Dumping while Not Level

There are times where we MUST dump even though the rig is not sitting level. We have been hauling sand into a concrete plant where there is no level ground. While our dispatcher and boss repeatedly state don't dump if it's not safe/level to do so. Well several drivers complained about this site, but the dispatcher's reply was get it dumped anyway. They talk out of both sides, if you know what I mean.
These pics don't really show how uneven or not level the rig is. If you notice the lift axle, you see that one side is touching the ground while the other is not. The lift axle is raised too. Managed to get the load dumped. Sometimes you need to adopted the thought, if it goes down it goes down.

 

Yep seen them. This past year we've had 3 trailers go down. One of them by a very experienced driver, one was blown over. The driver was dumping during a thunderstorm and a 50+mph wind gust caught it, and one by a newbie driver.
We don't get that concerned about them going down. It seems that the owner/boss doesn't care, as he gets to collect insurance. Must be nice to have that kinda $$$$ .

 

Yep, like I said the pics don't really reflect how it was. The tractor is sitting on an up-slope, tilted to the right. The ground is full of large bumps, ruts caused by the loaders. While raising the bed it continued to lean to the right. As far as leaving the lift axle down while dumping, nope, not happening. That tends to blow airbags. I'm not new to this, been at it for just shy of 5yrs now. Just posting things like this for the "new" drivers have an idea what the real world is like. We all state the obvious safety things, but sometimes the real world dictates otherwise. Don't have to tell you about that though. Congrats on a long uneventful career.

 

Really? I don't know, and it seems they would be much more stable. It just appears by the way they're constructed the bed couldn't lay over much more than what they are while dumping. I guess they would also tend to take the tractor over with them. With these frame-less end-dumps, they break loose, leaving the tractor standing, most of the time. It is possible to have things really go bad, and have the ram break loose from the tractor, not the trailer, and get shoved through the cab, or just have the trailer come down on top of the tractor. The latter would happen if the hydraulic hose broke while the trailer was standing up. That's scary stuff. I've had 3 hoses break or crack. Luckily it's been before the bed got to the 2nd stage.