I was unloading at a grocery warehouse once that had a tricky bumper lock. I had gotten my paperwork and had a green light. I released my brakes and was about to pull out when I felt resistance. I tried again, nothing. I set my tractor brakes and got out. It was dark so I got my flashlight to see if I had a stuck brake or something. That's when I noticed the dock lock was still clamped on my bumper. I went in and informed the recieving clerk, he called on his radio that "That damn lock is stuck again." A guy came out with a sledge hammer and went out with me. He went under the trailer and gave it a good whack, causing it to release. He told me that it got stuck from time to time. :lol:
There was no damage, probably because I was easing it out of the dock since I had trucks on both sides and didn't pull out in full force.
At the Wal-Mart I work at, we almost had a guy get taken away in a trailer. Usually our loads are transported in trailers with roll up doors but this one was a swing door trailer. I thought we had more freight to unload so I went in with one of my co-workers with a pallet jack to check. Turns out the pallets in the trailer were for the next stop so we walk back out. All of a sudden I hear "Oh shit!". I turned around and saw my coworker standing on the dock plate, his pallet jack gone. Just as he had walked out of the trailer, the driver had pulled out. The pallet jack didn't make it and fell to the ground. Nobody was hurt and the jack survived the fall, lol. I didn't realize the driver had been released already.
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