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Discussion in 'Experienced Truckers' Advice' started by irritated, Aug 31, 2015.

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  1. Sep 4, 2015 #21
    PayCheck

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    Well it depends, do you you need to list it? Does your company do dac reports? If they don't and it wasn't reported to the police then it never happened.
     
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  3. Sep 4, 2015 #22
    Vilhiem

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    The issue there is that it can take a while for things to show on your dac.

    So if he doesn't list it, he's lost his job later on if the officers involved finally decide to file that report.
     
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  4. Sep 4, 2015 #23
    irritated

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    The applications I've seen all say "regardless of fault". The company does do report to DAC. Neither incident was reported to the police.
     
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  5. Sep 4, 2015 #24
    irritated

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    I can't argue that. You're absolutely correct.
     
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  7. Sep 4, 2015 #25
    irritated

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    I'm going to show how stupid I am, by asking this question, but here goes. If the bridge is 13"6 and tractor and trailer is 13"6, how can you go under it? Is it measured wrong?
     
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  8. Sep 4, 2015 #26
    Vilhiem

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    Most tractor-trailers are 13"3 I thought.......
     
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  9. Sep 4, 2015 #27
    S M D

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    Depends on the trailer but I want to say standard are 13'5 and the sign 13'6 on the trailer means if you go through anything over 13'6 is going to become a flatbed
     
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  10. Sep 4, 2015 #28
    ChaoSS

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    I don't understand trailers that have their own height printed on them. There's too much variation in fifth wheel height to be able to do that.
     
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  11. Sep 4, 2015 #29
    Vilhiem

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    Sure, except the height of the back wheels doesn't change.
     
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  12. Sep 4, 2015 #30
    MACK E-6

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    No, but the height on the drive axles varies considerably. Fifth wheels come in different heights, and some people run 24" wheels when they really shouldn't.

    If one buys a used tractor specced to pull a tanker and he wants to do containers or reefer work with it, he may have some issues. :)
     
    MACK E-6, Sep 4, 2015
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