The Car Haul Damage Thread:

No they don't, and thanks for the vid, might have to make it a training tool! lol

 

Some of us have been around long enough to remember being able to cage a can and change the spring-side biscuit!

 

Which ramp is that?

 

Do they have code for powerline hit??

 

So, what's the translation? I know about the caging bolt and how to use it. Just don't understand the latter part. Just asking.

 

Well, today I had my first taste of loading new trucks at a rail ramp (Laurel, MT) and delivered to a Ford dealership in Rapid City, SD.
Damage to 3 units I did not see when loading will cost me dearly. I am so fed up with this crap. 2000 miles away from the house on 12/23. Christmas is going to have to be postponed yet again only this time to rub the salt in, I'll be paying for the privilege.
Hey, I shouldn't complain, at least I'm looking at one helluva white Christmas here beginning tomorrow evening if the weather reports are accurate.
Does anyone know where I can obtain a full listing of standardised damage codes?
I'll have some time to read up on them if I stay in this business.

 

There are two diaphragms within a spring brake, one for service, one for parking. On the older cans (read: before the lawyers got involved,) you could change the park side diaphragm the same way you can the service side. However, this exposed the spring, and if one failed to properly cage the spring (or you're as unluckly as @Pullin2 ,) the can basically exploded apart when you removed the clamp.

They are now crimped together so as to thwart Darwin and allow the shallow side of the gene pool to continue to reproduce.

 

http://abc7chicago.com/news/news-ca...70924/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=facebook

I thought you car haulers might like to see what happened in Riverside IL this afternoon. He hit a railroad viaduct.

Updated 1 hr 12 mins ago
RIVERSIDE, Ill. (WLS) --
Riverside police said a series of new cars were damaged after a car carrier driver failed to clear a railroad bridge.

The tops of four SUVs were smashed or sheared off. The driver said he thought he could make it even though signs are clearly posted stating how high the bridge is.

No one was injured, and the bridge is still intact.

 

FTFY, RM.