Is This Mean??

Damn... I missed that one Rainy. I quit reading after the "please don't call" part.

I listened to the safety meeting CDs and had to laugh about the trailer tail incidents. I mean "you get out and look" before you park right? And people doing it at receivers too.... how is that possible?

I admit.. No I don't remember the tails. At the customer obviously cause I'm unlocking the doors. But at TS? No... I usually park way in the back cause ppl are lazy ans I can find parking there. Only the elk or coyotes will bother my tails there hahhah

How do you rip off trailer doors?

Very careful bud, ROFLFAO

Some docks have straight flat pieces of metal sticking out, about 1/2 inch thick, right around where those rubber pads are that you back into. If you are off center to the dock door, you'd hit them with your open doors right about where the hinge is. I'm sure that would do some damage.

How do you rip off trailer doors?

Very careful bud, ROFLFAO

It was an honest question. I'm sure the people who ripped their trailer doors off thought it would never happen to them, so I wanted to know what they didn't so I don't do the same thing.

I was just in a very tight spot where there was a pole on the blind side. I asked the worker there where to place the yellow line... he said left tire ro left of line. Cool... in my mirrors it looked perfect. He waved "no. There's a pole on your right." At another customer I grazed the pole.. at this one I stopped short of hitting it. He said it happens s all the time. Told me a driver ripped the door off that way. That is why he stands out to guide drivers now hahah

How do you rip off trailer doors?

Very careful bud, ROFLFAO

Airborne please read the entire thread, you might learn something that could prevent you from making the same mistake. It happens all the time.

You're not out here yet...Paul is.

When I end up at Amazon, Ill just bust out my Phone and show them my Amazon Prime purchase history. I may need to go to AA Meetings soon.......AMAZONERS ANONYMOUS!

Today I got a fleet message from Road Assist: "please do not call us unless it's an emergency since we are short handed. Today I got calls from three drivers who ripped the reefer doors off while backing into the customers. This is unacceptable. Please stop doing this"

I busted out laughing and thought "thank God I didn't do that" lol

Is that mean?

The German language has a word for it: Schadenfreude. It means "harm-joy" and is basically finding amusement in the suffering of others.

It's perfectly normal, even if it's uncomfortable when you think about it.

How do you rip off trailer doors?

...by not securing the to the side of the trailer or like the previous post, hooking an obstruction.

The only sure fire way to secure the door to the trailer side is with a cable tie, cinched tight. I don't even trust bungee cords.

I keep a length of Romex in my sidebox for tight spots. I can cinch the doors all the way down with no slack with the Romex, and when done, I can take the Romex off and put it back in the side box. You don't even need to tie it, just wrap it a couple times. (Romex is heavy gauge two-or-three strand solid copper wire covered with heavy plastic sheathing. The stuff used to wire electrical outlets in houses.)

Matthew B. wrote:

I keep a length of Romex in my sidebox for tight spots. I can cinch the doors all the way down with no slack with the Romex, and when done, I can take the Romex off and put it back in the side box. You don't even need to tie it, just wrap it a couple times. (Romex is heavy gauge two-or-three strand solid copper wire covered with heavy plastic sheathing. The stuff used to wire electrical outlets in houses.)

I never trusted bungie cords either, too much elasticity. 12/2 or 14/2 Romex Cable is an interesting solution. You could actually remove the black and white, 12 or 14 gauge insulated wire from the casing and get the same result. Might be easier to cinch up without the heavy plastic cover.

My job is almost 100% roll-up so this is no longer an issue. When I was OTR and dealing with hinged, swinging doors my fastener of choice were re-usable cable ties. Able to cinch the doors tight, never once did they fail. To each his own...Romex is a really good, reusable, cheap solution though.