If I need to send something off. Its pretty whack because the cop didn't explain what I needed to do very well. All he said was that this wasn't a ticket but he also said I needed to get the mudflap fixed. Here's the thing, he told me I could drive to a truckstop nearby to get it fixed. So I decided to take the trailer to a dropyard we have in the vicinity (about 5 miles down the road) and let them fix it and I could pick up a different empty trailer and pick up load without being late. I just dropped trailer though because they don't have a shop. I was assuming company will send a mechanic to fix it but now they're saying somebody has to be with trailer while its repaired. Well now that I've gone over the papers that he gave me more thouroughly I can't tell if I needed to get the thing fixed. The last page has "Certification Of Repairman" and "Motor Carrier Certification Of Action Taken". Both have boxes for signatures. The warning was written in Texas in a rather big city (don't wish to name city). So if anybody has gotten an out of service letter in Texas I would appreciate your help. I don't even know if I received an OOS because he said I could drive it to a nearby truckstop. As you can tell I'm beyond confused lol. Appreciate any advice.
warning for mudflap missing but cant tell
Discussion in 'Trucker Legal Advice' started by stylicho, May 14, 2010.
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So you are dropping off a trailer that you KNOW needs repair for someone ELSE to take care of it. Sounds like a typical steeringwheelholder to me. And you thought a drop yard without a repair shop was just going to magically send out a mechanic to fix a mud flap.
PELOSI!
I sincerely hope that every trailer you try to hook to for the next month has a problem that someone ELSE left for the next driver to fix.
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The point is that you dropped a trailer, knowing that it had a problem, instead of taking care of it YOURSELF. SOMEBODY has to fix this, and "sending a message" and red tagging it, just doesn't cut it. I don't know of any trucking company that has someone especially employed to go around checking dropped trailers to fix problems. Now the next poor slob that needs a trailer, is going to be stuck getting this fixed.
I've run into this far too many times to be able to just "shine it on" and except any excuses. IF THE #### THING IS BROKE, FIX IT!
OK, perhaps you really are green enough to believe this. But you are now learning differently, so you will know next time.
Oh yeah, next time you are out in the cow pasture, be very careful not to step in the "PELOSI!"
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I might be wrong here but the burden of proof is now on YOU to get it FIXED as a driver. The ticket/warning is in your name. YOU need the signature of the mechanic for the fix and to clear your name of this violation. Don't rely on the company for all this to happen because you know the rest of this story.
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