Submitted by: Michael Rudzena, took this pic on a road trip during Thanksgiving weekend in Arkansas. via Submit a Kludge!
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They got a bit tied up on the weekend, had to rush the delivery.
Better hope he doesn’t have to stop at one of those weigh stations on the freeway!
OMFG!!! I worked for a semi trailer manufacturer. That is frightening on so many levels, 1 ratchet strap to hold an 800 lb. door frame on the rear. Dear God! This trucker should have his CDL permanently revoked.
Yeah, especially considering that to rip the doors off like that he had to try and pull away from the dock while still connected to the safety lock. You know, that bar under the trailer door at about bumper height for a car? Those things are trapped in a hook at some docks to keep the truck from driving off until they release it, just so the guy on the towmotor doesn’t fall to certain doom if the drivers takes off while the towmotor is half in and out of his truck.
Looks like this guy took off. Hope no innocent towmotor operators were wounded because this guy is too stupid to wait for the light on the wall to turn green signalling him that he’s been unlatched from the building.
CDL Fail
A new slogan: “You can count on Conway; we’ll get it there, somehow” Damn, I heard of a guy that lost his job (though not his CDL) for using a shoestring to hold the door OPEN when the chain went missing. Nothing was wrong otherwise.
Look closely, the guy didn’t pull away, the thing was rear ended. or somehow backed up into something really fast. the door was pushed towards the front of the rig, not pulled off the back. Assuming the trucker was stupid just show you were looking for a reason to blame them. looks to me like the rig is being towed after an accident. See the towtruck set of lights hanging from the back? That might be a sign
Exactly I wondered when someone would correct the door hooked up post.
At least he gets all the space he wants on the freeway, nobody is going to drive behind that …
There is the right way, the wrong way and the Conway. On the Highway at full speed with duct tape and a prayer.
There should be a sticker in the rear:
“How’s my kludging? Call: 555-KLUDGE”
that and “Watch out for pieces of trailer falling on to your windshield”
Objects falling from trailer may e more dangerous than they appear…
the thing i really wanna know is WHERE IS THE OTHER AXLE that is a 53 foot trailer i worked on tractor trailers for 25 years that trailer HAD another axle it would have been much easier and cheaper to have it towed rather than to kludge it and drive it
It IS being towed, see the extra set of lights?
Bet that was an awesome fender bender.
I guess I’ll be the party pooper and point out that is probably a wrecked trailer being towed to be rebuilt.
After some legislation about a decade ago meant to make trailers “safer”, but the new trailers were much more expensive, from weight/aerodynamics to operate. It nearly killed the trailer manufacturing industry, as existing trailers could be repaired without being upgraded to the new standard. As a result, even trailers that had been off the road for 30 years were selling like hotcakes to be rebuilt.
We specialized in oversized monster transportation!
Another sign: VERY responsible for broken windshields, smashed cars and sudden death.
um, does it have only 1 axle under it? Does this seem right for a trailer of this length?
I’ll be damned he’s 53′ trailers always have dual rear axles. Its only the 24′ have singles.
53′ trailers can only have one axle at the rear of them. The issue is weight. Two axles together can haul 34,000#’s, and a single axle can haul 20,000#’s. Also, this is Conway Truckload, which is a new company formed by the remains of CFI in Joplin, MO, not the same as the Conway with the double trailers and the terminals all over the country.
Ah now that is new info I didn’t get in the 3 months I worked for Wabash Natl. before the layoffs. thanks for the update.
The irony: in French “Con” means idiot. So yes, this is definitely the “Con”way.
Looks like he will not be needing the Yosemite Sam “Back Off” mudflaps on this truck.
Right, just a good ol’ “Keep On Truckin’” sticker though.
My husband says it looks like he got rear-ended by another truck. Going by the crumple marks it would be one of the square nosed rigs. The bottom of the trailer is smashed inwards, so it would not have been ripped off by pulling away from a dock, like some people speculated. The second axle is missing, so it probably had to be removed. Going by the reflector bar on the back of the trailer, it is being towed to a scrap yard by a tow truck driver. I doubt there is any cargo left in it.
