Has anybody pulled a swing door trailer?, Ive seen them in pictures, but none have made it our center yet. I like swing doors, cause most of them arent raggedy enough like OH doors that are bad , they can make you hurt your back really fast, and its hell to fight one all day long in the city. Also, you can open one side and deliver freight, and mainly, you can leave them open and not know it, I had one open up on me, cause the latch panel broke in route....I pulled up to the dock, and all the guys were looking at me back in, I knew what happened. Im really paranoid ever since this happened to me:.....
A driver had a hazmat spill in route, I was ops Mgr at the time for SAIA (yuk), he called in and I ran out to the dock to throw some oil sorb on a trailer to go meet him. I closed the door, and ran to a tractor to go meet him. I pulled around the dock and hooked up to the trailer right next to the one with the oil sorb, and,....a closed door. A driver on the dock stood right at the back of the trailer that I hooked up to, which had a full load of big room air conditioners loaded right to the back with them two high right at the door. He didnt say a word....why I dont know...... I took off hauling butt with the door open and those ac's bouncing right on the back....No one said a word...our terminal was right off the freeway, so I jumped right on and stepped on the gas....About a half mile down , I saw a van following me close then pulled up slowly, I felt a bad sinking feeling in my gut. He pulls up and yells, " you dropped a box!" Oh no....I knew that I closed that door, and I was pulling an "empty". My heart dropped.... sure enough, I pulled over and ran to the back, where that load of AC's was staring at me....minus one , of course. Long story short, I closed it and made it to the driver, came back, and the police had already called, and the guy who hit the AC was already heading to the body shop. No ticket, but I couldnt get that out of my head for years.....
A driver had a hazmat spill in route, I was ops Mgr at the time for SAIA (yuk), he called in and I ran out to the dock to throw some oil sorb on a trailer to go meet him. I closed the door, and ran to a tractor to go meet him. I pulled around the dock and hooked up to the trailer right next to the one with the oil sorb, and,....a closed door. A driver on the dock stood right at the back of the trailer that I hooked up to, which had a full load of big room air conditioners loaded right to the back with them two high right at the door. He didnt say a word....why I dont know...... I took off hauling butt with the door open and those ac's bouncing right on the back....No one said a word...our terminal was right off the freeway, so I jumped right on and stepped on the gas....About a half mile down , I saw a van following me close then pulled up slowly, I felt a bad sinking feeling in my gut. He pulls up and yells, " you dropped a box!" Oh no....I knew that I closed that door, and I was pulling an "empty". My heart dropped.... sure enough, I pulled over and ran to the back, where that load of AC's was staring at me....minus one , of course. Long story short, I closed it and made it to the driver, came back, and the police had already called, and the guy who hit the AC was already heading to the body shop. No ticket, but I couldnt get that out of my head for years.....
