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Do ANY Prime drivers do their pretrips?

Discussion in 'Prime' started by dngrous_dime, May 19, 2016.

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  1. May 19, 2016 #1
    dngrous_dime

    dngrous_dime Road Train Member

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    I'm really beginning to think that none of them do, because if I had to hazard a guess, I'd say roughly 80-85% of trucks equipped with trailer tails are closed going down the road. Even a basic walk-around would be enough to pull the trigger and open them up.
     
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  3. May 19, 2016 #2
    blairandgretchen

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    What gets me is the trucks I see with all the trailer tail/under skirt/ this that and the other aerodynamic feature - blowing my doors off running 70+ I wonder what part of fuel consumption they're not understanding.
     
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  4. May 19, 2016 #3
    dngrous_dime

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    Definitely not Prime doing that.....lol, although I've read that the tails do more good at higher speeds???
     
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  5. May 19, 2016 #4
    truckthatpassesyouby

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    No way. It's the fat butt kw900s that break wind and cause all that wind break haha. Fuel guzzlers!
     
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  7. May 19, 2016 #5
    Dave_in_AZ

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    I have a question ( Raises hand ).
    Fortunately I have never had to deal with a trailer tail. Do they collapse by themselves at the end of the day?
     
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  8. May 19, 2016 #6
    dngrous_dime

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    If you back them into a dock door, yes.... :p
    I tend to park towards the outside of a truck stop lot, so the overhang isn't an issue, anyway. Just push them closed, even if you don't latch them.
     
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  9. May 19, 2016 #7
    alghazi

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    What's a pretrip?
     
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  10. May 19, 2016 #8
    Dominick253

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    The real question is if they know where the gas pedal is.
     
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    Dave_in_AZ

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    They drink the black blood of the Kali Mar and go into dark sleep, and never wake up.
     
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  12. May 19, 2016 #10
    scottied67

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    The better trailer tails self deploy at 35 miles per hour. When you turn the key, the truck does a self diagnostic pretrip so there is no need to waste time walking around. When self driving trucks come out, who will be there to pretrip them? This is why it is all done by sensors, it's safer anyways.
     
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