Why it is good to do a proper pretrip

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  1. Mountain Hummingbird

    Mountain Hummingbird Medium Load Member

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    I recently had a US express driver loosen one of my valve stems on my drives. He most likely does not do pretrips and did not think I would well he was wrong, found it, got out my trusty air hose , filled the tire, got him on video doing it. Also have the number of his truck and licence plate as well. Payback will be a #####, Jim and the boys will be looking for him.
     
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  3. Richter

    Richter Road Train Member

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    What did you do to him lol. But yea, always check your tires. Also always check that ALL 4 pins are engaged in your tandems. Check your airlines. This past Halloween some trouble makers were cutting the blue lines then taping them back up with packing tape. Unless you thoroughly inspected and test your brakes you wouldn't see it, but first time you use your brakes hard it would blow off and you loose your trailer brakes. Luckily the people noticed b4 it caused accidents.
     
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  4. TruckerPete1990

    TruckerPete1990 Road Train Member

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  5. saddleup

    saddleup Light Load Member

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    i have found leaking brake chambers, flats, lights not working, it never hurts to walk around every time you stop.
     
  6. kaygirl

    kaygirl Light Load Member

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    why would someone do something like that? it's not a harmless prank. it could get someone killed. i don't get it???!!!
     
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  7. missjhawk

    missjhawk Medium Load Member

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    I was in NC I was in fuel line it was pretty long I saw a flat bed pull into pilot turn around caz I guess line was 2 long he had 2 have stopped 4 at least 10min when that great trucker turned around he was riding on rims on his last 2 set of tires on his tandem and he had full load and those rims were destroyed I turned up CB I heard many drivers trying 2 tell him bout tires that dude kept on riding and couldn't believe it how could he not no he was riding on rims there was no tires left at all just metal when that driver kept on going the drivers I heard on CB was calling that driver all kind of names and they wasn't pretty I blew a drive and I knew it pretty quick I still don't get that 1
     
  8. Lepton1

    Lepton1 Road Train Member

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    When you have Led Zeppelin on with the volume turned up to "stun" sometimes it's hard to concentrate on little matters like your tires...
     
  9. bigdog4981

    bigdog4981 Light Load Member

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    Your dash cam can see your drives?
     
  10. Saddletramp1200

    Saddletramp1200 Road Train Member

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    Heavy haul, Ahhh, Tire pressure, bag pressure, GPM, RPM, looks like an airplane. I love it so.
     
  11. Mountain Hummingbird

    Mountain Hummingbird Medium Load Member

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    Nope but the side cameras can
     
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