What do you actually check on a pre-trip inspection?

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  1. Kyle G.

    Kyle G. Road Train Member

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    They also grease the slider pins.
     
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  3. Sons Hero

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    Unless of course, you have grease hubs, then you need to add supersized auto inflate lines, so the grease can flow back and forth just like oil. The best way to tell if you have grease or oil in your tires, is to have a blowout somewhere on the highway, then ask the LOVES man when he changes the tire.
     
  4. SmallPackage

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    It’s best to keep the grease on the tire treads. It generates less rolling resistance and can yield higher mpg’s. The tires will run cooler which in turn causes them to last longer, perhaps a couple 100 thousand miles longer. It does however have one major drawback. It makes it almost impossible to slide the tandems. Unless a wheel is bent enough to act as a wheel chock.
     
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  5. Last Call

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    I don't have sliding tandems
    So i hooked my up to to lube the fifth wheel
    I had to put a metering valve on. It took some experimenting but I have have it set to lube the fifth wheel after 1431 right or left turns ..
     
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  6. Sons Hero

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  7. buzzarddriver

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    Boat hooked up - check
    Cooler full of beer - check
    Another cooler full of food - check
    Can of Red Wigglers - check
    Pre-Tip done.
     
  8. Old_n_gray

    Old_n_gray Road Train Member

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    Can you please draw a diagram of what you described with a piece of paper and a crayon? Asking for a fiend. :cool:
     
  9. SmallPackage

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    “Red wigglers. The Cadillac of worms”
     
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  10. SmallPackage

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    Do you want a blue truck or red truck in the requested diagram and which one do you prefer to have the grease hubs and which one for the oil hubs?
     
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  11. Old_n_gray

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    Should we start a new thread? :eek:
     
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