A preventable "incident" on my PSP....

Within walking distance. I was 80000lbs. I walked back to the truck stop to get something to eat while waiting for the service truck to show up. I was just off of the on ramp.

And no, the Cascadia doesn't have the power to pull snot out of a pigs nose so not accelerating very fast didn't mean much to me other than I knew I was heavy as hell. I checked my mirrors on the ramp and thats when I noticed the smoke. I pulled over but the state trooper wouldn't let be back up the ramp to get back to the truck stop so I was stuck on the side of the road 600' from the Loves sign.

And yes I have always had a CB on 19 since I started driving. Nobody told me anything. Not that they had to, but they didn't.

And again, I didn't set the trailer brakes. The truck was new to me and this was the first time I'd done a 34 in it and I had no idea it leaked air that bad. I found out that morning.

And how dare you people actually comment on me pre tripping my trailer when I'm the only one at a 250 truck truck stop that I actually see doing a pre trip at all? So you people acting all high and mighty like it wouldn't have happened to you you wouldn't have gotten out the truck to take a piss much less check your rear trailer tires. My old employer told me I set a company record one week. 9 tires replaced on trailers in one week caught during pre trip inspections. So don't even act like this is something caught during a normal pre-trip or that I don't pre-trip my rig.

And yes, failure of the brakes to release from the drum is a MECHANICAL FAILURE. Not the drivers fault.

And some of you people need to learn what a "free consultation" is. That's when a lawyer consults with you and doesn't charge you a dime. I also have legal shield, so it's free for me. The lawyer hasn't called me back yet. I don't expect much considering it's the weekend.

 

I won't hold any drivers behavior against any other driver. If I see something wrong with a rig I will make a solid attempt to let the driver know. The other day I chased a container driver for 26 miles trying to let him know he had a flat tire and it was coming apart. I ended up calling his company and giving them the container number. He got pulled into a chicken coup and I didn't so I was able to get on his side and blow my air horn and make a "flat tire" gesture with my hands. He gave me a thumbs up so I assume he knew about it.

My training was in June so there wasn't much he could teach me about ice but I knew not to set the trailer brakes but also knew I'd pulled a trailer buried in snow in Michigan for 3 or 4 months and all the tires spun normally so I figured frozen brakes take a long time to develop, not just a few hours.

I definitely learned a lesson. This didn't just happen, this was almost 3 years ago. It's not going to be on my DAC or PSP or whatever it is very much longer but still.