When you know you just fired yourself

Unhooking a trailer can sometimes go horribly wrong

[@arturbercan]

If that's a Ram, those wheel studs are covered under the recall

[@Sebastian_Dinwiddie]

0:30 definitely Ram mirrors

[@deborahchesser7375]

Looks kind of like a Ford too, either way that sucks, I’d hate get in a crash especially over a recall.

[@shadowprep5304]

Its a Ford. F-350 or 450 most likely.
Automotive transporter here, but we get to drive each car instead.
Whoever it was that moved the trailer is going to have a hell of a day. As for the car damaged, those AWD Avengers are hard to come by these days. Owner is about to become a Revenger.

[@deborahchesser7375]

@@shadowprep5304 man I’d love to do that kind of work, I’m pushing 60 so the hard manual labor days are over for me but I drove trucks so driving is one thing I’m good at.

[@shadowprep5304]

@@deborahchesser7375 where I work, it's mostly retirees. It's a pretty relaxed job, except when you break down of course. It's trade INS going to and from the auction yard basically. We also work auctions. Wholesale. Wish it was one of those that was all classic cars though.

[@larsonthetube]

"7000 dollars for this car. But it got a SLIGHT dent in the back!"

[@etheroar6312]

It'll buff out, mostly

[@GewelReal]

thank you Chester Stone

[@spidergoose891]

A realy bad day until insurance calls it totaled and writes you a check for 4x the repair cost.

[@CloudHindlen]

Haha...you mean 4x less than the car is worth and the repair cost.

[@spidergoose891]

@@CloudHindlen idk they cut me a check for 7,000 and all the parts were 2,300.

[@Garbagejuicewaterfall]

They got lucky , now they don’t have to drive a dodge .lol

[@MintyFreshTurds]

So 3x not including labor and parts mark up.

[@spidergoose891]

@@MintyFreshTurds yeah. I have no idea about labor. I do all the repairs myself.

[@schwenda3727]

This guy’s storytelling with the camera almost deserves a photography/videography lesson…

[@heathencat5236]

I saw a similar incident with an empty 40' flatbed gooseneck. Driver chocked 1 wheel, and only behind it on asphalt, and when he disconnected the truck the trailer immediately started sliding on the landing gear, swung nose out to the right, slamming the neck through a plate glass window. It destroyed a couple of desks and computers in the building.

[@zzoinks]

Wow I guess that's kind of like when a shopping cartwheel gets stuck and the thing tries to pull whenever you push it or is rolling by itself

[@caribooskidoo3997]

I'm willing to bet that some kinda huge truck backed into it in the dark the previous night.

[@piccalillipit9211]

You are correct - it was shoved sideways into the car and off the wheel chocks

[@teamidris]

Yep, that smells more real. The description doesn’t seem right at all, the back pillars on a car are strong.

[@colinl9018]

That's BS. There is more to this than meets the eye, i smell insurance fraud..........

[@DanielPerryRally]

Really good job of making the reveal dramatic, without being an Ahole about it.

[@mfddb3084]

Just saying it looks like that car was backed into the trailer. Not the trailer hitting the car.

[@nelsongranzow1197]

was the car reversing at 60mph????

[@mfddb3084]

@@nelsongranzow1197 it's not a car from the 50s a soda can is stronger than car bodies these days

[@TheNuclearBolton]

Newer cars have better structural rigidity, stronger materials aside. A swinging trailer would not cave itself into a car like that especially on level ground. Also if two chockd were used on one side of the trailer, during its rotation, the back set of wheels would have rolled over the chock in front of it slowing its momentum. This looks like potential fraud

[@tripplefives1402]

​@@TheNuclearBoltonwhere are the marks on the ground? Landing gear will carve up the asphault.

[@treborobotacon]

Thats what happens when you install lug nuts with a shiny new Milwaukee impact gun.
How tight? All the way tight of course. 😅

[@404_profile_not_found]

150 ft-lb? lets go 1500. That way we know they won't fall off.

[@treborobotacon]

Just keep hammering on the inpact till the stud stops stretching.

[@KeterMalkuth]

You know it's tight enough when it starts getting loose again

[@enigmalfidelity]

How do you know its tight if there's no fairy dust left behind?

[@wojciechbieniek4029]

Everybody knows that factory torque specs for lug nuts is three ugga duggas, back a quarter turn and blame it on the next guy.

