So do you think this trailer is DOT legal?

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  1. ZVar

    ZVar Road Train Member

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    You pay a company that specializes in it to take care of it. I've seen anything from straps around the box to tie it together to temp braces welded on. One thing I have never seen is taking it so far that one needs to get fuel somewhere in the trip. Remember unless one is really out in the boonies there is likely a repair shop within 30-60 miles.connected by state routes. There should be no reason a trailer looking like that will be on an interstate, at least not after the next exit after the wreck.

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  3. mjd4277

    mjd4277 Road Train Member

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    Agreed.
    Paying hundreds of dollars for a specialist is better than paying THOUSANDS of dollars in fines(and points) if you get nailed trying to limp the trailer yourself to a shop.
     
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    The shipper requires a vented trailer. What are you going to do now?
     
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    Drive thru Chicago they have bullets galore instant ventilation
     
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    Personally I would not be afraid of that trailer breaking in half. What I would worry about is the wind driving down the road. I was in the Aleutian islands when a big storm came through. I was driving by our warehouse when the dang thing literally exploded. 40' of wall came sailing at me and all I had time to do was lay down on the seat. This was caused by the wind. Can you say balloon effect? that is what I would worry about with this trailer.
     
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    You could have fixed that permanently with FiberFix.

     
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  10. Luse

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    BS if your in public places with no exception of privacy then no you don't....

    Pennsylvania's wiretapping law is a "two-party consent" law. Pennsylvania makes it a crime to intercept or record a telephone call or conversation unless all parties to the conversation consent. See 18 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 5703 (link is to the entire code, choose Title 18, Part II, Article F, Chapter 57, Subchapter B, and then the specific provision).

    The law does not cover oral communications when the speakers do not have an "expectation that such communication is not subject to interception under circumstances justifying such expectation." See 18 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 5702 (link is to the entire code, choose Title 18, Part II, Article F, Chapter 57, Subchapter A, and then the specific provision). Therefore, you may be able to record in-person conversations occurring in a public place without consent. However, you should always get the consent of all parties before recording any conversation that common sense tells you is private.

    In addition to subjecting you to criminal prosecution, violating the Pennsylvania wiretapping law can expose you to a civil lawsuit for damages by an injured party.

    Consult the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press's Can We Tape?: Pennsylvania for more information on Pennsylvania wiretapping law.
     
  11. Blackshack46

    Blackshack46 Road Train Member

    Wait, so your going to say bs about one PA law, but not cite anything about it.
    Then cite another whole pa law which is just agreeing with me. I'm confused dude!
     
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