Fender mirrors

Discussion in 'Experienced Truckers' Advice' started by johnday, Jun 22, 2010.

  1. ironpony

    ironpony Road Train Member

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    "They" would be architects - and that kind of person is a twisted, mis-guided soul, elisted in the service of Lucifer. Engineers are merely over-educated working guys who received a lobotomy along with a college degree!
     
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  3. rockee

    rockee Road Train Member

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    I like fender mirrors. They might not look the best but they serve a purpose
     
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  4. lovesthedrive

    lovesthedrive R.I.P.

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    I learned to drive with the "Mickey Mouse" mirrors in CR England. Any truck I drove there after I felt naked not being able to use them.

    When my chance to own comes around, it will have those mirrors. I live by the rule "better to be safe than sorry".
     
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  5. Freebird135

    Freebird135 Road Train Member

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    i have always wondered about the mirror above the passenger window...i have never used it
     
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  6. Lil'Devil

    Lil'Devil Heavy Load Member

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    when you have drivers in your trucks you might reconsider the fender mirrors, I never had them on my personal trucks that only I drove, but I would not put my drivers in one without fender mirrors.
     
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  7. johnday

    johnday Road Train Member

    It's pretty much useless, unless like another poster said, to check the cap on the fuel tank on the right side!! I guess it's useful to see if your running board is clean or dirty as well.:biggrin_2559:
     
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  8. corneileous

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    I love them fender mirrors. I wish I had one on the driver side. If it can help reduce blindspots, im all for'em.....

    But I guess thats just the "rookie" in me talkin..... Maybe when I become an "elder" someday, I'll cuss things like that too........
     
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  9. Big Don

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    I flatly don't believe it. For ONCE you said something that I agree with. Does this mean the world is ending today?:biggrin_25523:

    I also preferred have the fender mirrors, though I didn't have them on very many trucks. I did have an instance where one of those little window mirrors came in handy though. Stopped at a traffic signal where there was construction going on in the intersection. I was going to have to sort of jig over to the right to get around the construction. Glanced in the window mirror and discovered that a bicyclist had stopped in the blind spot beside me. I would not have known he was there without that little mirror, and could have hit him as I was jigging right.
     
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  10. corneileous

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    Oh snap! I better hurry up and change my post because I can't have anybody agreeing with something I said..... Might hurt my reputaion on here as a rebel!:biggrin_25524:
     
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  11. GRAYMATTERS

    GRAYMATTERS Light Load Member

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    Well, Corneileous, I like them, too. In my book, there's no such thing as a "useless fender mirror".

    But, the real question here is........
    "Mirror, mirror, on the fender........ who's the best driver in mile-hi Denver?"
     
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