Pretrip your trailer!!

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  1. Final Drive

    Final Drive Road Train Member

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  3. AModelCat

    AModelCat Road Train Member

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    At the end of the day, you get what you pay for. Pay crap wages, get crap employees.
     
  4. lovesthedrive

    lovesthedrive R.I.P.

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    Grin I have seen worse on the YouTube channel Bus Grease Monkey. At least your going to make it right. Isnt defferrred maintenance such a wonderful thing? (rhetorical)
     
  5. buzzarddriver

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    Just an observation i have made in the past 10-15 years. It seems a vast majority of younger people have no mechanical knowledge. Couldn't operate a screwdriver to save their life. Oh yes, they can work that phone or tablet like a wizard, but if it requires mechanical abilities, they just have a blank stare.
    I know we are in the "disposable" era. If it's broke, throw it away, don't try to fix it.
     
  6. aaronpeterbilt3787

    aaronpeterbilt3787 Medium Load Member

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    Isn’t that the truth......most mechanics now days are the same. If they can’t plug in and be told what to do, the vast majority have no idea.
     
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  7. mustang190

    mustang190 Road Train Member

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    That left handed crescent wrench can throw some off too.
     
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  8. JolliRoger

    JolliRoger Road Train Member

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    Yeah, next good downgrade will burn that right off.
     
  9. MACK E-6

    MACK E-6 Moderator Staff Member

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    Was there oil slung around the inside face of the tires?
     
  10. Chubby Fly

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    Doesnt surprise me. i used to always say "im an owner/operator" so obviously my truck is tight. Well as i went on in this bussiness, i found that 50 percent of the other owner operators i roll with dont work on their trucks or no squat about them. I was shocked. So its not just company drivers.
     
  11. FearTheCorn

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    We all know there are companies out there that would fire you for pointing that out. Some drivers don't have balls.
     
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