What if it Snows?

No need. lol. My truck doesn't even have one.

 

Honestly, I've heard both. I think MIL is more common though.

 

Idk what an mil is either

 

Malfunction
Indicator
Lamp

 

Sheesh i need to go back to cdl school

 

No offense, but a general mechanics class would teach all that before a cdl school would. They'd most likely call it 'the engine light'. Lol. Don't beat yourself up

 

I always called it the service engine light and the check engine light for the other one. Why cant they just make a light that tells u what the problem is . Instead of a light that turns on when 1 out of 1000 possible problems have occured . Need to invent my own truck

 

In the early 90's with the original computer trucks you had a laptop with a serial port and the right diagnositc connector plus shop software to talk directly to the ECM, Engine control module.

IF there was a speed limit, you took that off. And put it back on before hitting company yard.

That got fixed, not just fixed but restricted beyond reason to where only the dealer has the computer and software to talk to ever increasingly complicated engines.

My life is divided between old iron days I fix it myself, or more accurately ######ig it to get down the road and the post ECM generation to today's computer crap to just a simple sentance to the shop repairman at the company...

"Its broke, fix it please"

whats matter?

"Thats for you to find out and for me to get the bill paid..." Hell if I know whats matter. Nor do I care anymore. Its broke.

IF the company suits or bosses started yelling at me for breaking truck, I tell them quiet. Your Truck's Malfunction does not a emergency make." Fix it please sirs. Its late already and not improving anytime soon.

And you wonder why they hate me so much sometimes. Such sass.... What do they want? Some person just holding the wheel in silence without making a federal case of a broken truck?

And if you did show up with a broken truck, they ALWAYS demand to know if truck will be ok. Never mind the worker human whose broken body is in the ER from that wreck or something. They never asked about my welfare. Never.

So I learn to get hard. And a little something dies along the way.

And people wonder why this industry is so bad....

 

Lol... Love it when you start seeing the signs 2 miles before the grade... "Steep Grade Ahead" Trucks use lower gear"... Then when you get to the grade it says "4% grade next 1/2 mile"... And its a straight shot down with a long straight run at the bottom... Not even worth down shifting for... Lol

 

Story of the east. Or actually the SONG of the east. Warnings everywhere 4% piddly grade hill. HA, I stand akimbo and LAUGH at that such supidity.

There is one downgrade at 4 miles about 6% or so give or take. That one we let the gravity take her. By stopwatch it's around 145 or so until the bottom. Takes air in both tanks down to about 40 PSI for the 80mph needed for that curve at the bottom. Otherwise if it's straight let her go she will run out soon enough.

HOWEVER. If you look west of Harrisonburg VA on US33 near Horsecamp River you will find a 10% that goes on forever. It has a hollow in it. You drop dead down into it with like about a 400 feet elevation loss in a 140 degree curve at 10 to 12% straight down. Mind you move tractor into opposing lane so you do not fall off the mountain. After checking that no one is coming up.

Or 13%ish at Luray Gap. I can go on. There are a few gems like that.

There is one road you dont put a semi on ever. I think that one is called the blue ridge parkway. A very wonderful drive. But today's 75 foot trucks would just only wreck and make a mess of everything.

With that said... I love the west. 44 mile downgrade? MOTIVATING. 14% down? KEWL. ICE snow and so on in wyoming? Awesome. Bring it. Eastern tumbleweeds get tired out west. Not me. I thrive on that.