Schneider trailers

Pending defects most often means that the trailers annual is due within the next 6 months.

Or one driver wrote up a defect when dropping and the next driver just got it fixed.

If you click on the trailer it will give you a list of open work orders.

With the 3 trailers w/turn signal issues I would be looking at my tractors ground or pig tail as the culprit. Depending on how old your plug is and how old the plug in is there may be enough wiggle room for a bad connection.

 

Yes. You.

 

Sometimes drivers will put an out-of-service on a trailer so no one else will take it. Sometimes they also add a padlock so the guy looking for a trailer will think that one already has a load on it.
What I do is hook up to the trailer and if everything works, throw away the out-of-service tag and hit the road. "There wasn't a tag on the trailer when I hooked up to it."

 

It's a mega carrier where no one really does anyone any favors. " I got mine." Doctrine.
I'm doing a local with them. Started like 2 months ago. We have 6 day cabs & " the orange monster " we use for the yard dog tractor. About 20 specialized trailers.
Myself and one other guy write up a lot of defects, some big, some petty. But our dispatcher, the guy that runs our little show is pretty good about getting the stuff fixed. Sometimes it doesn't stay fixed long, so we do it all over again.

I worked for SRT a long time ago, and like you, over half the trailers I would pick up were defective. So you can:

1) Sit and make no money.
2) Carry a small tool kit, especially on the electrical side, buy lamps, or some wire, and just fix the stuff, get your money back for parts of course, so you can be on your way.
3) Get authorization to get it fixed at a truck stop, which could take quite awhile.

I think it's better to spend 15 or 30 minutes, fix whatever and get down the road.

Yes you are a huge part of the trailer maintenance & repair program.

One thing I always liked about JB Hunt. Anytime you pull in a terminal, they would attack your trailer, especially the tires, if you were below 85, it was considered flat, and you got wrote up.

Wild trailer goose chases happen time to time as well, welcome to trucking.

 

Man you have got to be kidding me. I've never seen a driver put an out of service tag on a trailer to keep it. You really have to be a jerk to do that

 

Happens often so watch for that. I never would mention it either; just take the trailer and go.

 

I don't drive for SNI nor any mega but i've sure heard the SAME thing, from a few of the big boys. Tag'em and bag'em. . . . . shady, but . . . . hey.