[@bobocaterpillar3697]

something doesn't add up here...
yes the trailer is heavy, but that is A LOT of damage from just sliding!
that trailer was SHOVED sideways with a vehicle
the ground looks level, it could NOT have skidded that far! what gave it the momentum ???
no skid marks from the landing gear
@ 0:51 their is scrape marks on the trailer (just under the spare tire) it looks like someone hit the trailer and shoved it into the black car
@ 0:58 you car see the trailer frame is BENT from the other car PUSHING the trailer into the black car
looks like jewish lightning to me

[@alexflosho]

well it’s not a brand new trailer, all of these damages could have very likely occurred earlier. Though that does seem like a lot of damage on the Journey.

[@85square]

just sliding wouldn't have caused that much damage to the car, or explain how the rear of the trailer slide to

[@teamidris]

If you pause and look really closely you can see the car was shoved forward a foot with its brakes locked on. This is as well as the trailer being feet away from the blocks. As said in the comments, someone hit it with a big truck and I bet they were reversing in the dark.

[@michaelsorrentino9279]

Bull crap, the trailer "DID NOT" slide. I was pushed into the car or the car driver was backing up into it at a fast pace. No skid marks from the landing gear or tire marks. Maybe it was nighttime when this happened!

[@FurryWrecker911]

Yeah, there's a lot of oddities with this. No skid marks from landing gear. No dig marks from the truck's hub being drug across the lot either. Tire tracks in the gravel show the trailer was backed straight in despite it obviously being diagonal and no longer in line with the tuck it came in on, and the wheel chocks are perfectly perpendicular to where the axles are resting, which implies gravity took a brief nap or someone relocated the chocks after it slid. This is why it pays to have CCTVs and a DVR on business lots because I'd love to see what _really_ happened. This math ain't mathing.

[@davemckenzie6811]

At that angle of impact, at least one tail light would be shattered. And there's no glass from the hatchback on the ground or the bumper.

[@rudociliak6683]

that's what noticed right away it doesn't seem like those metal legs left any scrapping on that gravel, somebody crashed into it. after looking at the impact damage it looks like they def crashed into it, because the way that frame is bent is showing impact directly into the back of the car, not sideways

[@dirk013adfa]

The wheel studs didn't break on the Journey. So, Journey 1 - RAM 0

[@dereksstuff8395]

That's hilarious

[@AfricanBushmechanic]

No, that dodge suv reversed in to the trailer, the it tried moving forward that's why those 2 blocks are left on the side. For the Ram truck they is a recall on the studs. I had this happen to me

[@timhinchcliffe5372]

Theory: car has no tags so probably not insured, so make it look like the trailer hit it so the workplace insurance would cover it, or they stitch up the poor truck driver.

[@Inyourhideyhole]

That gooseneck is on flat ground no hill nada, someone purposely back up into that trailer at full speed looks like insurance fraud to me. Wouldn't surprise me if they had security cameras what it would show

[@forallthatisunreal]

Saw similar happen with a landscape trailer fully loaded.
Messy is an understatement.

[@jtrocktree5409]

Check out the rotors on the dually , the rear rotors are rusted , it has been sitting for some time now , a little strange .

[@joshl3339]

Thanks for this video explanation! Drove by this last week outside of Warrensburg wondered how they ended up with this situation.

[@MAINTMAN73]

There's a lot of BS here, it's starting to stink like somebody's cooking up insurance fraud😂😂

[@drdr9452]

I call BS!!!!! That trailer did not spin around hard enough to do that plus where is the skid marks from the landing gear???????

[@davidsignor7931]

True if the trailer was chocked on the left it would have slid to the left not the right it's not rocket science

[@timhinchcliffe5372]

Yeah, how do we know the Dodge wasn't backed into the trailer? Looks like a set up.

[@AltimaNEO]

It's a Dodge. They did the guy a favor.

[@macbook802]

If you get fired over a 4 thousand dollar car i feel bad for you.

[@jasonschaeffer72]

I'm pretty positive that will BUFF OUT. 😂

[@justz00t48]

That's coming out of his check.

[@user-uo9cy2ep2h]

He's already at the bar

[@godw1ll99]

i dont think that dodge journey can handle that trailer.

[@LyinDogFacedPonyCommenter]

That dodge’il pull it. Problem solved!!

[@timhinchcliffe5372]

Trailer sure did swing away a long way from the fifth wheel. 😆 🐂💩

[@ghostly5866]

I'm with the idea that someone pushed the trailer into the car. The tire marks in the dirt are inconsistent with the position of the trailer.

