Do i send it? | TheaterFire

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PutridContribution41@reddit

Zip tie that mofo if you dont have the proper tools. Then bring it to a t/a asap.

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Cfwydirk@reddit

With no emergency air supply, your trailer is going nowhere.

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c0caine_cinderella@reddit

Good fucking luck with that. Gorilla tape is not holding 120 psi. You couldn’t run this if you wanted to.

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ANiceDent@reddit

Pffft rookie I could do it with electrical tape ! /s

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Questionoid@reddit

Right? Seems like no trucker has ever watched an informercial about flextape or magic tape, ever.

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Josef_Kant_Deal@reddit

Dispatch told me to use packing tape once. I made it back to the yard after the repair came out and fixed the leak.

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Ornery_Ads@reddit

If you had some basically tools...remove fitting, remove damaged section of line, put it back together, and away you go.

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And ya know they pay me enough and treat me well enough to where I'd be willing to do a small job like that, but my last company I would have told them they better send road service or this trailer aint moving, I aint a mechanic.

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Down2EatPossum@reddit

The compression sleeve needs to be replaced, not even a dollar at any plumbing supply. 2 wrenches and a knife is all you need with that.

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Lavasioux@reddit

This !

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beardedliberal@reddit

Lmao, I once had a guy that figured he could patch 1,200 psi 1/2 inch hydraulic twinline at 10 gpm with duct tape. Sure bud, you go ahead and give that a go.

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Questionoid@reddit

Of course you could! Get busy with a 7/16th or 3/8th wrench and screwdriver and adjust it all the way, and way out. Just take it real slow when you come down Floyd Hill./s

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AgreeAndSubmit@reddit

A zip tie or two would better. If the air isn't leaking, the ugly girl gets laid once in a while.

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Unfair_Fisherman_605@reddit

Tell Dispatch to Get Fucked and run it himself!

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Crunkn8r@reddit

Dispatch is an idiot. Fix it right or get it fixed right.

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FloppyTacoflaps@reddit

Gonna need flex seal big guy

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Benign-Humor@reddit

Well in this scenario (and most others) dispatch is retarded

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25_Unknown_Devices@reddit

Should be a cage bolt on each brake chamber, always keep a few spares just in case. Usually a 3/4 wrench is all you need

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Cfwydirk@reddit

There is no air supply. You would have to release all 4 axles, drag the trailer to a shop, repair the air line, and re-adjust the brakes.

A lot of money when a mobile mechanic could just repair the airline in the field.

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25_Unknown_Devices@reddit

Well, you’d have to cage all 4 brake chambers, and probably need to check/adjust them afterwards. But that’s not expensive or complicated. And every driver should really know how to adjust the brakes. And the whole point of caging them is to not drag the trailer.

Honestly, the only reason I’d rather wait for the mobile mechanic is the caging process can be a bitch sometimes. Situations where’d I’d just go ahead and cage them would be picking up a damaged or wrecked trailer to tow it back to a shop, or having a line bust and leave you blocking traffic.

As for expenses, anything with “mobile” in it is going to be more costly than having the same repair done at their shop.

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Gweedo1967@reddit

Wanna bet? They ain’t my tires.

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nicerakk@reddit

It's Schneider. Tell them to send roadside

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HatedReaper@reddit (OP)

They're on their way, but this is LA. I'm gonna take my 10 and grab it at 3am lmao

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Mindes13@reddit

Los Angeles or Louisiana, LA?

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HatedReaper@reddit (OP)

Los Angeles

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nomadakai@reddit

I thought you were taking about Lower Alabama.

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HatedReaper@reddit (OP)

Nah, talking bout the Crack of Satan's ass

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MadeMeStopLurking@reddit

Are you in LA or Detroit? Youre confusing us.

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KnownAdvantage5366@reddit

Fucking Schneider dude they suck

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HatedReaper@reddit (OP)

Their trailers fucking blow, I agree

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mallymaal340@reddit

You bout to drag the hell outta them tires 😂😂😂😂

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rvlifestyle74@reddit

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BobcatOk7492@reddit

I read that in Billy Mays voice.....

