We be more glad that no one was kill or hurt.
I have heard of people riping doors and fenders a few times.
But the one I could never figure out is how any one could ripe the base pan off a truck ina yard is about the most strangest one that I heard of and still blows my mind how they did it.
Yes, you heard me, they riped the base pan off the truck and I have no idea how they did it.
I really messed up today.
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I always backed in and then slid my axles. Made it easier.
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With a Wabash trailer, a dealer can provide the hinge part number from the trailer VIN. The Wabash 291 hinge costs about $8 and the hardware a little less. The hinges are designed to break before you damage the expensive door itself in a crunch.
We had two trailers side-by-side. Doors of one being pulled up a little were open slightly; as it was pulled forward, the driver side swung out and slipped under the upright bar to the top and bottom latches of the trailer along side and stuck there, broke 4 of the 5 hinges as the truck and trailer pulled forward. Fortunately, the top hinge was in place and we could secure the door shut.
Total cost was about $75 and the time to get the parts, knock the old hardware out and install the new Wabash 291 hinges.
Could have been a lot worse. Especially if that 5th hinge broke. Then it needs to go to a shop, forklift, yada, yada.
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Don't feel bad, laddie, we've all had our share of mishaps, it's the nature of the business. While I'll admit, tearing a door off is a little extreme, it can happen.In all my years, I've taken a mirror off, bent a few bumpers, took down a picket fence once, opened my doors, had a pallet fall out, ran over it got a flat tire, but never tore a door off. I never trusted those door keepers, especially with the RR cans that didn't even have them. I always used a bungee strap on the doors, just in case. I have seen guys with roll up doors put the lip of the dock plate through the door. It's good to know we're all human.
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Like u said we've all had mishaps even the best of the drivers can have an accident.The op took the passenger door out I took a triler door out.[QUOTE="semi" retired;4177462]Don't feel bad, laddie, we've all had our share of mishaps, it's the nature of the business. While I'll admit, tearing a door off is a little extreme, it can happen.In all my years, I've taken a mirror off, bent a few bumpers, took down a picket fence once, opened my doors, had a pallet fall out, ran over it got a flat tire, but never tore a door off. I never trusted those door keepers, especially with the RR cans that didn't even have them. I always used a bungee strap on the doors, just in case. I have seen guys with roll up doors put the lip of the dock plate through the door. It's good to know we're all human.[/QUOTE]
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With what we do,.. the amount of hours we put in,.. the miles we run,.. its inevitable that eventually we will have a woopsie daisy. I recently had one,.. and it was a doosy. But you recognize where and how you messed up. Learn from it and move on.
I beat myselp up over my screw up. Took me a week to get my head back on straight and push myself to get back in the seat. So its not just you.
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So... yea. My photo says it all.
Nobody injured. I'd rather a broken trailer door.
Thank goodness for 8 seconds following distance.
Edit: Yes, I wish I had more. 12 would have been better...Attached Files:
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This may be completely off topic but you speaking about sliding your axles reminded me of this incident that happened back in the late 60s while working at a sheetrock plant.
I was the fork lifts helper in loading trucks sheetrock on trailers. It was the last lift to go on this truck & it was 8 Sheetrock, the others had been 12.
I was standing in the gap as the fork lift was setting the 8 sheetrock on the trailer on the passenger side & all of a sudden I realized that the trailer was moving. I quickly placed one hand on the 12 foot lift of sheetrock behind me, my other hand on the 8 foot lift of sheetrock on the fork lift, & managed to get my body from between them.
When the trailer stopped there was about one inch of space between the sheetrock that was still on the fork lift, & the 12 sheetrock setting on the trailer. If I had not been able to lift my body up, it would have been crushed, probably dead!
I was totally stunned at what took place & for several minutes just stayed on top of the sheetrock on top of the trailer, the driver of the fork lift was my wifes 1st cousin. He bailed off the fork lift & went to the other side & dragged the truck driver out of his cab over truck onto the concrete & gave him a several well deserved punches to his body. And probably would have torn him to pieces but the boss man & another fork lift driver came & drug him off of this truck driver.
The truck driver apologized to me over & over & I asked him who would he have apologized to if he had killed me, them I turned & walked away from him.
That changed things, from them on the truck driver had to carry his truck keys to the office before their trucks were loaded & no driver could be in their truck while we were loading their trailers. That is the closest I ever come to getting killed while on the job. -
we've had a few doors hit the ground too. it happens. i'd rather have my accident in a parking lot,involving a trailer door over the other alternatives.
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