72 Hour DOT CHECK

I even removed my standby 7" RM GPS from my windshield mount just for them. Now if they just don't find that 3/32" drive tire tread depth and start looking more closely...

 

You can bet on seeing red and blue in your mirrors in Michigan, Indiana, and probably Illinois if the coops are closed. Michigan has so many in-road sensors and they're all computer-connected to the MSP commercial vehicle cars. They'll be a-lookin'!

 

I was stopped one night when I worked for a regional carrier driving an old Columbia because the sensors weighed me in at 120,000 lbs. I told the officer that if I had that much weight on, the truck wouldn't even move. It didn't sway his opinion and I spent an hour of my time at a special place he led me to. The last thing he said before he left is, "I guess the computer needs to be reset."

Ya think? I was light at 71,000 lbs.

 

IL, MI, IN, WI has started early. Those cats are on fire with roadside inspections. Cant imagine how much worse they will be when the 72 hour hits. Yikes.

 

I'm in Iowa now waiting for a load from The Weekenders. Hopefully, it won't be in that direction just yet...

 

And the major problem is the name on the side of my truck in big black letters. I'm pretty sure with our CSA scores, it will be like a DOT eyeball magnet. Fortunate, I'm a compliant driver, so I'm not that worried about my part of it. The truck is relatively young (just over 260,000 miles) so I'm not so worried about that, either.

But there is that one drive tire that's right at 3/32 tread depth. As a former FAA supervisory safety inspector, I know that finding one borderline item can lead the inspector to take a closer look at the rest of the machine; no mechanical beast is totally without problems, especially when there is a major inspection effort underway.

We will see, I guess.

 

Denalidad Roadcheck is random to help them get a idea of where the industry is at safety wise .. You might pass 20 coops and never enter or get inspected at 3 straight .. Computer decides not officer .. IMO if they want a true indication of where we are at safety wise DONT announce roadcheck just do it .. Hard to catch the bad boys if they are on vacation lol

 

Wisconsin- watch out at the large nice rest areas ... Any time of day or night ... Saw one parked there at 4 am last Wednesday ... Just quietly watching the trucks and cruising behind/around the trucks looking for a target ...