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PURE gold!!! Thanks

 

I CERTAINLY HOPE NOT!!!!!!

 

I look at cleaning the trailer like the toilet seat. She lowers it and leaves it, I raise it and leave it. I don't leave large debris, but I don't sweep out every mt I drop. If I pick up and mt I clean to the level the shipper requires.

The only time I sweep out after unload, is scrap unloads, where the receiver wants to recover all the scrap from the trailer and requires sweeping before they sign the BOL - then I mac a partial unload, loose product removal.

 

The point I was getting across was their are other things they need to worry about than thinking these elogs going to make the trucking world immune to accidents, driver falsify logs etc. The drivers they need to worry about falsifying logs are the o/o running their own authority, they are not required to get elogs, how by us getting elog going fix what those drivers are doing?

We all hear them all the time bragging about they have two log books or just rip a page out etc. This one I heard about 3 months ago and I still can't figure it out. One driver say he hasn't seen his log book in 6 MONTHS. If he is doing that imagine how many more of them doing it. A swift driver would not get away with that. Obviously we are not the problem but they using the so called solution on us.

 

I agree, with making sure everything is good with the trl and so on. I had situation where I drop a loaded trl at a customer with a flat tire and send a break down mac with the trl number and location and onroad send someone out to fix it.

 

Lets not forget the drivers that either forget or do not know how to use the dump valve on the tractors, and when you go to hook up a 43k trailer and the trailer is about 1 inch above the 5th wheel, and it is pouring out. I can understand when dropping in a dirt lot and the ground might be higher, and the loaded trailer is moved to a paved area, but when dropped on paved, their is no need.

 

The trailer may have been dropped empty and then loaded. Pressure on the suspension and tires lowers the rear, which, with the fulcrum effect of the unmoving landing gear, raises the nose.

The trailer may have been moved.

The truck that dropped it might have a higher ride height than yours.


Get a 4x4 about 3 feet long. Lower your air suspension. Place the 4x4 on either your fifth wheel or your frame if the frame is high enough. Raise your suspension. Wind up the landing gear that is now off the ground. Lower the suspension. Remove the 4x4. Air up your suspension. Hook to the trailer.

Or, just wind the trailer down with the handle set in the lower gear. It's much easier to lower the loaded trailer a couple of inches than to raise it.

 

The last Prostar that I drove had a lower 5th wheel height than most other trucks. Nine times out of ten, I had to lower the landing gear a couple of cranks when I wanted to hook to a trailer. Oh well, a little exercise is a good thing right?!

 

Couple of cranks?
My prostar, it's often 20 cranks in low gear 'cause it's so heavy
just to get hooked.
I used to think it was the yard dogs messin' with the Swift drivers.
Finally figured it was the prostar.
Glad to hear your confirmation.

 

It would be good if your last 8 day reset to zeros when you take a reset like on paper (instead of still showing last 8 days hours)