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SaltAndBitter@reddit

That bitch ain't going nowhere

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ComparisonGeneral825@reddit

Yes just break the other airline first and then have a wonderful day 🙋

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the_real_snurre@reddit

What have you done?

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delawder29@reddit

Rock paper scissors yourself 💪🥴

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FlatbedtruckingCA@reddit

3/7 sh!t post..

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TruckerBiscuit@reddit

The very definition of not properly mounted and secured.

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GoMake_me_a_sandwich@reddit

But no matter the line is cut!

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ConfectionOk201@reddit

This is why I carry a few fittings, ferrules, and some hand tools. I could have fixed that in less than 5 minutes and been on my way.

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GoMake_me_a_sandwich@reddit

I'm gonna need you to make some YouTube videos about this. We will send you in some problems and you can do a video about it and get paid the big YouTube money.

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HatedReaper@reddit (OP)

Send me the list brother, ima need it at the rate things are going

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disturbedrailroader@reddit

For this, you'd only need 2 crescent wrenches to take off the fitting.

Use one of the wrenches to hold the glad hand, the other to turn the fitting.
Once the fitting is off, take it to the shop. Hopefully you're near a trailer repair facility so you can get the correct compression fitting with the right thread pitch and opening for the air line.
Ask them to show you how to install it. Honestly, if you have more than 2 brain cells to rub together, you should be able to figure it out just by looking at it. Make sure you grab a roll of pipe tape before you leave.
Back at the trailer, apply some tape to the threads before spinning it onto the glad hand. Make sure it's tight, but not ridiculously so. Sometimes those glad hands have stress fractures after being hit and too much pressure will finish them off.
Remove the cap from the fitting. Be careful not to lose the brass sleeve.
Insert the air line into the cap, through the sleeve, and onto the stiffener (the little pipe in the fitting).
Screw the cap onto the fitting. Get these pretty tight. The brass will deform to better seal the threads the tighter you go. For this reason, DO NOT APPLY TAPE TO THESE THREADS. You'll know you're getting there when the brass starts to squeak as you tighten.
Check for leaks. Reconnect the red air line and release the trailer brake. Hold your hand over the fitting. Any connection you feel air coming from needs to be tightened further.
If you have a hammer, I'd use either it or one of the crescents to gently bend that bracket holding the glad hand back into position to keep this from happening again. At least until the next mongoloid figures out how to hit it with another trailer.

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SufficientWhile5450@reddit

You can try

If dispatch told me to send it, I’d drive around the parking lot until all my trailer tires blew

They’d love that bill

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disturbedrailroader@reddit

You'd be surprised how long thatight take.

There was a guy at the Gary Schneider terminal once who picked up a chassis and drove it off the lot, onto the street and made the turn to get on the highway before realizing none of the tires were moving. He made a u turn and came back to the terminal. The first time I saw him was when he was coming back into the yard as I'm walking to the express building with my lunch, all 8 tires screaming for help. Every single tire had a flat spot so deep that I was shocked the belts weren't showing through. We, um... Exchanged some heated words before he departed, leaving the chassis in one of my bays.

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deadpat03@reddit

Jesus. 10 min fix and you'll be in the road again. This is why old school truckers laugh their asses off when you all complain about having to wait for roadside and then 3 days later complain about not making enough money. 2, 15$ adjustable wrench a 10$ hammer and 12$ cutters go along way in trucking.

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Megalodon7770@reddit

Smells like Schneider

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Routine-Sleep@reddit

Schneider is surprisingly bad with trailers. I've had the service glad hand ripped off a trailer before and was told to take it 15 miles down the road

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justhereforthefunnyZ@reddit

I wouldn’t you made the right call getting roadside.

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sk8zero0619@reddit

Pretty easy fix with some basic tools and a lighter, otherwise your tandems ain't moving

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KatieTSO@reddit

Send it brotherrrrrrr

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HatedReaper@reddit (OP)

Sending it straight down the grapevine, pretty sure the tires will blow before I make it off the lot though

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Own_Clerk4772@reddit

Guessing by the orange this is a schneider driver. You do not get paid enough to fix that trailer. Call dispatch back tell them to eat shit, take an nap and wait for them to assign you a new trailer.

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