Oh God! If there’s a vehicle out there that can do THAT to an EIGHTEEN WHEELER….. by God, man, we’re all gonna DIE!
This terrifies me because I work there O.o
… Nowhere near arkansas.
I’ve never seen THIS before.
Holey ship!
Now hiring safe drivers.
As my mysteriously “waiting for moderation” post never showed up (and had nothing offensive in it), I’ll repost.
That’s probably a trailer being taken to be rebuilt after a crash – after all, you can’t even get into it with the way the rear is bound shut, and the replacement reflectors / lights put on.
In the old days, a trailer that bad would have been considered totaled. Then, the government had some bright idea to change the regulations for new trailers, to make them “safer” for other vehicles that might hit them (but make them much more expensive to operate – and more prone to other types of accidents), while exempting existing trailers. As a result, the legislation nearly killed trailer manufacturing, while getting every junkyard and storage lot cleared of existing trailers getting “rebuilt” under the original registration.
I used to fix stuff like this for a living! Just looking at that makes me sore, bucking all those rivets. The welding part would be cool. That’s where I’m a Viking!
The driver shouldn’t be punished, FWIW – it’s not his fault he’s got an questionable load – In reality, Conway would be the one hit – but per my state’s commerical trucking law – if it’s an empty trailer, which I highly suspect, it’s legal as is, if the container’s waybill is stating it’s returning to the company’s repair shop.
I have friends that work for Conway – they have three regional repair shops, and as long as it’s basically road worthy, they won’t pay for it to be repaired elsewhere.
oh, and by the way, that’s a backing accident – likely some idiot new hire yard worker came in high to work and backed it into the wall at high speed.
Ah, thank you for that insight into the situation from a guy in the biz. Upon closer inspection I concede your assessment is correct, the rear “duraplate” paneling was crumpled forward. Good call.
A friend of mine used to work for Swift, who bought out MS Carriers, and kept the old trailers on the road until they HAD to be repainted after a repair.
MS Carriers had a tag line of “Delivering the Future…” on the sides of the trailers, near the rear. One day, a bunch of idiots mis-loaded one of the trailers, and the trailer literally snapped in half between the kingpin and the rear wheels.
while the rear trailer half was sitting at the terminal, waiting to be hauled off for who knows what fate, one of the employees (probably a trucker spending the night) snuck out, and spraypainted “One Half at a Time” betneath the “Delivering the Future…” line. From the way the bosses overreacted from that, you’d have thought someone had put something obscene on it.
“Don’t slam the doors”
I think everyone is running away with this for nothing. Now I cannot see the tractor pulling it, but judging from the light bar that wreckers normally use on the trailer, I’d have to say a wrecker company is pulling it from the scene of an accident.
It’s quite obvious that it is not delevering freight and in transport to be repaired or junked.
Excellent Observation. It is under tow.
To make his deadline, the trucker had to literally haul his a$$ off.
I took the pic and it WAS being pulled by a wrecker. so that should silence all the irresponsible driver comments. however, while this appears to be legal (given it is being transported by a wrecker), I can tell you this thing was shaking violently and sparks were being created as the metal would hit the highway. I might have titled it, “LEGAL BUT LETHAL”.
Go ahead and tailgate in my blind spot now, #@%&*!
Guess we won’t see that trailer at any of our docks again
I work for ConWay in Canada believe me we have some of the best drivers in the driving industry….I can believe it was not the drivers fault…other drivers love to tailgate and cut us off all the time…
I should apply at conway, they’ll obviously take anyone
“Godzilla won’t hold still…”
This goes to show that even if the camera doesn’t exactly lie, it is necessary to see the whole picture!
Driver got confused with two sticks and ended up going backwards at full speed!
“10-4 that buddy. Yeah, I can see it in my rearview mirror. Yep. That’s my ass falling off. Over.”
Looks like someone at C*nw*y Trucking complained…
goddammit… just ONE MORE WAY to make arkansas look bad…
cool.
Holy Jeebus! Lets hope the cops got that critter off the road!