What if it Snows?

Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by Dave_in_AZ, Mar 19, 2018.

  1. tramm01

    tramm01 Road Train Member

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    Better hurry cause at 1900 MST it’s getting shut down cause there’s a Papa Murphy’s Papa’s Favorite in the oven
     
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  3. JolliRoger

    JolliRoger Road Train Member

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    Ah, excessive force of rated pull or failure to allow for graduated break in. 10 pound's, and increments of 5 till rated value.
     
  4. Cowboyrich

    Cowboyrich Road Train Member

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    Accidental dry fire? I did that once.
     
  5. tramm01

    tramm01 Road Train Member

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    Nope— shot 15 before it and the 16th — #### happened on the 16th
     
  6. IH Truck Guy

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    Why,to see it wildly swinging from side to side because the driver didn't have the touch on the remote? Lol
    All you need to know is it got loaded and delivered and nobody died.... hahaha
     
  7. MACK E-6

    MACK E-6 Moderator Staff Member

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    Sounds like the trailer door problem I’ve been having lately.

    It started with a cable breaking. The shop replaced both, to their credit. However, the failure lies with leaving the springs so loose they wouldn’t hold the door while facing uphill. This doesn’t fly when trucking in the flatlands where 99% of the docks are those that you back down in to.

    Then, another issue reared its ugly head. The left side spring started sticking, which has roughly the same effect of a cable breaking. One time while I was cleaning and jerking the door up, that left spring popped and instantly sucked the cable right up.

    It happened again today, and this time I stopped by the shop after I rolled back into the yard to show them. Fortunately, not only did the original issue remain but when the spring popped this time it tore the cable bracket clear off the face of the door right in front of the mechanic.

    Maybe now it’ll finally get fixed right.
     
  8. Oxbow

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    Seriously, I'm not sure how you got the neck under that thing unless you had the front end of the tracks up on small blocks and then backed off of them. Maybe your neck works a bit differently than ours.
     
  9. austinmike

    austinmike Road Train Member

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    What happened ?
     
  10. MACK E-6

    MACK E-6 Moderator Staff Member

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    I didn’t know what you were talking about at first, but after looking at his picture again it dawned on me that the leading end of the machine would be pointing downhill after getting it on the deck.
     
  11. 4mer trucker

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    He did enjoy his Wings
     
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