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Johnny4428:
Yes I will admit to not winding legs up! Oops. And undershot the hitch pin because some turkey either deliberately or didn’t know better landed a trailer with the fifth wheel high.

Oddjob:
We had a driver at Asda Skem who was sacked because he pulled a loaded trailer off a bay and as it swung round the trailer just fell off the fifth wheel, video evidence shows him doing the test pull, the dog clip was still engaged, the arm was across etc. They decided that video evidence wasn't admissible, which was odd as they'd used it loads of times when it supported their story and sacked him.

The rest of the drivers threatened to strike if he wasn't reinstated and they backed down. Turns out the turntable was faulty when it was inspected by the engineers, egg on the face of the manager who sacked him but of course nothing was done to that prat.

Bryanj:
Seen it happen Ken, if trailer is at just the right height the pin skims the jaws and they close with pin sat on top AND it can pass the tug test but falls off at first corner, i was using an old erf at dairy crest as a shunter and one day it would not let go a trailer, turned the jaw pivot pin had sheared and jaws jamed

Cappodimonte:
When you get sent to places you’ve not been before and no information given as to it’s access/egress /site availability/Weight,Height,Length restrictions amongst many other considerations, then it becomes more than ‘Just a Job’ and doesn’t compare to sitting at a desk tapping a keyboard or writing a script.

Cappodimonte:
Must put glasses on, didn’t see page 2 was in play, looks like quite a few of us drive or have driven LGVs and understand the complexities involved with checking Truck/Trailer/loads, plus drivers hours and Working Time Directive (Mobile Workers ) along with Digitach and Digicards, dealing with unpleasant Security Guards.  Ignorant Warehouse staff, Transport Managers with no idea of their job  and have never been behind the wheel of truck/Trailer plus dipstick motorists who will do stupid manoeuvres causing you aggravation.
Nearest I came to having disaster was seeing the docking light change from Red to Green and started the truck up (Being treated like an Adult) when I heard a bump sound. I switched the engine off got out and went to the back of the trailer pushed past the weather curtain to see the forklift coming out the trailer into the warehouse.  Rechecked the docking light which was showing Green, marched into the Warehouse office where the ear was bent of the dock controller about their faulty  dock lighting. Had I pulled off going on their light system and matey on the forklift had ended up on the deck no doubt badly injured you can bet they’d have heaped it all on me.

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