I wrecked my trailer

[little green guy]

Today as we where on our way to pick up a load of mulch my trailer disconected from the truck. Then the safty chians broke and the trailer went into the next lane and hit an oncomeing car sent an old lady to the hospital and messed up the trailer pretty good. I saw parts or the trailer about 30 feet in the air. Not good. All we wanted was a couple yards of mulch. Just thought I'd tell yall It's realy got me agervated. I've got lots of work and no trailer. Not to mention the old lady in the hospitail.<p>Advice: if your safty chians are cheesy beef em up trust me.

[cjcland]

im sorry to hear about this accident, i hope the lady is ok, i also hope you had insurance so you dont have years of headache following this <p>----------<br>CJC Landscape Management<br>Winter Haven, Florida

[AB Lawn Care]

All I can say is OUCH!This would be one of the worst times of the year for that to happen!Was your trailer insured?I hope so!There was a guy in town that had a nice big landscape trailer.He was going through a an intersection when a car went through the stop sign and slammed into his trailer.The impact of the collison sent his walker flying out of his trailer!The walker was more than toast is was about 1/3 thinner than before the accident.His trailer was also in bad shape.I'm not sure if he fixed it or not.Trailer can be cut apart and welded up but you can't do that to a Walker!Well that was bad enought right?Well guess what he forgot?INSURANCE!Like I said before OUCH!He has recovered from that but I'm shure it set his business back acouple of steps.I hope you get back on the road soon!<p>from:Adam<p>AB Lawn Care<br>

[LoneStarLawn]

i think your order of concern should be:<br>Today my trailer got dissconnected and crashed into oncoming traffic and sent a lady to the hospital, not to mention my trailer is recked.<p>My concern would be the lady first not my trailer.<p>

[cjcland]

maybe you could cut her lawn for her for free while she is in the hospital, its the least you could do<p>----------<br>CJC Landscape Management<br>Winter Haven, Florida

[bdemir]

lone star dont be so sure he doesnt acknowledge the lady. Some times people stage their thoughts in different or dont write them the way they feel. Never know what a person is thinking. Everybody is different. <br>Not trying to be mean just my experiences.

[LoneStarLawn]

I understand....but when you let people know your thoughts (by writing them) most people would write whats on their mind. Im not saying that he doesnt worry about the lady but the trailer can be replaced, the lady cannot. This is reflected in some of our businesses...some companies worry about getting in and getting out and not customer care. Just my opinion no offense.

[HOMER]

How was it possible for the trailer to become disconnected? Did you forget to latch it or was the tongue worn out? Just curious, let everybody know if there is a chance it could happen to one of us. Did you have your safety bolt in place? I know some that don't use one!<p>Homer

[GrassMaster]

Hello:<p>Sorry this happened to you. I hope you had insurance!<p>Voice of experience, don't say nothing one way or another. If you do, it could be used against you in a court of law.<p>Might even have a lawyer check into it. If not you will find out more when you go to traffic court! Personally I would wait til you go to traffic court.<p>I'm not trying to scare you, but if it happened the way you said it did, she has a winning case against you.<p>We live in a sue happy society & this is one of the worst things that can happen to you in business.<p>Been there done that! I have a person suing me now because my daughter failed to yield at a traffic intersection. The only reason they are suing me is because I own a business.<p>I wish you the best, I hope the Lady gets well soon & she doesn't try to take any legal action against you!<p>----------<br>GrassMaster - Home: www.lawnservicing.com<br>My Start Up Page www.lawnservicing.com/startup/

[MOW ED]

Go back and read my post &quot;i want to cry&quot; there are many incidents that have happened to all of us and it helped to read them. No one wants to see anyone get hurt. No one WANTS to have an accident. These incidents can happen to any of us. For me its a hard learning experience.

[Eric ELM]

Sorry to hear of this accident too. I hope the lady wasn't hurt to bad. Number 1: you were lucky the lady wasn't killed and number 2: you didn't have all your equiment on the trailer. If you had to replace all your equipment, you would have another big problem, but you can go to your local rental place and rent a trailer and be in business until you can get your trailer fixed or replaced. <p>Could you let us know the exact size chain you had on your trailer? Did it break or did the bolt or weld to the trailer break? Or was it the hooks that broke?<p>----------<br>&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.townserver.com/elm/&quot;&gt;Eric@ELM&lt;/a&gt;<p>

[thelawnguy]

A note on safety chains: I have a one-piece chain which loops thru and around the jack tube and back to the other side. The hitch would have to tear off the truck frame, or the trailer split intwo, before the chain let go. <p>Also, at least in CT its illegal to have the chain bolted to the trailer, the chain must either loop around something or welded.<p>And LoneStar the header of the forum is commercial lawn care, not old ladies in dodge darts so I can understand his order of priorities, at least as it relates to the forum.<p>Either way, best of luck to all involved. Everyone will need it. That insurance payment wont seem like much after all.<p>Bill

[little green guy]

Hey Everbody:<p>Thanks for the concernes. As for the questins:<p>1. The lady appeared to be ok. I think she was just dazed and the took her to the hospital as a precautinary but she appeaed to be ok just very shaken up.<p>2. My friend was pulling the trailer at the time because he wanted to use it to get mulch for his house so I think his insuance is taking care of the damage to the ladies car and herself. I think I can fix the trailer myself without it costing to much.<p>3. The chians where still atached to the truck when we pulled over. It was the weld that broke on the trailer.<p>4. The reason the trailer came unhitched is sort of unknown. I think it was because it was unloaded and we where on some bumpy backraods and the latch came unlatched. Then we went over a bumpy bridge and lost the trailer. It was hooked up completly correct.<p>Anyway thanks. Be carful accidents do happen

[Charles]

Tough break Little green guy. I thing bad things are meant to happen no matter what we do. Or it seems that way. Just look at Nasa losing 2 space vessels as they reached Mars. The old saying hold true. What can go wrong will go wrong sooner or later

[Davis TLC]

Sorry to here about your unfortunate accident. There have been several incidents like yours happen in the surrounding counties here in Tennessee where I live. But unlike your case in some of these someone lost a life. For this reason and probably many others TN requires that any tandem axle trailer 14 ft long or longer have brakes and a breakaway controller on all trailers used for commercial purposes. It adds extra dollars to the price of a trailer when you buy it, but the safety factor out weighs the extra cost. In MHO all utility type trailers should be equipped with these two features, to prevent the trailer from going astray if it should come undone from your truck. If your trailer has brakes on it, a breakaway controller can be bought at a automotive parts house, they run about $100 and up depending on if you get one with a recharger for its battery. When you get your trailer repaired you may want to check on one of these. <br>Again, sorry to here about your accident.<p><p>----------<br>Richard @ Davis Total Lawn Care<br>http://townserver.com/dtlc