it being his trailer he wouldn't have me dumping somewhere I shouldn't be. I got the bed up about halfway and part of the load came out, I thought the rest was trying to follow but just held up by the first part of the load, so I pulled forward a few feet and over she went. In hindsight I should have just kept going up or maybe bumped the trailer down and back up, pulling forward was the wrong move. Also should have dumped on level ground obviously. Fortunately my truck is a 93 Mack I bought from Ritchie Bros for 6500$ so it didn't hurt all that bad that it's totaled. The trailer frame is ok, the body will need some serious work to get it functional again. Anyway this is a great example of what happens when you get too confident, and how dangerous this stuff can be when you don't know what you're doing. I should have picked a place that was more level to dump. I know a few guys who run dump trailers and I should have called them to get some pointers.

 

I appreciate the honesty in your mistake, Ive been doing this a lot of years and can visibly see the lean in the pics, also with material like that you need to be aware that it doesn’t disperse when it hits the ground, once it’s out it doesn’t move, so standing it up more doesn’t do you any good, only presents the danger of going over more clear. As you stated, in that situation where you know there’s still quite a bit of material in there, set it down, pull up, dump what you can and repeat the process until empty, move around as well if need be to find a level spot. Sucks you had to learn these lessons the hard way, much respect though for not making any excuses.

 

Yeah man not much else to do in that kinda situation but just admit your wrong and try better next time. I'm sure you professionals wouldn't get caught in a situation like that but hopefully somebody new can learn from this. And heck it's always cool to see some pictures of truck carnage right? Lol

 

I'm glad you weren't hurt, @Con707904 . Equipment can always be repaired or replaced.

 

Glad no one is hurt. I'll bet your boss man knows he's am idiot.Who said the truck is totalled? Make sure the frame didn't twist on the Mack. Sould be OK if it's a double frame but never hurts to have it checked. An expensive lesson and a reminder to all of us. My MAIN rules are: Don't listen to anyone period. No one allowed by me when I am dumping period this includes loaders etc