2 preventable.

Which mega?
I mean if you're at Swift, not only will you not be fired, you'll probably get a safe driving bonus / award, and your name in the hat for driver of the year.

 

Sometimes it's better to pay for the repair yourself and not tell them. You may be getting close to that time.

If you don't make it their problem then they won't care. You are taking responsibility for it yourself and handling it appropriately.

 

If new truckers live in fear of losing everything for a dent or scrape nothing will get done.

If you did not tell anyone it did not happen, with the exception of those Cab Fairings. Pull some cash out and get them fixed on your own dime quick before your boss sees it. All the world will know instantly what you did to break those fairings. Tsk tsk tsk

Im not here to make you feel bad. But you need to learn what is and what is not possible with that 53 foot trailer on your 5th wheel.

If you do not learn your limitations and avoid problems and GOAL etc you WILL eventually Prevent yourself from continuing on a thriving, profitable and happy life trucking. You might be back to asking you want fries with that?

A few dents does not really both me. But the mashed cab fairings do. That tells me you got into a tight spot and jacked her way too much past 90 degrees. If you see what your wheels were doing you will learn that wont help you any. You might even over jack and trap your whole rig and now we will be calling for a tow.

I personally don't want fairings on the back of my sleeper. They get in my way. =)

 

Those incidents won't show on your CSA (please correct me if I'm mistaken, oh Trucking Gods), so your career probably won't know the difference.

Your DM is likely to lecture you until you want to puke, and you may have to take a safety class or 2, but if you get a good instructor, those classes can be very helpful and you may learn a lot.

GOAL, like the sticker on your mirror says.

 

Are you sure that you want to be a truck driver don't sound like your cup of tea pull your head out of your arse. Or maybe you can get a job at McDonalds some kind of management position

 

I pushed in one of the fairings a bit with one truck I had. I had even gotten the truck new, so I had been the only driver. It wasn't broken, except for one of the mounts, just pushed in some.
I never reported it, just let it be.

Know what happened when I turned in the truck?
Nothing.
I got me next new truck and nothing has ever been said.

 

Talk to a safety person at your company and ask them how much money they spend in one day on stupid bs
The number will blow your mind. It’s not a good thing, but large companies actually budget for that crap.

The moral is relax and don’t let it get you down. It’s done. You have to learn from it and limit your mistakes.

 

If you drive for Swift, request LCQT (local close quarters training) and if you can wrangle it, get it at Sumner, taught by Mike Smith. That man taught me more in one hour than my "mentor" taught me in 5 weeks.

 

Could have been worse. When you turn so sharp that you run into your own trailer. The trailer at the rear actually starts to go backwards.
I’ve seen guys do that and the trailer swings backwards and clips a parked truck.