Trailer lost Tandems

Bet you he had to shift down a few gears to keep going. SShhheeesshhh... I wonder how his Post Trip turned out?

 

Air leak, trailer tandems missing, no trailer lights

Mark the boxes and call break down for directions/instructions.

 

Are there any pics? I wanna know who to laugh at for not checking the pin engagement.

 

I think he means an axle assembly like from a bad bearing. It's hard to lose all your wheels. There's a weld stop on the back of the track. But I guess it could break.

This is the second one in that area. There was a guy on here where a set come off and hit his car 2-3 months back on the turnpike. Probably the same company.

 

Enjoyed the video. Always interesting to see the jackwads in the left lane that for some reason have trouble comprehending that they are supposed to be in the right lane. Usually are the guys that can tell everyone/anytime just how good they are at being a driver.

 

Hard to tell who it was. I can definitely say it wasn't my guys, though. If it had been, there would've been no end of the Swift "jokes."

Looking at that tractor, I can wish for the driver to have no more injury than to his or her pride.

And, yes, a tandem that is not locked is more than able to break through those welds. They are only strong enough for low speeds such as those used to set the tandem. At highway speeds, under a load, if those pins are not engaged, this result is highly possible. I have a habit of looking under the trailer as I walk past just to make sure nobody has pulled my tandem release handle.

 

yep was there about 5 minutes after it happened if you look to the right you can see where the tandems went over and plowed the trees when i want by the response crew hadnt even shown up yet hollared at the guy asked if he was ok he said yup i was like ok gl have fun...

 

nice little vid, unfortunate happening but a pti might have prevented this. hope he didnt get to hurt