Good deal goes VERY bad:

On the way to the Exide recycler today. Within a mile of the place on a six lane highway and looking for the street to turn onto. Looked back to see a line of cars in front of me stopped at a red light. Had to brake hard (thanks for trailer brakes or it would have been worse). Even though I had the load strapped down and blocked in with 1x6's, two tons of batteries shifted forward and broke the 1x6 and going all the way forward on the trailer. One fell off but I didn't know it till I turned off to inspect the damage and counted the batteries. Saw the battery on the side of the street, but couldn't get to it and couldn't have lifted it back on the trailer, anyway. Called the police to report it and went on to unload. Another one was broken and leaking, so went from 4096 pounds of batteries to 3518. Went back to get the one that fell off and it had completely busted - the plates were out of the casing. Loaded the up to take to Exide as trash. Fire Department said they'd just wash the street and it'd be like it hadn't happened. Asked if I was getting a ticket from the police. Apparently not.