Hey guys, looking for some advice on dealing with my insurance.. Just to set the scene, i work in the export business and i keep my boat at work outside on a trailer.
While poking around outside today i noticed the front of my trailer on the floor with my electric tongue jack folded in half beneath it.
I went back to the DVR and observed a tractor trailer from next door come to make a u turn on my side of the building. My security guard was busy sleeping in his vehicle(6am) in the middle of the parking lot causing the driver to have to do a 4 point turn so to speak. With him making 2 of those points he slammed into my trailer twice! Pushing the boat into one of the closed bay doors. Luckily my swim platform is above the dock, but one of the props got slammed into the metal dock leveler and bent the prop, also gouging the dock leveler. The drive took a pretty hard hit and now im concerned about it down the line. The electric jack up front is bent in half, and the tounge is messed up because i can no longer get it to open./...
You would have thought that the sound of the trailer slamming into the concrete would have woken the security guard up, nopeeeee. after a few more attempts the driver woke him up to move out of the way so he could maneuver the trailer out ( didnt mention anything about hitting my trailer, and i know he felt it cause he hit it HARD)
Has anyone been in a similar situation? Waiting for the shipping line to get back to me with the driver information. Hopefully he will want to cooperate. I want to give him a chance to do the right thing so i have not reported a hit and run as of yet.
While poking around outside today i noticed the front of my trailer on the floor with my electric tongue jack folded in half beneath it.
I went back to the DVR and observed a tractor trailer from next door come to make a u turn on my side of the building. My security guard was busy sleeping in his vehicle(6am) in the middle of the parking lot causing the driver to have to do a 4 point turn so to speak. With him making 2 of those points he slammed into my trailer twice! Pushing the boat into one of the closed bay doors. Luckily my swim platform is above the dock, but one of the props got slammed into the metal dock leveler and bent the prop, also gouging the dock leveler. The drive took a pretty hard hit and now im concerned about it down the line. The electric jack up front is bent in half, and the tounge is messed up because i can no longer get it to open./...
You would have thought that the sound of the trailer slamming into the concrete would have woken the security guard up, nopeeeee. after a few more attempts the driver woke him up to move out of the way so he could maneuver the trailer out ( didnt mention anything about hitting my trailer, and i know he felt it cause he hit it HARD)
Has anyone been in a similar situation? Waiting for the shipping line to get back to me with the driver information. Hopefully he will want to cooperate. I want to give him a chance to do the right thing so i have not reported a hit and run as of yet.