My Prime Adventure

Your kind of high strung arent you? A lot of stressful situations can sometimes be avoided if you just slow down and relax a little, otherwise problems will just compound themselves and make you even more stressed.
Glad you got it all squared away without any terrible problems. Hows the late delivery going to go over? Is that considered a service failure?

 

I know how the long days go Seebs man... Had one myself not long ago, wont go into it. Lets just say certain roads are not big enough for a rig, but arent patroled neither... N not all roads are marked... Proud ya got through it though! Always nice when you can make it through the tough parts. Makes ya stronger

 

If you don't feel the truck physically lift the trailer up GOAL!!!!! What you did would be instant termination at a lot of companies if they found out about it.

 

Not to pile on here, but one thing has nothing to do with the other.

Busted crank handle does not cause a high hook. Only thing it causes is an inability to lower the trailer to meet the fifth wheel.

You simply didn't get out and look.

No light between the fifth wheel and the trailer plate... Flush before the jaws engage.

Its very possible to high hook the pin just enough to appear hooked. Where the jaws arent fully engaged around the portion if the pin it should be.
Ask the guy at the terminal that got from the trailer yard to the slight downhill turn to the right in front of the parked tractors. He went right. The trailer didn't and disconnected.

 

I was there when that happend U2... Trailer hit another lease truck. Was a 2012 Pete that dropped the trailer.

 

Yup, saw the same up in DE at the TA at exit 103 (?) - one of our guys hooked on a trailer - very heavy, pulled straight out and BANG! Dropped it. About half a dozen of us spent quite awhile helping him crank it up to get under it again. Gotta be real careful about that. This guy was very lucky... it just went straight down, no damage.

We're all well advised to back up to the trailer, get out and look, and THEN back under it. Every time. Besides, that's the only way you can really inspect the kingpin and glide plate.

 

Just remember, Seebs, whatever doesn't kill you just makes you stronger. It seems that you've packed a whole bunch of "stronger" into one trip. And survived.

By the way, your FM isn't talking to you, but did the poor, defenseless trailer survive the beating?

 

Seebs is goin to get turned in for trailer abuse lol