Yesterday about noon I pulled into a rest stop in Rifle Colorado. There was only 1 truck there when I pulled in and he had a mobile service truck sitting next to him. I did the great Bill Engval, Here's Your Sign statement and asked, "truck broke?" before thinking about it.
The driver told me he had stopped and slid his trailer axles but was unable to get the brakes to release afterward. At 11:30 PM I looked out of my truck and the repairman was still trying to get the brakes released. He was a young kid and was on the cell phone with the boss trying to figure out what was going on as he obviously had no clue how the brake system worked. I really don't know what time the repairman left but when I got up at 8:30 this am I noted that the truck was still there. Upon my return from the call of nature to my truck, the other driver told me that they hadn't had any luck and that the owner of the roadside repair was coming out shortly.
I jokingly asked if he had made sure the Johnson Bar was released. He asked what a Johnson Bar was, I told him that that was the hand brake to set the trailer brakes. He cursed a bit, stepped into the cab, released the Johnson Bar, released the trailer brakes and drove forward a few feet.
Explain that one to your maintenance department! I know the roadside had been there at least 14 hours. EXPENSIVE SCREW UP!