Fire.

Thank you <r. Obvious I never made the connection..LOL. This made me laugh you are 100% right, I laughed because I cna't believe someone is that freakin stupid to stay connected with their trailer on fire...

 

Never had a trailer fire but guarantee that if so the trailer would go ASAP and landing gear is not hard to roll down fast, would not want the trailer to tip over and cause more issues, bit if the fire is in the front down she goes.

 

There is value in having a handle extension for the kingpin release. With fire in the front, by the time you notice it's happening, you may not be able to get close enough to pull it without some sort of extension.

People do strange things in the event of fire, so I'm not surprised.

 

Sounds like it was a hot load

 

My kingpin release is tight and have to reach up under the trailer to grab it plus flip the safety latch, I have been thinking about that myself since bad weather of any type my right shoulder is rubbing against the mess.

If I had to do a emergency pull the fire would have to be back or I may not be able to pull it. Front fire I would just get clear and let it burn.

 

Hot load is right fat daddy haha that was good!

 

Right. When he saw the fire, he realized just how hot the load really was, and he was on the phone with the broker trying to re-negotiate the rate.

 

When I first started solo driving after 275 hours of driving training I saw a truck fully on fire when I was driving down the highway. Im like wtf how would that #### happen really.

 

Stuck brakes is usually the culprit, most rookies don't understand how critical it is to watch the mirrors close for a while after starting their day in freezing weather or also after a drop and hook, lessons get learned the hard way!!