Just curious????? How well are you pre tripping, if your Driving and still worried about the trailer you are towing ? since???? I know you as a professional gear raker would never ? pull anything that's not pre tripped??? Right ? any way you professionals from vitran are awesome and have been whispered that you guy's were god's gift to the trucking industry so just want to say thank you for the wisdom that Oozes form the post I am privileged to read...
I pretrip just as good as the next driver (better than some) but even I didn't go over every piece of equipment with a fine tooth comb, there were plenty of trailers I pulled that were marginal at best (doors falling apart or patched to the hilt, oil seals seeping, slop in the kingpin, tandems that were all but impossible to slide, holes in the roof and sides holes in the floor (that you couldn't see till the freight was unloaded)) if I shut down every trailer that was held together with bailing twine and duct tape i would never have delivered anything.