Strange or bizarre tips for drivers

This is very ingenius. Leave it to a trucker to think outside the box! Great contribution. Thankyou sir.

 

Getting ready to get started out in the business after the housing market killed my last job! That was a very good list of items that might be needed. I especially liked the one with the camera. I always have a camera.

I had the idea of with the way 4 wheelers drive around trucks that if such a thing is available to have a dash cam, something like the cops use. I think the video would put an end to the people who want to blame their accident on the trucker instead of admitting it was their own stupidity!

One more thing, I have been reading this thread for several pages and you guys are funny! Keep em' coming!

Anyway, thanks for the informative list,

chiefs83

 

Summer time is coming to an end soon and winter is not too far off. With the cold temperatures outside, wind, blowing snow, and ice, many drivers find their windshields fogging up and even icing up. When operating in these conditions first;
put on your coat
Put the heater vents to the floor setting
Next roll both of your windows down about 2 to 3 inches.
Leave your wipers off.

What this will do is equalize the temperature on the inside of the windshield as well as the outside. The snow will not stick to your windshield nor will ice build up on your wipers. The windshield will act like a force field against the snow sticking. Try it next time you are running in the snow.

The heat blowing on the floor will keep your feet nice and toasty and the jacket will keep your upper torso comfortable.

 

Yep... I'll second that!

As a former 40 year resident of Michigan, I can attest to that fact. Leave the heat off the windshield... it only melts the snow and clogs up your wipers. Dry, frozen snow blows right up and over.

 

Hmmmmmmm
I gotta remember those tips
for when it gets REAL cold,
about +40 degrees,
here in Southern Claifornia.

I freeze my patootie off in weather THAT cold. And when it gets Waayyyy down to +32 degrees, I don't usually attempt to venture outside --- until it gets above +50 degrees.
Man wasn't meant to be out in weather THAT cold.

Man-0-MaN!
I'm freezin' just THINKIN' 'bout it.
Burrrrrrrr!

 

An excellent example of good advice being passed on. We don't see as much of this as we should. Would really help the new guys starting out.
New versus old:
We used to raise the hood on the old Internationals, place a strip of wooden yard stick on the cowl, lower the hood on it. This gave you a slit
of hot air off the engine right in front of your windshield. Kinda like an outside emergency defroster. Use the whole yard stick and the passenger could see too.... LOL....

Joke:::: Anyone ever hear of the old guys telling the new guys back in the 50's to carry a jug of chlorox when going up north. Supposed to pour it on your tires to gain traction when stalled on ice. (Never tried it-May work.)

 

Here is a fueling tip some of you may know but others may not. Use a bungee cord to anchor the fuel pump handle to the tank (or step) when filling your fuel tanks to prevent the pump from "jumping out" of the tank and pouring fuel all over the ground.

I recently saw a driver take a diesel bath when he bumped the fuel dispensing hose while washing his mirrors. He was not a happy camper and I doubt his clothes could be cleaned well enough to wear again.

 

I know Simple Green does wonders on cleaning clothes that have been smoke damaged and it might work for diesel fuel as well. The only problem with these suggestions is most of us are on the road for several days to even weeks at a time. Storing Diesel saturated clothes in your truck is not advisable and the side boxes are not air tight either so you wind up with fumes in the sleeper (Been there done that). Normally the only alternative is to tie the clothes up in a plastic bag and toss 'em in the trash.