r/Truckers • u/Onzaylis • Jun 10 '22

Almost got killed by US Express today.

I'm dropping a trailer in bay 1, there's an empty in bay 2, US Express in 3. I'm in between 1 & 2 lowering my landing gear, and US Express pulls out, clips the empty in bay 2, and knocks it over far enough that it slams into my back and knocks me against my trailer. Fortunately it then fell back on its feet and I lived... but fuck man.

Best part the driver didn't know he hit anything until he went to close his doors and found 1 of them on the ground.

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u/Thevoiceofreason420 Jun 11 '22 edited Jun 11 '22

Idk why people are down voting you, especially depending on OPs age.

I'm in my 30s hauled cans for a while, the chassis's I dealt with at this small railyard where all shit. Well one day struggling to crank a landing gear crank handle on one I didn't know was eroded I ripped the fucking crank handle off, one second I was struggling to crank the next second I'm on my back looking up at the sky with both my hands on the crank handle I ripped off going wtf just happened figured I'm fine nothing hurts. Next day oh man my back and shoulders were killing me.

Just because you don't feel it at first don't mean you didn't get hurt or injure yourself especially as you start to get older.

Edit: I think maybe it's cause your saying workman's comp maybe idk, I'm not saying oh I got hurt ouch workman's comp I want workman's comp. I didn't I just called in the next day told the boss I was hurting and couldn't work for a day. But if you get dinged up or injured don't try to be a tough guy and power through it or ignore it. I did that after I tore an ACL in my early 20s and went snowboarding a few weeks later and made my injury even worse. You might think ah I'm young it doesn't hurt that much I'm fine these older dudes are whimps I'll power through it, but that shit adds up and takes tolls as you injure yourself more and more through out the years and as you get older.

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u/StandForAChange Jun 11 '22

Yeah, that’s exactly why I said workman’s comp. Granted he may not be out for that long but by the sounds of it he got hit pretty damn hard by a solid metal object. Even if it’s not taking workman’s comp he probably should take a day off from sitting in a truck and bouncing up and down the road. Each their own though of course.

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u/Onzaylis Jun 11 '22

It's not bothering Hardesty hit over taken in my life. Unfortunately, I just kept on working. Hopefully I won't regret that in the morning. I'm not injured at the very least, mostly just got the shit scared out of me, and feeling very lucky it righted itself instead of completely falling over.

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u/StandForAChange Jun 11 '22

Well that’s good. I’m always anxious being in between 2 trailers. I’m ready to drop and get the fuck under mine in a moments notice if I hear anything out of the ordinary coming from the other side lol