What Do You Do About Trailer Issues?

A company will send out a repairman.

Some terminals have their own trailer repair guy on site. You'll see his truck. Just go tell him what you need and he'll fix it. Sometimes he doesn't have new tires though.

A couple of times, when we had to pretrip in the dark, we didn't see how bad of shape a tire was in until later. In those cases, we had new tires put on at a TA or Loves. Our company required pics of the bad tire before giving us permission for replacement.

Thanks for all of the replies...Good information!!!

Believe it or not, a first aid kit is not a requirement on a truck. Bring your own, if you want one.

-mountain girl

Yea what she said. First aide is up to you. I have a first aide kit any medic would be proud of sans the pain medication.

Here in British Columbia, Canada, checking for a first aid kit is a requirement as part of our Class1 pretrip inspection from ICBC (Insurance Corporation of British Columbia). (It's referred to as "safety equipment" along with road flares and fire extinguisher) That's pretty wild that they don't require you to have one in the USA.

Here in British Columbia, Canada, checking for a first aid kit is a requirement as part of our Class1 pretrip inspection from ICBC (Insurance Corporation of British Columbia). (It's referred to as "safety equipment" along with road flares and fire extinguisher) That's pretty wild that they don't require you to have one in the USA.

I think so too. Even if it's not required it's a good idea.