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Originally Posted by BIG JEEP on 44's
A nice heavy load at 5 mph is more energy than an unloading at a dock should produce...or do you not realize how much energy is there to be stopped at 5 mph with a 40-47k lb load ...And I've never had any issues at docks with just trator set...and that's real life not interet theory of a pretend driver or wanna be future driver...Now I have seen drivers who have set their trailer breaks in cold weather while at a dock for a coupe hours end up with stuck trailer breaks...LOL dumb-A$$ .
First of all, the fools that only set the tractor brakes at the loading docks are the very reason that many places will not load or unload if the wheels are not chocked. I've been on a surface that was slick enough, that with the brakes set on tractor and trailer, and a chock in front of two trailer tires, when the forklift went into the trailer and stopped, the rig slid forward enough to drop the dockplate. And, two docks over, the truck also slid ahead, but enough to bunp the trailer of a truck parked in front of him.
In the pics, as the load was being driven off the truck, the weight shifted from the drives to the trailer. I'ts entirely possible that the driver DID engage the tractor brakes. But, without the trailer brakes engaged as well, the inertia of the load moving back could have moved the rig forward. May not sound possible, but I've hauled farm machinery before. Some of them can do some very strange things. Wish I had pics of some of them.
Also, who ever was on that AG tractor should have realized that the wheels were turning, but wasn't getting any closer to the dock.