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I think he lost something
Sep 12, 2021 08:12:34   #
Manglesphoto Loc: 70 miles south of St.Louis
 
For someone who doubted the Bus losing it's rear axel. It happens a lot more often that people think.
Found this when I arrived on the scene.
After I assessed the situation I called for a second wrecker then proceeded to ready the axles to be put back under the trailer, I raised the trailer and we winched the "slider" back in place, reinstalled the retiner clamps and made sure the lock pins were in place, since the rig was almost at the delivery location he contenued on and unloaded then returned to his terminal without trailer brakes.
This could have been a bad accident had the rig been on the interstate Apparently someone had moved the trailer axle and forgot to reset the slider lock pins, they were not spring loaded to snap into the next hole.



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Sep 12, 2021 08:14:49   #
jojo Smith Loc: Northern Michigan
 
oh yes it could of been a real tragedy

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Sep 12, 2021 08:34:30   #
Manglesphoto Loc: 70 miles south of St.Louis
 
jojo Smith wrote:
oh yes it could of been a real tragedy




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Sep 12, 2021 08:53:33   #
tcthome Loc: NJ
 
Scary stuff. Lucky for the everyone, it went without any major damage or injuries.

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Sep 12, 2021 09:12:13   #
Manglesphoto Loc: 70 miles south of St.Louis
 
tcthome wrote:
Scary stuff. Lucky for the everyone, it went without any major damage or injuries.


He had just turned off a very busy divided four lane.
Which made my job easier and the carriers mechanics job easier, all he had to do was replace a couple of damaged air hoses.

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Sep 12, 2021 11:55:03   #
UTMike Loc: South Jordan, UT
 
Interesting, Frank, but scary to know that this is not that unusual.

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Sep 12, 2021 12:00:49   #
Manglesphoto Loc: 70 miles south of St.Louis
 
UTMike wrote:
Interesting, Frank, but scary to know that this is not that unusual.


Not as much today as then, the newer trailers have air operated slider lock on the fifth wheels and axle sliders.

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Sep 13, 2021 10:25:52   #
PRETENDER Loc: Micanopy,Florida
 
Yeh but he rememberd to tie the tarp down.

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Sep 13, 2021 13:36:14   #
Manglesphoto Loc: 70 miles south of St.Louis
 
PRETENDER wrote:
Yeh but he rememberd to tie the tarp down.


He may not have been the person that unlatch the slider.
But he should have caught in his pre-trip!!

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Sep 13, 2021 15:42:32   #
linda lagace
 
YIKES!

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