Rookie driving tip # 5

Discussion in 'Experienced Truckers' Advice' started by striker, Jan 27, 2015.

  1. striker

    striker Road Train Member

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    Always carry more than 1 spare key..............go ahead, ask me how after 17.5 yrs of driving I figured this one out :biggrin_255:


















    (side note, I CAN recommend a good locksmith in Cheyenne, Wyo.)
     
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  3. icsheeple

    icsheeple Trailing the Herd

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    I've always carried a lock pick set in my wallet. It's paid for itself many times over now.

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  4. Ruthless

    Ruthless Road Train Member

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    Oh? Does the local locksmith give you a discount for providing your own tools? Lol I wouldn't know what to do with a pick kit.
     
  5. rank

    rank Road Train Member

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    I know a guy that locked both doors of a T600 KW at a TS. He called a locksmith LOL. I guess when the locksmith showed up the KW driver next to him showed him how to open the bunk door.
     
  6. Cranky Yankee

    Cranky Yankee Cranky old ######

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  7. brsims

    brsims Road Train Member

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    Have locked myself out of ervery truck I've driver since 1998. Always have multiple spare keys somewhere. On my belt, in my wallet, squirreled away on the truck itself. Plus the key that never leaves the ignition.

    If someone wants to steal my truck, they are gonna steal it no matter what I do. At least I can try to limit the damage they do when they steal it. And maybe get it back without a destroyed ignition or trashed dash.
     
  8. Balakov100

    Balakov100 Road Train Member

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    I carry one on a Necklace.

    Paid a locksmith once. Never again. :D
     
  9. skyviper73

    skyviper73 Heavy Load Member

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    Yup, I have a key in the ignition all the time, another key is in my pocket every time I leave the truck. The only time I locked myself out of a truck, I got a heavy gauge piece of baling wire from another driver and threaded it through the wing window and pushed the electric door unlock button with it.
     
  10. rickybobby

    rickybobby Road Train Member

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    I have my key on my dog tags and I have a spare zip tide in the battery box.
     
  11. DuesyJ29

    DuesyJ29 Light Load Member

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    I learned this lesson on a negative temperature night in Indiana. Got out of the truck while it was running to go to the bathroom and when I went to get back in realized I had gotten out minus everything!! Phone, keys, wallet, all of it!! The lady in the truck stop let me use the phone to call home and get someone to look up my company's phone number. I called them and they sent a locksmith an hour and a half later. From then on I kept a key on a hook on my belt loop. Worked like a charm.

    MS
     
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