So long story short, driver claimed to have 5th wheel issues after his 3 stop, wasn't able to latch to the last trailer. He was let go this morning for comprehension issues so I will not even bother asking him as he will deny it anyways. What is your best guess as to what happened? to me it looks like he dropped the bags, backed in, then raised up, pulled forward and smashed the king pin twice.... but I cant seem to figure out why he would pull forward unless latched and was doing a tug pull... Maybe he was trying to re align and forgot to drop bags again? either way id expect more from a driver with 23years exp.....
Anyone who might know what brand or part# it is so I can locate a replacement? truck is 2015 T680, looks like a Jost but cant tell, thanks!!
What happend to the 5th wheel?
Discussion in 'Heavy Duty Diesel Truck Mechanics Forum' started by Proxy, Jun 20, 2019.
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Wow! Whatever he did, he did the hell out of it. It seems he has the skills to break an anvil. At least you won't have to deal with that driver anymore.
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I've never seen anything like that (damage) sheesh!
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Pin was high enough/plate low enough that they went past each other but not so far apart that they could clear when he tried to pull back out
Guessing the trailer was dropped without lowering the bags, or by a truck that doesn't have bags, or bigger wheels. After 23 years of driving he probably didn't want to GOAL before backing under
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Looks like the kingpin missed the slot..looks like it's also happened at least two times before this one..see the rusted parts...it was already partly broken..
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Jumped the pin and to stupid to raise the legs of trailer or block the 5th wheel to get back out....... instead just smashed the crap out of it trying to get out. You got to ask yourself this, what other damage did he do to driveline ect .... that you cant see.
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