Wheel-off incident (non LS)

[RollinLS]

Glad to see no one got hurt.

Question... Was it a company shop that did the work? If so, United is f@#ked either way. The shop would be responsible for "failure to provide safe and quality work". The van lines would be responsible for letting the shop release the trailer. I am sure Canadian DOT is going through your branches vehicle maintence records with a fine tooth comb. They are using a techincality to throw you under the bus on this one.

My personal experience and knowledge of torqueing down lugs on semis. If they under torque the lugs by 50lbs, the lugs work they way off or snaps. If they over torque the lugs by 50lbs, the lugs develop hairline cracks that results in the lug sheering off clean. I have seen and heard of shops tack welding studs in place on worpped hubs. There are a LOT of dumb@ss mechanics out there.

Few questions you might want to look into:
What grade lug studs did they install?
New lugs?
Used lugs?
How long have you had thet trailer?
Where are the service records for that trailer too?
Who had your trailer before you?
What problems did the person have with that trailer, if any?
When was that trailer serviced last and for what?

You might be a bigger scapegoat then you think. You and I know how the industry works. The chit they ask us to do.:shifty: When the chit hits the fan, they throw us under the bus all the time. Just remember, they didn't cover your arse. You sure as chit better not cover theres for the law.

BTW.... My company is ALWAYS looking for good quality drivers.

 

[M4rk]

i already got something in the works out of near where the m4rk is from area.

Oh ya?

 

[Ranchero50]

Good job on keeping the truck on the road.

I'm with the other guys, I don't think a retorque would have saved those wheels.

I wonder if when a shop retorques them what they are supposed to do if they are way overtorqued?

I wonder if they checked the other wheels while putting that set back together?

I wonder how the freezing temps might have affected that wheel?

At least you do have personal responsibility on your side when you do interview for your next job.

Good luck.

 

[RigsLS]

Oh ya?

Don't get too excited just yet M4rk, it's out of the Simcoe area.
Not 100% for sure, still have to make the call but a good word has been put in for me.
In this Industry when you help someone important out one day, it can sometimes pay back 10 fold the next day.

 

[G-RELL]

Sorry bud... Nothing sucks more than that pit in your stomach when sh!t like this happens... Most important thing you can do is keep your head on straight (which it sounds like your doing), and keep making the best decisions you can for you and yours.

I'm sure there's some profound saying out there along the lines of "those who succeed are those who find opportunity out of difficulty" or something like that (too early for me), But I know for a fact that those who keep fighting the good fight always come out ahead in the end...

Chin up buddy, all part of the master plan!

 

[RigsLS]

Glad to see no one got hurt.

Question... Was it a company shop that did the work?

Yup, they have their own shop out of their own head office.
They are a United Member, it was a 2008 trailer, somehwat still in good shape but you and I know both that equipment goes none stop and gets worn down quickly. It was my own dedicated trailer this season. It was the first time this season that trailer went to that shop for maintance, I hauled it all season long without incident and they touch it for a day and 550Kms later, it blows up on me.

... knowledge of torqueing down lugs on semis. If they under torque the lugs by 50lbs, the lugs work they way off or snaps. If they over torque the lugs by 50lbs, the lugs develop hairline cracks that results in the lug sheering off clean .... There are a LOT of dumb@ss mechanics out there.

Thing with this is, each time I got up to head office, the last kid they took on is gone and a new face has started yet again another apprenticeship.

On the Trailer repair side it was always the lads you saw that started out as helpers or cleanup guys then suddenly they are repair technicians ?

Schooling, certifications, courses, double checking each others work ??? I don't think so, got my Unit back once after a drivers seat replacement and the seatbelt was not fastened back to the bottom of the seat on the safety strap. pointed at it and said, REALLY ???

You might be a bigger scapegoat then you think.

... and just last year, they gave me a huge bonus cheque with a nice statue as an award at the xmass party, for doing so well with them. I scored them a few tens in a row on their services completion surveys.

BTW.... My company is ALWAYS looking for good quality drivers.

Yeah, tell them if they want to branch back into Canada, I'll run a shop down here for them, you know I can put a home or two away correctly. I'll miss that part of the job, loading tight with the boys, entire homes, little claims if any.

 

[RigsLS]

Sorry bud... Nothing sucks more than that pit in your stomach when sh!t like this happens... Most important thing you can do is keep your head on straight (which it sounds like your doing), and keep making the best decisions you can for you and yours.

I'm sure there's some profound saying out there along the lines of "those who succeed are those who find opportunity out of difficulty" or something like that (too early for me), But I know for a fact that those who keep fighting the good fight always come out ahead in the end...

Chin up buddy, all part of the master plan!

Cool, thanks big guy, I'm gonna chalk this one up as,
"You learn something new every day", "This is only a skipping stone in life"
& "I was destined for bigger and greater things"

BTW, don't ever visit Moose Jaw, Saskatewan during the winters,
it causes major shrinkage and it has very little to offer. Brrrrrrr.

 

[G-RELL]

BTW, don't ever visit Moose Jaw, Saskatewan during the winters,
it causes major shrinkage and it has very little to offer. Brrrrrrr.

Well i cant afford anymore of that without changing my name to G-rellina...

above comment was meant as a joke and in no way reflects the size of G-Rell's third leg... any comment made from this point on regarding it will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law

 

[RigsLS]

Rofl