[@TheMrDarius]

I’m still preaching we just remove all the warning labels and allow natural selection to take its course

[@michaelebbighausen3733]

Think I have good news for the idiot that did that. 1 damages will be covered by insurance 2 not many people applying for that job 3 if this is the first time its happened and your newer to the job your boss might keep you as a he learned his lesson and you'll be the most safety oriented guy at the shop. bad news if your boss doesn't think that way find a new career.

[@joeclark7888]

Please follow up with the insurance investigator's conclusion.🌞

[@MNDashcam]

Recall for that

[@fourfortyroadrunner6701]

OP is on the wrong track. The :POINT should not be the mistake made by moving the trailer, the POINT should be WHAT HAPPENED that THOSE WHEEL STUDS BROKE

[@timothy____1989]

You can tell the maintenance on that truck was first-class by the ratchet strap on the tailpipe

[@northernmetalworker]

Someone should be asking for warranty on that dodge, cuz it didn't get out of the way 😆

[@Pemj2k]

I think that Dodge Journey became a Dodge Baja

[@user-yd4fp9jw2s]

Bro sounds like George Clooney

[@georgewaters456]

not for nothing but look at the line of parked cars, I'm thinking someone backed into the parked trailer and not the other way around.

[@Dr.Mcstaby]

If that was my car id be mad, but id also have a Sawzall and make it into a bronco style half convertible

[@ejohnson1101]

People need to think things through a little bit more!!!

[@dereksstuff8395]

For sure

[@siddiqahmad5193]

Hey, I have a guy... says that'll buff right out !

[@timhinchcliffe5372]

Were those chocks and truck positioned like that to make it look like the trailer moved? 😆

[@kansascityshuffle8526]

Car is already in a container on its way to Nigeria.

[@miscellaneousanus2831]

At least it hit a Dodge. Did the owner favor and the insurance company only owes them $20 for it being totaled.

[@icewolf4juno]

To be fair, it was a Dodge Journey. More than likely didnt run anyway...

[@justincooper5189]

That's a dodge. Too bad it's not one of the higher quality ones, because if they have a recall on the damn lug studs, you know the rest of the truck is just waiting to put you on the side of the road. Or in a ditch,or against a tree. The list goes on. My suggestion: ARP makes lug studs that are super strong. Get those installed, and then you have one less problem with the truck. As for the trailer, there's nothing that can be done about that. The car is more than likely getting totaled out, and the owner is gonna be mad. So long as you weren't the person who didn't properly chock the wheels, I doubt you have much to worry about.

[@jamesrankin9833]

One person is going to have a really bad day! Another person is going to have an extremely worse day!

[@jamesgullo8240]

It was a Dodge Journey, insurance payout to total it is about $7,000.🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@Hooligoon78]

Hopefully trailer guy is the owner of the Dodge.

[@user-fq7vs8dl5k]

You're gonna need a crane.

[@Jeriel_Lux]

If You Need an Alibi I Gotchu,
Can't Believe that A-Hole Sped through there & tore off your Tire bro! 😉
Stay Safe & Stay Awesome! 🙏

[@MyDamnDiesel]

Let’s talk about the ratchet strap, holding the fenders on attached to the tailpipe.

[@NicholasMaietta]

'tis but a scratch.

[@jakepalmer1986]

Won’t say what company the truck is from, literally pans the camera to where the logo is visible a second later lol

[@routtookc8064]

HA, dont know why this got recommended to me, but I know where in warrensburg this truck is sitting !

[@louiewatson9389]

Not gonna say the name. Shows the name on the side of the truck. 😂

[@mikes1292]

Suprising theres no trailer brakes one there

[@Masterman5010]

It’s a journey that things a piece of shit anyways 😂

[@charlespaluha1247]

I don't know how you totaled the car under the gooseneck

[@JamesSmith-jq2jc]

Some comments say there's a recall for those studs. Might be. I'd be more interested in how many times that it was overloaded and overweight. I'd bet it's been abused.

[@lowandslow3939]

That car is way to small to haul that trailer…😅

[@burchified]

"I sorry no speak English. Is first time. I pickup"

[@Hchris101]

Little bit of tape all you need

[@SwapPartLLC]

A little rubbing compound will buff that right out. 😂😢

[@fr3dr02]

No pre employment drug screening going on at that company I see😂

[@chrisworld2]

Those dodge journey minivans are the biggest hunks of shit ever made so it’s going to the scrapyard where it belongs anyway.

