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Press release from Cottrell:

Friday, June 20, 2008 -
First Strap on a Peterbilt 388

Cottrell is pleased to introduce the first Peterbilt 388 with a 48 inch sleeper design. This piece of equipment illustrates our new 3-car CS headramp and CX-6MST trailer. This picture can be best described as prestige meets the next generation of car hauling.

I did read that there is a recall on the door latches on some of the new 388 cabs. The PETERBILT site is up now or you can call them at 1-940-591-4201.

I read an article the other day on the madison record about a transport driver suing Cottrell because he hurt his back using the manual skids on the Cottrell trailer he was pulling. The more I thought about it the more absurd it seemed to me. It seems to me if I have these questions you can bet the defense attorneys will have them and more. For these to make sense, you may need to read the article first.

If the ramps were bent or deformed why were they not replaced or at least repaired?

Had the driver written up the needed replacement of the ramps but been overridden by the maintenance dept?

If Jack Cooper Transport bought trucks with manual ramps because of the cost savings didn’t they then accept the risk of back injury that naturally comes with the manual ramps?

If road grime was jamming the tracks was the truck washing methods or intervals changed to try for the obvious fix before declaring that the product was defective?

update;

I found a post steve did on Carhauler news a while back that basically has the same take on the same article.

I’m thinking the container truck driver wasn’t used to that big of step getting out of his rig but then again how often does he park on a car hauler?

This picture was sent to me from a drivers cell phone. the front axle is hanging between the headrack and the trailer on a 9-car stinger rig. Here is a picture that i downloaded from a news story. It is taken from the other side looking up at the bridge where it happened. I think they could make an ad for the strength of cottrell trailers from this one.

Here is a link to the news story

http://tracypress.com/content/view/13203/2242/

Welcome to my new blog where I will attempt to record my adventures as I travel around the country doing sales set-up and training for auto transporters that are putting in computer programs. Yesterday a couple of friends of mine helped me get some video footage that we hope to use on our website to explain the use of barcode vin scanners in the trucks. Josh filmed Cory scanning in his cars and loading his Cottrell/Peterbilt hauler at Adesa Phoenix. I think it is one of the best looking haulers I’ve seen around. I’m thinking he has dropped a couple buck$ in this rig!

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