Another Lesson learned the hard way

Tires go flat things happen! Did they have to put a new rim on? I got a trl in my front yard right now with a banged up rim were someone hit something but the bead is still good looks like crap. I just dont think its right for a flat tire to be an "incident'' what ever that is.

 

A flat tire is one thing. A bent and deformed rim is quite another.

 

seen bent rims and tire had air.

its possible and likely.

 

The reason you got charged for an incident is the simple fact that you have done minor damage to the company's equipment. Usually damages that are less than $300.00 gets classified as an incident. It seems to me that you got a break, and all the company had to pay for was just a rim and a tire mount.

 

I'm sure it's possible, but I've never seen it since I've been out there, aside from minor bends and the like.

 

I've also seen lots of bent rims that still hold air. But to leave without a bent rim and to arrive somewhere and the rim is bent, has to mean you curbed it or ran over something. I suppose it's "possible" a pothole could have cause it, but highly doubtful.

 

I think PackRat was being sarcastic if that's who you're replying to.

 

A friend of a cousins friend had a similar incident; so he swapped out the bad tire & rim with the good one on the inside, never heard anything about it afterwards.

 

i have seen this before also, more than once..soooo its possible that he didnt damage the rim, but its more likely that he did...especially because of the fact that it was the outter tire and he didnt notice it until he stopped for other reasons! prly no cb on as well.

its a pretty ###### move by the company to give him an "incident" though, imo its the cost of business when you have a 100%+ turnover rate because you wont be bothered with trying to fairly compensate the drivers you currently have and get the freight needed for quality hometime. pretty petty as well because its not even an expensive item although it all adds up when you are replacing 5000 disgruntled drivers every yr from your company that quit for misc reasons.

 

Something bad enough to cause two flats at the same time would have caught your attention.
Running over a deteriorated manhole to cause those flats would be noticed for sure.
Your story sounds fishy because of that.

The Op's story sounds fishy because if a proper pre-trip trailer inspection was done it would have been noticed, and anything that could cause a bent rim while driving would also have been noticed the instant it happened. Not at the next pee break.
A loud BOOM! and a very large jolt would have occured.
Something like that would have sent many of my DVD's crashing down on me.

If the OP hooked a trailer with damage already done and ran with it, well, it's the current driver that takes the blame.
Should have checked those tires better and not moved until it was reported and fixed - and also blamed on the previous driver.