side rail damage, will dot put me its for this?

Discussion in 'Flatbed Trucking Forum' started by Bad Monkey, Mar 26, 2014.

  1. spyder7723

    spyder7723 Road Train Member

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    Monkey, if you are gonna be down in Florida this weekend, I can weld it back together for you. I'm not the best at aluminum welding, but it will look a hell of a lot better till you can get it replaced at great Dane.
     
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  3. kachup

    kachup Medium Load Member

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    o i see, i thought you can, dont listen to me op lol. Nice to know.
     
  4. Working Class Patriot

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    And you didn't take your winch bar to them?.....
    Not the rail....The idiot running the forklift......
     
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  5. Working Class Patriot

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    My wagon has been hit and gouged....
    I just wish those idiots would just finish the job....I want a new one....
    Preferably a Fontaine....
     
  6. Bad Monkey

    Bad Monkey Medium Load Member

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    I was hauling a 8ft around and 41ft long cage thing and they did not have a crane just a front
    End loader and it got away from him. It might have just rolled off if not for the notches cut into
    the rings and that got hooked onto the rail.
     

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  7. kona911

    kona911 Light Load Member

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    A few weeks ago a customer put a giant gash in the deck of my brand new step. I called mercer and setup a appointment at a trailer dealer in louisville. I got the estimate, faxed it to mercer and the customer has cut a check and its on it's way. Really happy the way mercer handled the claim!
     
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  8. Semi Crazy

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    I see a driver mistake. Tractor not straight with trailer. Something falls off the front and it hits back wheels or forklift hits 'em.

    Carry over habit from the van side of things!
     
  9. Cluck Cluck

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    That's far from mistake and nowhere near the cause of the problem. Guy gets his trailer jacked up and you point out he's not parked straight? Get outta here. My rubrail got jacked up on my step deck. Probably because I sometimes like to pull into a parking spot instead of backing in
     
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  10. Semi Crazy

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    I'm not talking about the rubrail, Cluck. Just analyzing the photo. He was parked wrong for load/unload anytime is all I'm saying.
    If you don't believe me just keep parking ####eyed for the forklift and you'll eventually see what I'm saying.

    Rail was f**klift driver's fault for sure. Darn shame. Looked like a fairly new trailer
    (unnecessary ^^ censorship!)
     
  11. Cluck Cluck

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    Maybe there is a drop off in front of the truck. A ditch maybe. Maybe a Porta John. I've got a few dealers I deliver to that I have to back in and unload while the truck is at a 90. I never knew I was so wrong.
     
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