Even the pros have their moments!

Probably was powered by a "bullet proof 6.0":)

R12RTee wrote:

spoon059 wrote:
Obvious case of TAIL WAGGING THE DOG here. That trailer probably weighs in excess of 80,000 lbs and the tow vehicle probably only weighs 15,000 lbs.

Its not safe in a half ton or a class 8 to have a trailer outweigh your truck... you can only safely do that with a 3/4 or 1 ton truck.

Forgive me, I don't know how to find the sarcasm font.

80,000 lbs would be the total weight of the tractor and trailer. Weight in trailer is generally less than 50,000 lbs.

Class 8 tractors weight around 18-22,000#. A standard Wabash 53' van is around 13,000# empty and I could scale out a 47,000# load if it was loaded in all the right places. So Trailer weights 58-62,000#.
Which is a 3 to 1 ratio. Now in MI they run GCVWR's around 140,000# so that's a 7 to 1 ratio.

spoon059 wrote:
Obvious case of TAIL WAGGING THE DOG here. That trailer probably weighs in excess of 80,000 lbs and the tow vehicle probably only weighs 15,000 lbs.

Its not safe in a half ton or a class 8 to have a trailer outweigh your truck... you can only safely do that with a 3/4 or 1 ton truck.

Forgive me, I don't know how to find the sarcasm font.

80,000 lbs would be the total weight of the tractor and trailer. Weight in trailer is generally less than 50,000 lbs.

Had a co driver drop one like this in a brand new Freightliner (first trip). Before firing him, the company had lead mechanic examine the fifth wheel. He found that the fifth wheel was defective from the factory. Appeared to latch and passed the pull test. Did not drop until 2-3 blocks from departure terminal. I personally witnessed all of this and was in the tractor when it dropped. Don't be too quick to judge.

Obvious case of TAIL WAGGING THE DOG here. That trailer probably weighs in excess of 80,000 lbs and the tow vehicle probably only weighs 15,000 lbs.

Its not safe in a half ton or a class 8 to have a trailer outweigh your truck... you can only safely do that with a 3/4 or 1 ton truck.

Forgive me, I don't know how to find the sarcasm font.

The hitch probably had 1" jaws..... LOL

Must have a Reese hitch and no Bed Saver.

Loose nut behind the wheel. :)

EDIT Or, never let the yard load your rig.

wa8yxm wrote:
One of the pranks brats pull is to visit a truck stop and pull the 5th wheel release so when the driver finishes his lunch and goes to leave.. SEE ABOVE.

I could tell you what I'd like to do for those brats, but alas... Illegal now days

That's why we keep a padlock on our hitch arm...it can't be pulled.

Did he damidge his tailgate.
Frank