Just A UPS Guy
Bully.
Guy I knew from ABF was like that, backed a set up around the corner and between two pups regularly. Didn't realize how incredible it was when I saw it, figured every trucker knew how to do it after a couple years. Lololol
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Box Monkey
We have a kid at one of our sister buildings who can put the rear pup on the door. The boss saw him one day and said, "Yeah that's pretty cool........don't let me see you do it again. " LOL
Yeet
Not gonna let ‘em catch the Midnight Rider
Oh he’s light years ahead of me I won’t even cowboy a dolly if I’m dropping it off at the staging area when I’m breaking them up. I don’t even attempt it.
I saw a guy one time back the lead against the dolly and he left his pintle open on the trailer. He bumps the dolly then hits the brakes. Dolly pops up, and lands right in the pintle hook. He is either one of the best drivers I’ve ever seen or insanely lucky.
govols019
You smell that?
Lol ...that's how it is...nobody around and I can do it perfect...one person watching and I'll run clean over the dolly
Cementups
Box Monkey
^ 6 months ago I could cowboy a set. But now that I took a sleeper run and other people build my sets for me......I might be a little rusty.lol
Cowboy Mac
Well-Known Member
That is so lucky that the dolly didn’t pop up and keep going up. I’m the same as you, I don’t try that. The only time I will is if I’m breaking a set and I put my dolly away in the dolly dump. Even then I don’t back all the way, just to get it closer in.
Trucker Clock
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There are also the ones that will open the flapper when breaking up a set, pull out from the rear, hit the brakes and then quickly gun it. The dolly will pop up as it is coming out from the rear box, pop off the pintle and then fall to the ground.
Bam. Dolly off the lead all in one move, without having to get out and remove the dolly.
But, I had a driver ride back with me after being discharged because this time he did it, the dolly popped off alright, but then raised up too high in the front and it knocked out the bottom door panel. The guy did this move all the time, but this time, I guess he did not gun it fast enough as the dolly was popping off the pintle.
Don't know if was being lazy, or just showing off, but it ended up costing him thousands of dollars in the end.
Johney
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I’ve seen them go right through the lead door doing that.
robot
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That could’ve easily killed someone. I don’t understand why people don’t take the extra 5 secs to attach their chains
UnionStrong
Sorry, but I don’t care anymore.
The packaging guys don’t even chain the back door anymore. I see them bouncing along on the highway all the time. You’re right, it’s literally seconds to secure them. SMH
Johney
Well-Known Member
I agree it went right across the walkway into and out of the building, luckily it was between shifts. I never moved one again w/o hooking up the chains. I saw guys doing it everywhere and would show them what can happen. “Oh wow that’s crazy” I would get, two days later I’d see the same guy doing it again.
Cowboy Mac
Well-Known Member
That means they’re leaving the building without doing a pre trip.
They don’t care. They will when they lose a dolly but it’ll be too late then.
Should be charged with an accident.
In didn't see it happen, but I saw the result. Knocked the whole door in off the tracks down at WORMA several years ago. Full 100% load (now squished to about 98!).
Dragged it to the shop, last I saw mechanics were scratching their heads unsure of how to fix it.
retiredTxfeeder
cap'n crunch
We had a guy in my old department, no chains, maybe didn't close his pintle hook, turned a corner in our yard, dolly came off and it went thru a chain link fence and the tongue buried itself on the other side of a deep ditch.
burrheadd
KING Of GIFS
How long are you out and do you go the same places every week?
Yeet
Not gonna let ‘em catch the Midnight Rider
We had an accident this morning where a guy was putting two together and didn’t put the chains on and didn’t use the cotter pin. When the dolly hit the rear it popped out of the pintle and broke through the door on the lead. I have the picture that I won’t post to save the driver from any more embarrassment that he’s already feeling.
