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FedEx...Again

Discussion in 'Trucking Accidents' started by mjd4277, Jul 27, 2018.

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  1. Jul 27, 2018 #1
    mjd4277

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  3. Jul 27, 2018 #2
    Kyle G.

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    At least he kept it upright and didn’t kill anyone. I’d call that a double win for fedex.
     
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  4. Jul 27, 2018 #3
    kemosabi49

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    It says they had to cut the brakes off???? Took 5 hrs to get the brakes released. Hmmm....
     
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  5. Jul 27, 2018 #4
    mjd4277

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    Probably a malfunction with the air compressor.
     
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  7. Jul 27, 2018 #5
    ZVar

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    Does it really matter what the malfunction is? Drag it to the shoulder to get one lane at least open. Then cage the brakes and tow it to a shop or impound yard....
     
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  8. Jul 28, 2018 #6
    BrandonCDLdriver

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    Brakes locked up when he was driving off road? No, that's not the compressor, that sounds like he ripped an airline off.
     
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  9. Jul 28, 2018 #7
    mjd4277

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    Easier said than done when there ISN’T A SHOULDER TO DRAG IT TO. The incident occurred in a construction zone.
     
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  10. Jul 28, 2018 #8
    ZVar

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    Then drag it out of the construction zone. Too bad if there is no rubber left, cost of breaking down.
    Of course if it was several miles to an exit or end of the zone ok....
    I still like Ohio's solution. Back when they were redoing 75 south of Toledo a few years back it seemed like every month the freeway shut down for a wreck. Troopers would have the construction guys over and use a front loader to push it off the freeway to get it back open.
     
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  11. Jul 28, 2018 #9
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    Singling out a trucking company is just lame. FedEx ground has a lot of units, I think around 75,000. The numbers alone dictate probability of seeing something sketchy with one of their contractors . One of my favorite videos is the Fed ex driver on Donner Pass ice-skating all the way down without wrecking
     
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  12. Jul 28, 2018 #10
    mjd4277

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    Except this was a FedEx Freight truck and from the looks of things it might have been a single axle day cab (company truck)pulling that pup trailer when things went south. FedEx has a hub at GSO (Piedmont Triad International Airport-Greensboro,N.C.) which isn’t too far from where this incident occurred.
    And given the company’s recent history in the past few years their trucks have a habit of wrecking in construction zones.
     
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