Nashville rollover - Guess who?

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Just as the company had dropped below 2 crashes a day average

 

Weird anomaly. Even the worst trained company has periods where they can't get the Trucks to roll over. They'll get back on track soon. Watch. They didn't earn their reputation without a lot of effort.

 

You know, this idea that Swift is the worst trained company may be true. But, I see Swifty's every night, and it's actually rather rare that I see one at the center of a mess. (Full disclosure here: I only run local, in a small area, mostly Allentown/Harrisburg/Carlisle/Scranton areas)

The worst I see around here has gotta be CRST (Crash Roll Stunt Team). They are the ones that I see in trouble, and I have to shake my head and wonder just how in the hell they did what they did.

And FedEx.. I don't see them wreck often, but when they do, they tend to take a bunch out with them.

 

That trailer doesnt look all that well off. Rust on the left mud flap, rust on the middle of the trailer leaking out from under the doors. A fair amount of chipped paint with a rusty back end. It makes that trailer look like some one forgot to end its life in inventory after 5 years and kept it for another 15 years. Trailer looks like it was capped yet the bridge is too high.

 

About 4 yrs ago FedEx had 2 separate wrecks in the same spot in one week. I-64 east between Cross Lanes & Institute WV. Winter time is no time to push the limit.... or the speed.

 

For a minute there I thought it was going to be a Western Express truck laid over,since they are minutes away.
But I digress,the day ain’t over yet...

 

So did Swift.
Same spot,SAME DAY,different directions!

 

Swift has to have the oldest trailer fleet in the industry. Lots of their equipment looks like they were salvaged from a junk yard. Rarely see any of their trailers that even look sort of new

 

It's an 08 series trailer. And those were 2008 model year trailers. So yea, it's 10-11 years old.

As for the roof, it was hauling rolls of paper, so some load shifting is expected...
Article states 7 rolls @ 7k lbs each, but I doubt they had 49k in the box. More likely 6.5k lbs rolls....

Here is a rather grainy not so close up pic.


Edit: It also looks like he slid down an embankment. Likely why he is facing the wrong way....