[@ferretscoutcar]

I feel the driver’s pain how will the bills be paid if he gets sacked. Can’t see why that what insurance is for! Believe you me I bet they can well afford to payout 🤞🏻

[@1800imawake]

Car is faulty. It didn't Dodge.

[@user-ev4pb9xj7e]

It was a dodge, just a matter of time before it ended up this way or worse 😂😂😂😂😂

[@Fatdog223]

another suv off the road , he did a service to all non suv drivers on the road

[@GT-43]

That aint what happened, unless the trailer got a 30mph head start before it hit that suv. Looks like the trailer was dropped on there. Idiots probably did something stupid with a forklift.

[@fireemblemistrash75]

No wonder it broke down, it’s a ram lol

[@joeldawson442]

Hauling used imports to the port in freeport tx?
Hundreds a week mostly Toyota and MB going to Africa. Wish I knew the whole story on that.

[@mikejungferman4744]

Damn sounds like you had the wrong people to help you , inexperience will definitely set you back , good luck buddy 👍

[@patmayer7222]

New Dodge avalanche........next!😮

[@timhinchcliffe5372]

Why do those tread marks on the ground stop before those chocks? Why do the tread marks not look like they come from the bald looking tyres of the trailer? Could they of used a different vehicle or trailer to make those tread marks?

[@brettstover1850]

Bye bye dodge

[@SHDW-nf2ki]

Either I'm miss understanding you, or modern cars are a lot flimsier than I thought. Because good grief thats a lot of damage.

[@cheagle464]

Wha, wha, what. How?

[@kevinhawley962]

trailer swung right said fuck u dodge xD

[@solodrifter_0999]

I am very confusion

[@alexflosho]

The trailer wheels were only blocked on the drivers side, allowing the passenger side to spin free, and the landing gear slid across the ground as the trailer swiveled downhill and into the Dodge Journey

[@wolfman515]

Not real difficult to see who's truck it is.

[@kidmopar1423]

It'll buff out!

[@southernadirondackoutdoors]

Ouch! I bet that'll buff out 🤣

[@dereksstuff8395]

Ha!

[@nickd.4512]

Are you up on rt 9 above warrensburg? I remember seeing that catastrophe last week when i delivered tonthe chestertown farms horse farm

[@dereksstuff8395]

That's where it was

[@danielgodfrey4415]

You're not going to say the name, but you show the name of the company on the thumbnail

[@Bobs-Wrigles5555]

I'm wondering why the disc brakes on the truck are also rusty, like they've not been used for some time???

[@savagedabs8536]

It doesn't take long for surface rust to appear. Probably a week or two and they will look that way

[@Bobs-Wrigles5555]

@@savagedabs8536 Actually I'm starting to doubt parts of the story presented, the part where they chocked one side and it swung the trailer around onto the dodge seems ok, but when exactly did it lose the duals, As they were backing the trailer into the parking area?🤷‍♂

[@savagedabs8536]

@bobswrigles8636 The problem is that the chocks were on the wrong side for the way it swung. They would have to be on the inside of the swing, not the outside like they were.

[@Bobs-Wrigles5555]

@@savagedabs8536 Just another little oddity with this video👍
BTW Did you pick up that the Dodge doesn't have a rear plate as well.

[@melvance7281]

Oh. Frack.

[@timhinchcliffe5372]

Chock the wheels? Disconnect the airlines, Maxi-brakes on would be enough. Unless for some reason the trailer doesn't have them.

[@janofb]

Hey! You can't park that trailer there!

[@rockeroller]

Oh well.

[@themonopolyguy4365]

Weird no tracks whatsoever on the ground

[@_KarlS]

used Dodge Nitro for sale
all wheel drive
tow package
trailer included

[@seth8151]

Epic

[@williamcap2236]

Wow i thought that journey said Zappone on the dealer sticker your in Lake George and I'm in Schuylerville

[@matthewtarka2804]

bet it was a monday..........hello geico........

[@Ollie__Tabooger]

🤣😂 L M A O !!!!!!!!!! 😂🤣

[@timhinchcliffe5372]

Why are the chocks so far away from the trailer wheels? Did all eight of those trailer tyres slide sideways? 🤣😆 🐂💩

[@boogieman6522]

The car definitely backed into the trailer
Look @ the angle of impact
Those trailers don't move by themselves