Punishment for returning to this industry..

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No_Inflation7432@reddit

Hey that's supposed to be attached to the trailer

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DaRealMexicanTrucker@reddit

If you're hourly then milk the clock. If not, then just leave it there and look for another job.

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Hourly here. Milking in this industry is truly a lovely thing. I got soo much overtime at my last job just because my idiot boss was ignorant to preventative maintenance. Even when I gave him ample warning that problems would arise.

My current company is the exact opposite. They get shit taken care of right away. But I always have ways to make my overtime. 60+ hours a week doing minimal work while still looking like a hero and saving the day is a difficult job. Somebody's got to do it, I will take this burden!

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BearsAteMyGarbage@reddit

Tbh being hourly while broken down for any reason is way too good of a feeling

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AsphaltPirate74@reddit

This is the way.

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RipIt1021@reddit

Welcome back, ya fuckin cockwomble!

that landing gear

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roytwo@reddit

there is a special place in hell for high trailer droppers

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low_key_fiasco@reddit

Fk that. I’d rather it be too high than too low.

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truth-informant@reddit

There's always coding... /s

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Alarming_Star_6549@reddit

Buy a pin with a collar and keep it with ya.

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Kkalemauser@reddit

Easy fix. Steal it from another trailer in the yard.

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weaponized_autism265@reddit

Tactically acquire

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grumpus_ryche@reddit

As we used to say, there's only one thief in the army - everyone else is just trying to get their shit back.

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FlatbedtruckingCA@reddit

This is the way..

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TheRealMrSpeedBump@reddit

Yeah, how dare you come crawling back, OP!

For real though, this is an annoying issue when it happens, but one of those "Ah. Well, fuck. Time to call dispatch, I guess...

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Echidna-Confident@reddit

Dispatch sleeping, FIO

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DamnedHeathen_@reddit

This is reason 72 of 354 : Why I bought my own damn trailer.

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iTNB@reddit

They said no dropped trailers man. What’d you expect?

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hotdog11inch@reddit

Get a cordless impact and a socket big enough to go around that bar that raises the landing gear and drill a hole though the socket big enough for the bolt to go through it and that will spin that mother fucker with ease work good when a trailer is jacked to the sky

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Ok_Application_2292@reddit

Well you went into intermodal the lowest of the low. Got to set yourself with higher standards. Otherwise…….. you get what you get

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Yadilie@reddit

Had this happen twice. First time the handle was so bent that it just came apart as I turned it the first time. Was thankfully a 'newer' trailer so it was greased enough that I could hand turn the thing to get it up and to the shop. Second time I hooked up a trailer that just didn't have one. Fun part is I sat IN the yard waiting for over an hour for the shop to come put a handle on cause I couldn't get it up at all to move it to the shop that was in the same yard. Shit always happens when you're having a decent string of days and the industry just kicks you in the balls to remind you to not be happy here.

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Environmental-Pear40@reddit

Could be worse I knew a dude who had that happen on them and they broke their arm, got an eye socket fracture, and concussion from the fall.

That's why I prefer the triangle stance. We have the weird ones at Crete would some type of slide locking thing. I'm not sure why they felt the need to reinvent a perfectly good crank connection. But apparently Great Dane did. Damn thing has just popped out many times on me.

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Huzul34@reddit

Had that issue when I had to switch my reefer I was like wtf the other one on the trailer I took just bent together fucking maintenance useless

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Ornery_Ads@reddit

Put vice grips on it and crank away.
Tell bossman.
Stop by a Fleetpride to get a new handle and bolt with the company card.
Replace it while loading/unloading.
Problem solved.

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Alubsey@reddit

Rusty landing gear Uggghhh😭

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ComparisonGeneral825@reddit

🤔 you mean carry some tools Yes Daa

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ArtDecoModerne@reddit

Had this happen to me a few months ago. Gave it a yank to switch gears and the whole fucking thing came out! Mobile guy had to come and open up the gear assembly to put it back and replace the bolt and pins that secured the crank to the gear. Didn’t take too long.

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DepecheRumors@reddit

Could be worse if you were missing a handle not just screw

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ahowls@reddit (OP)

The weld completely disassembled