Guy pulls fifth wheel.

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  1. Sportster2000

    Sportster2000 Road Train Member

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    If any of the trucks at work catch fire I will not attempt to put them out. For one I would get wrote up at work for not being trained to operate a fire extinguisher, I'm not kidding. Two, if it catches fire I do not want to deal with the gremlins that come with it after it is "fixed" which no matter what you do cannot truly fix something like that, we've tried.
     
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  3. OLDSKOOLERnWV

    OLDSKOOLERnWV Captain Redbeard

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    With the 5th wheel locked you can it by wrapping tape around it, just at the edge of the guide eye. Pull it and clean it good and paint it behind the tape with bright red paint. Just to give a "visual" when you approach your truck or do a walk around. No sure what I would do but most likely someone would be hurt!!
     
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  4. breadtrk

    breadtrk Heavy Load Member

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    Or..... just lean over and look? It an in or out deal, don't need paint or duct tape. SMH
     
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  5. OLDSKOOLERnWV

    OLDSKOOLERnWV Captain Redbeard

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    After 30 some years of driving trucks I cover all basis. Never lost a trailer neither. 0 accidents as well.
     
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  6. Heathar

    Heathar Light Load Member

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    Yes the driver definitely should of checked. I would, respect my other drivers out there, and gotten out of the truck and gave guy heads up. That's just me tho
     
  7. LoudOne

    LoudOne Medium Load Member

    You didn't think that the camera was running with nobody in the truck obviously....
     
  8. Heathar

    Heathar Light Load Member

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    Ha ha no I didn't, I just saw the captions and for some reason assumed they were in truck.. good lord, long day my bad
     
  9. Bean Jr.

    Bean Jr. Road Train Member

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    I too had something like that happen, but it was in the yard. I don't remember why I was driving that truck instead of mine. I picked up a trailer, and there are many high and low spots, and the trailer would drop. If hook up, tug, and verify it was locked. Another dip, and same thing happened. Turns out the driver had complained about it being hard to latch, and took it to a shop. They backed off the adjustment and cleaned the dried grease. The forgot to adjust it back, and the king pin would lift out of it.
     
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  10. LoudOne

    LoudOne Medium Load Member

    WOW
     
  11. windsmith

    windsmith Road Train Member

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    Do tell? The only JOST units I've seen have been in videos, and they included the electrical connections and an in-cab release switch.
     
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