Logging Pretrip

Test your tractor protection valve by disconnecting the service and emergency lines to the trailer do not rely on the pop out valve on the dash. This item is only a valve like your parking brake mechanism on your car. and yes your instructor is right you should log no less than 15 minutes for a pre trip, the electronic 10 minute check will come back and bit your company during a compliance review.

 

Near as I can tell, Doyle is still in shock from seeing himself walk across the parking lot while he was sitting in the barber chair.

 

I don't give a #### what you think either. My problem is you passing your know-it-all information onto the group when you so far off base. Your one year driving experience must have been full of knowledge to where you soaked up many years experience in such a short time. Reading most of you your posts you always come across as complaining about the laws and the way the system works and it's a waste of time. You never give any solid links to your claims and all you do is spout out truck stop rumors. I've tried to be polite to you but i guess you just want to be billy big rigger and hey that's ok UNTIL you start spouting BS information about the rules and regulations. I'm sure there's plenty of professional drivers here to correct your statements so a new driver will not get into a jam . So I will refrain from wasting my time with you unless of course you come out with a major safety issue that's just as off the wall as this one is. Good Luck to you and I hope some day you open your eyes and start driving what is required from you and not what you've gotten by with.

 

Not the barber... the haircut guy......

 

Phorizac anytime you inspect a unit or trailer before you leave the yard is a PRE-TRIP INSPECTION. You do not know the rules and regs. There is 1000's of them. I suggest you quit driving since you believe you know everything and this makes you a dangerous driver.

 

I want to know what most of you guys would do in the pouring rain or like up here in MN when it gets to be -30 below with a -40 to -50 below windchill. Are you guys going to take 30-40 minutes to do a post trip on those extremely cold and dangerous days? I am not trying to be a smart ###, i just want your opinions. I know regardless of the weather, we still have a job to do, but we also can't freeze to death.
Also from what i gather, a post trip is more in detail then a pre trip. What exactly is every driver supposed to check after he gets off the road? I would like a list, cause you could take a lot longer than 30 minutes if you wanted to be thorough, but when do you draw the line as to what to look for? We are drivers, not CV inspectors by trade. Yes we have to run legal and safe, but looking over every hose, nut, and bolt just isn't possible every single day. I had an inspector tell me one time that i had 2 air lines on 1 brake can that were touching. They weren't chaffed or frayed, but just touching. Well come to find out the separator for the 2 lines was there but it had vibrated back up the lines to where it wasn't doing its job anymore. I just moved it back down and it was a simple fix, but are we supposed to check these little things everytime we get out of the truck?

 

We were told that a driver should check the 5th wheel release before starting off from a break, because someone may have pulled it to watch you drop the trailer as you pull away.

 

....seriously, i watched this happen once. After i saw that, i check it every single time i lose sight of the truck. You do not have to get under the trailer to check it, you can lean your head in from right behind the landing gear.

 

just do a tug test one of my few good habits, I always do a tug test, I don't care how many people think I just tried to pull away with the trailer brakes still on

 

Most drivers dont do it at all.

I only pre-trip my truck. My companys log system only logs a pre-trip therefore I only do a pre-trip

I figure the pre-trip on the next day is my post-trip for the day before, but whatever.

if i drop a trailer i check it and make sure its ready for re-use, but thats just part of dropping a trailer and i dont log it seperately. My company is pretty strict on trailers being usable or damage reported when a trailer is dropped. Doesnt matter if it was something like that when you picked the trailer up, or if you didnt do it, even if its just a light. A lot of times they can have a service truck come out and change a light when its at a drop yard, etc.

I do my pre-trip but its not all that thorough. We aren't inspectors. We're only expected to check for obvious things. You don't do a full FHWA inspection every day on the truck.