How many of you have dropped a trailer?

Don't most truck stops have cameras everywhere? Hopefully these pin pullers get caught and face some major criminal justice. Pulling the pin probably costs a huge amount of property damage and even worse puts lives in danger. I wonder if people get prosecuted for this. At minimum they should lose their CDL license.

 

Not my normal truck or trailer.

The kingpin went over the fifth wheel so everything looked fine and it passed the tug test. I caught what happened before dropping it but the kingpin was damaged from the tug test. Luckily I didn't lose it on the road. From then on it's been tug test and take a second look just to be sure.

 

Probably their version of teaching someone a lesson for not using proper etiquette at the fuel islands.

They fuel up, then go inside, take a shower or chat with someone etc, taking 30 mins or more, instead of fuelling, pull ahead, pay then park.

 

The person teaching the lesson is not thinking it through. It would be nice if the truck stop itself would take steps to prevent bad etiquette among the truck drivers. Perhaps not allowing trucks to pull up and park in front of fuel aisle. Pay someone full time to enforce it.

 

I agree, there is no reason what’s so ever to pull the pin on anyone no matter how bad their etiquette is or pranking them.

 

I know he didn't shower, but I don't know how long he was inside. There was a couple of fuel lanes open.

I just don't ever see a reason to pull someone's pin.

 

So likely someone that doesn’t even drive trucks is up to no good. Pranking or mad from on the highway.

 

I dropped an empty flatbed, did a tug test an everything. No damage other than to the electrical connector cable. Made it a 10th of a mile. I remember it was christmas 5am and no one was around to see (thank god).

tldr now i check the lock jaws, i will never trust a tug test.