Another Russian video??
They have different parts there, so no worries mate.
That in the windshield would most likely have been a death. I have to wonder how far that truck went before that happened and what cause that incident. High hook? Ice?ever so lucky no one got hurt.
That in the windshield would most likely have been a death. I have to wonder how far that truck went before that happened and what cause that incident. High hook? Ice?
I found a FedEx Freight trailer in the middle lane of three on I 70 in Kansas City one night. I waited for the troopers to show up before trying to retrieve it out of the middle of the road. The driver that lost it finally realized he had lost it and showed up about 30 minutes later. Last I heard, he still works there. And I'll bet he checks his fifth wheels religiously.
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That's because everybody tells new wiggle wagon guys, not to look in their mirrors, so they won't get scared. Apparently, some actually follow that advice..lolHow can a trailer come off and the driver not know it? Sounds to me like the guy was not paying attention.
double checking can save your behind!!
That in the windshield would most likely have been a death. I have to wonder how far that truck went before that happened and what cause that incident. High hook? Ice?
Parts is parts and they all can fail. I dropped a trailer THANK GOODNESS in the pipe yard with a whole load of pipe on it (rookie mistake).
I have always been so vigilant after that incident. As a matter of fact, recently while doing my temp stint with UPS after a recent mammoth snow storm I cleared my fifth wheel plate of all the snow and ice I could, I tug tested but there was so much ice in the yard the trailer slid easily, I inspected it and the jaws weren't set so I repeatedly bumped backwards to loosen the ice and finally heard the click I was looking for, then double checked the jaws and it had finally latched. It would have been easy to assume it was locked when the trailer moved, but double checking can save your behind!!
I don't know, I have been around a while and had my head banged against the rear window a few times waling a dock or being in a poor traction situation where I had to hit the trailer at ramming speed to get 'er hooked. When I had my own truck I even rebuilt my Holland Fifth wheel and have a pretty good understanding of how theirs works. The fifth wheel seems to be one of the most reliable things on the truck and I have never heard a first hand story of one failing. Not saying it never happened just saying that I'm getting old, been trucking all my life and never had anyone tell me that they experienced a fifth wheel failure. Have heard stories of miracles on how they have held trucks up hanging off a bridge, but never a failure. So...if anyone told me that their failed I'd wait to see the NTSB report before I believed it.
Aaaa never mind....Had a guy where I use to work, roll a set of dbl 48's on the NY state thruway years ago.The dolly/bogey/tandem gear fifth wheel, whatever you wanna call it in your part of the woods, stayed locked and tore the entire plate off the rear trailer....that's some grip there!!