Do you do the pull test on slack adjusters every time you get a new trailer?

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  1. Pmracing

    Pmracing Road Train Member

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    Look what some $(&@(#^*(%)@( driver at my company left for me!

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    Completely broke from the mount and hanging by bungees!

    If you did not do a good visual inspection at least, you might have been rolling down the road! No air lines were broke and the trailer passed all air tests...

    I reported the condition to dispatch. I hope the prior driver got nothing but fired for doing that!

    Mikeeee
     
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    I had that happen at Landstar once, exactly the same thing bungee cords and all...
     
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    Hahahaha! That guy must be a certified mechanic. A+ Job.
     
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    :biggrin_2559:lmao:biggrin_2559:
     
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    Bungee cords, duct tape, bailing wire........gets you down the road in an emergency, right ?
     
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    His/her repair got me to a repair shop. But I would not want to roll through a scale or worse if I had not spotted that.

    and due to drivers like that, at our company, we have been issued a warning by DOT and are now targeted at such places.

    Thanks Jerks!

    Mikeeee
     
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    if the driver that brought that reported the damage he might be allright but PT's are a lifesaver glad you caught that man
     
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    I would assume he/she did not report it so as not to reduce available driving hours...
     
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    Good luck rolling through the scale with that contraption!

    Personally, I would have went with the duct tape! Plus it cost less than a bungee cord.
     
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    Maybe he did the pull test, and that's what happened, and he didn't want to get in trouble for ripping apart company property? :biggrin_2556::biggrin_25523:
     
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