Legal question

Lou Zehnder

Lou Zehnder

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Just got a call from a customer from yesterday. He said my rear tires have sunken his asphalt driveway about 2 inches where it was parked yesterday. We were at his house from 1 to 5 yesterday. Temp 88-92 I am guessing. The drive was put in last year. There is no marks from the trailer or front tires.
Truck is a 3/4 and the trailer never had more than 200 gals in the buffer. I had to park on the drive because of the distance from the road. He also said on the phone today I pretty much had to park there because there was no where else to park.

So far he is not asking me to repair it because he wants to talk to the company that put in the drive. but later who knows....Do you guys think I am responsible for this?
 
How could you have known there was a sinkhole where he told you to park?
I agree with Russ.

Worst case , a couple of wheel barrow loads of asphalt will fill those holes.
 
Did he tell u to park there or did you just park there? you would think the trailer tires would have sunk cause of being so skinny. I think there was a void in around the rear tire area. Or just the hacks r us paving co. that messed up. Not a paver at all so i cant speculate what the cause was but i can tell you i bet you wont park on asphalt driveway when its warm out anymore. I am setup so all i have to do to get farther away is just string another hose or two out. I only will park on concrete if i have to and never turn my tires, straight in and straight out. But Legally if he told u to park there nothing can be done. He saw the unit he understood that there was a trailer and equipment. Your truck weighs the same as some things that would normally park in someones driveway. Its not like you parked a 30K truck on it. But if you didnt get the go ahead i think u could be at fault. Cheap fix im sure and i agree with adrian and the rest of the guys for that matter. Good luck i hope you both come out happy. :grin:
 
I would blame the asphalt company...but, if the customer just took the lowest bid they got what they paid for and it's their fault...but, your truck did it, and perspective means a lot when a customer decides to do a little word-of-mouth! It might be worth going out and fixing it yourself, and apologize for the incident. That could be very cheap advertising if they tell their friends or a complete waste if they don't.
 
Thin asphalt + hot as hell + concentrated load = compression.....I'd say poor construction plus bad idea to park on it.

is your trailer 2 axle? Did the truck or trailer or both sink?

I do everything possible to stay off driveways.....mostly because of claims of oil leaks but also because our trailers are a cornucopia of cleaning agents just waiting for a little water to leave a clean mark where we park it.
 
Lou Zehnder said:
Just got a call from a customer from yesterday. He said my rear tires have sunken his asphalt driveway about 2 inches where it was parked yesterday. We were at his house from 1 to 5 yesterday. Temp 88-92 I am guessing. The drive was put in last year. There is no marks from the trailer or front tires.
Truck is a 3/4 and the trailer never had more than 200 gals in the buffer. I had to park on the drive because of the distance from the road. He also said on the phone today I pretty much had to park there because there was no where else to park.

So far he is not asking me to repair it because he wants to talk to the company that put in the drive. but later who knows....Do you guys think I am responsible for this?
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I was just taking to a new sales guy this is why are trucks never leave the street. Under no circumstance.

Good luck lou,

Last time we left street it cost me 5000 for some trees
 
Ron Musgraves said:
I was just taking to a new sales guy this is why are trucks never leave the street. Under no circumstance.

Good luck lou,

Last time we left street it cost me 5000 for some trees
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Damn ron those were some expensive tree's!. I still agree with all of you guys. And to the cpw guy good point. it would suck having to clean the whole driveway cause of a clean spot. Also the big trucks dont pipe their ccv gasses into the engine they dump it on the ground from a stinky dripping tube. idle it long enough and you will have a spot. So what came of that lou?
 
Do you guys know that on a new construction site you leave the pavement they will back charge 500 off on you. Never park on the property.

We do new construction in Scottsdale on homes the size of strip centers. We carry the hose to get it done.
 
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