Snapped drive shaft

Do you own the truck?

If not, drive it it like you stole it!

 

I hated starting from a hill if I was heavy.

 

Sometimes trailer brakes take a half second or more to release once you get off of the brake pedal. Also could be your clutch does not have a very smooth release. Also could have been a u-joint was failing and weak (probably would have felt a weird vibration at road speeds)

 

I've never snapped a drive shaft but I imagine is costly to fix isn't it?

 

I'm occasionally guilty of this in my 4 wheeler. I usually shift to 5th too soon. On flats I normally hit 5th at 45 mph. on a hill I really need to stretch that out to 50 or 55 (depending on grade) or just stay in 4th until I hit the top. There's not tac in my 97 escort so I don't know how much room the gears Actually have.

 

Or they panic when they feel the truck start rolling back, and they jam in into gear. Or they dump the clutch because they're starting off in too high a gear.

 

I've been out here 30+ years. Not once have I seen a driver crawl under a truck to "check the drive line components" during a PTI. It's not a practical matter so don't sweat that. That's what the shop guys are paid for.

Too many drivers today are too fat to physically be able to crawl under a modern fleet truck even if they had to.