Terminated for a Safety issue from Ryder. Didn't secure trailer.

well you learnt a very valuable lesson...GOAL....

that being said, if you "man up" to what happened at the next job interview, and say you "learned a lesson", then you should have no issues...

but DO NOT volunteer why you were fired, let the new employer ask, what happened.!!!

 

Check your hire right report, the part where it says reason for leaving. If it says quit/resigned that is what I would tell a future employer.

 

This is just my opinion, but if you’re new to trucking, and you didn’t let the trailer drop and bend the landing gear or damage, the cargo or trailer, I would’ve thought a warning might be more appropriate than firing you. Maybe there was other reasons or other things you’ve done or have been warned before? However, this mistake is entirely on you. It’s one of those “there’s no excuses for it“. You should always check and make sure the kingpin is locked I’m guessing you’re still rehireable somewhere.

 

I'll disagree - not checking the kingpin is a huge deal that needs to be dealt with severely. Most other things I can say "hey, that was a bad series of choices, but you learned ". Not checking the kingpin is pure lazyness.

 

If they fired you for that they were looking to fire you anyway. Pulling part way out from under your trailer is serious but if a guy is an otherwise good employee I wouldn't fire him for it. People make mistakes. They learn from them too.
Did you have previous issues with the office...accidents, tardiness, load damage, personality conflicts with other employees? Argue with the dispatcher one too many times? Irritate the guys in the shop once too often?
Whatever the reasons, you're gone. Time to find a new job.

 

How did they know you weren't hooked if you didn't drop the trailer? The way it sounds, you started to pull away and realized you weren't hooked, so you stopped, backed up and hooked it. Not saying you shouldn't have known before you even hooked up your airlines, but was someone standing there watching you?

 

there is always someone watching, and always someone will "rat out" a co-worker.

 

It's pretty easy to identify if they're using the plastic coiled lines. If they're all stretched out then one of two things happened - he forgot to unhook his airlines when uncoupling or he dropped the trailer.