That is what the maintenance coordinator and my dispatch supervisor tell me. I drive in Illinois and have plenty of experience with icy roads where trailers fish-tail and and the drives can spin out from under.
I discovered my IDL was not working last week when I got stuck in ice and observed that only one wheel was spinning. To my surprise, the lady who sits in the office with no mechanical training or driving experience told me that: "we don't want drivers to use it because they break and we don't want to repair them". ...Wow
According to Teamrunsmart.com (Freightliner's forum for authoritative answers about their equipment) what causes damage is not engaging the lock and allowing one axle to spin out.
Dispatch and Maintenance strongly resisted my efforts to make an issue of this and would not, at first allow me to speak with anyone in authority about my safety concerns. But I persisted. I put in writing "for documentation" that I was not being allowed to get a repair, that I was pressured to drive into a blizzard with out this safety feature and included authoritative citations from Freightliner.
The next day I got a call from the owner of the company who said, basically, "yeah, go get it checked out". He is no slouch on Freightliners - he owns 600 of them and specs the truck himself - but called his Meritor rep to get clarification on the info i provided and advised me how to have it properly tested. I feel better now.
As I pointed out to my dispatcher: In the office, safety is an administrative concept; in the truck, safety is a personal and immediate reality.
Inter-axle lock ..."Eh, you don't need it"
Discussion in 'Experienced Truckers' Advice' started by dogtrucker, Jan 26, 2015.
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