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Only if they are 102 wide roofs.
As soon as I sprout wings. Hasn't happened yet.
My feet would be in the air. Not on the ground.Slave at home.
102” ladder.Slave at home.
It's all about giving tickets and placing the blame for accidents.. in my opinion
New Penn's green trailers mostly have fiberglass roofs which give light. And greenhouse heat.
People have been killed by chunks of ice flying off trailer roofs and into car windshields. No joke if it happened to someone you know.
You don't pull it if there's snow/ice on the roof. That's the responsibility of the company to handle that problem. Call a vendor, same as if you had a flat tire.
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I don't see it as a no-win situation at all. Driver is always responsible for safe operation of the equipment. The law is on our side. Just refuse to pull that trailer and take photos of the snow/ice on the roof and let dispatch know you have done that (photos). No different for refusing to pull equipment with any other unsafe issue - broken spring, flat tire, etc. Call a vendor like with any other equipment safety issue. You can always let dispatch know you are recording him ordering you to pull unsafe equipment. See how quickly they back off.
We had a Charl driver lose his eye because ice came off a Pilot Freight trailer.Truck Driver Responsible for Flying Ice Chunk That Injured Girl ID'd
The truck company and driver responsible for injuring a 6-year-old girl when a large piece of ice flew off a tractor-trailer and hit the windshield of the vehicle she was riding in Thursday afternoon on Interstate 495 in Andover, Massachusetts was identified on Friday, according to state police...
I refused to pull a set with snow on the trailer roofs. It was at an EOL we had recently moved to and there was no snow scraper installed there yet. I bob-tailed back home and I'm still working. Just do the right thing and keep yourself and everyone else safe.
There’s been a number of times that I refused to pull trailers. Off balanced load with the trailer leaning, holes in the trailer, no license plate, tires showing no tread. I was told to leave it and go on. I agree, snow or ice flying off the top of the trailer can be unsafe.
