Made my First Mistake

Don't worry.
Is still better then dropping the trailer on the ground.

Have you ever seen anyone make a intelligent misstake?

Learn from it and move on.

 

No won't hurt more then your pride and people talking about you for a bit but it happens alot if you take the blame and don't get upset when someone talks sh t to you no big deal but don't let it happen again

 

It wasn't reported to the police Can you HONESTLY think of any reason why it should have been ?

 

Best lesson to take from this.....SAFETY 1ST......don't let others rush you....anytime. Make your self get into a habit of doing a pre-trip EXACTLY the same way every time....start at point-A and end at point Z...the same way....it should take about 15 to 20 minutes to do it correctly. Never let a dispatcher hurry you , just tell them it takes a certain amount of time to do the job correctly...if they give you any trouble , let their boss know it. SAFETY 1ST...............PERIOD.

 

My immediate reaction is to say don't worry about it. We all make mistakes, and I know I've dropped trailers before and forgot the air lines. Makes a hell of a bang when they hit the back of the sleeper for sure. I've never had them split before.
Whenever I did a stupid thing such as that when I was a company driver, I always called the boss and offered to pay for it. I never had a boss take me up on the offer to pay, but I did get respect for owning up to what I did and offering to pay.
Don't worry about the DAC either. If you go through life always worrying about things you have no control over, you'll go crazy. Most carriers wouldn't put anything on your DAC except when you terminate your employment. If you're planning on continuing to work there, It's not a worry.

 

5 yrs driving and I did the same thing. I didnt rip my hoses but droped the trailer on my frame. Im an owner op so my ego hurt more than anything.

 

What he said ^^^^ Buy new lines and move on, on a scale of 1 - 100 for seriousness, it ain't even on the scale.