Learning from Others Mistakes

I know I am going to be anal with my inspections. I have watched too many youtube videos of truck accidents.

The truck fires FREAK me out. The WI Commercial Drivers Manual that I am studying states that underinflated tires are the number one reason for tire fires, but from what I have read on this forum, bearings going out are the main culprit and my CDM never mentions that.

 

What I meant by running hard but legal, is I want to make sure I make the most of the 11 hours of driving, getting as many miles in that I can legally. I know there will be days that I will have to wait for loading, unloading or just get a load from dispatch. I can only sleep for 5-6 hours, so a 10 hour break is more than enough to gear up for a 14 hour day.

 

Thank you for that one. I never heard that tip before.

But I won't be geting a $30 from Wal-Mart. I had a bad experince from one going off when I should not have been. Had the furance inspected and it still would go off. My dad was a maintaince supervisor at a chemical recycling plant. He brought over a very expensive hand held computer and it could not pick up any carbon monoxide al the while the one I bought was going off. That was 17 years ago, maye they make them alot better nowadays.

 

I am curious why noone has mentioned hanging iron.