Bunk heat laws?

Taking the free play up only moves the clutch fork actuator against the fork. It’s not like a clutch in a car where the throwout bearing will start to spin if you rest your foot on the clutch pedal. If that were the case, mine would gave been burned up long ago. I rest my foot on the clutch pedal out of habit to keep the jake from engaging during shifts.

Look up in the inspection cover while someone lightly steps on the pedal to take up the free play, you’ll see what I mean.

 

I'm going to disagree,I've been working on heavy trucks since the 60's. Anytime that bearing starts to put any pull on the pressure plate,you are engagaing that bearing. Resting your foot on the clutch and taking out the freeplay is a bad habit. You drive yours that way,I'll drive mine.Almost 50 years of driving a semi,I never burned out a throw out bearing,but I have seen and replaced double disc clutches from bad habits and improper adjustments. Good luck.

 

Dude, go back to the terminal and get another truck or get a new job.

 

It is better to burn up a clutch or throw-out bearing than to freeze.

 

No need for that

 

Maybe not. But codling won't keep him from freezing.

 

Lmao ,Schneider always blames the bad communication on someone else. Its always the driver or customers.
I'll say I again, in 28yrs I have never seen such horrible communication as I've witnessed at Schneider, Roflmao.

 

Very easy. Find you a good tractor that will IDLE all night for you. They have like 15000 tractors to choose from.

For a company to say What can we do for you to stay is your affirmation (Which many never hear at all...) that you are valued.

When you get rested, your next phone call should be back to your Company and see if they can dig up a tractor that is not limited in idling etc because with that one question asking from you a answer this is the only time you will understand that you are indeed valued for the work you have done.

I think if they did issue you a new tractor that idles the way you like it all the time and everything works on it to where you understand it then I bet the work will continue as before but better without these long nights of trouble.

 

If someone hasn’t already mentioned it, try parking on flat surface and set your trailer brakes but release your tractor brakes. Dolly your trailer legs down if you’re concerned, just hope that nobody pulls your pin while sleeping lol.

As long as your tractor brakes are released, it should idle. I figured this trick out a couple years back in a no-idle truck. And even if you find something to hold the fuel pedal in, it’ll still shut down believe it or not so that trick doesn’t work, didn’t for me at least. So I tried what I wrote above and voila!