Jake with the power divider on is a really bad idea. Power divider will increase your turning radius by a little bit, lockers even more. Use...
Hand over hand in a rapid fashion is required for skid recovery and spinners interfere with that when your monkey brain takes over during an...
In many states they are ok if you have handycap plates, but like hand controls, only in that case. I was indifferent on spinners until I went to...
Driving in areas that restrict engine brakes, or when trying to avoid lite brake pressure and heat soak, the fan is very useful. While I will...
Don't let the others get you down, if even experienced truckers were good at checking their tires it wouldn't be one of the top 5 OOS violations...
Actually this argument has more to do with how we teach physics in school and very little to do with reality. Problems are simplified into a...
While skirts seem like they would hurt they don't matter much because they are so low. Biggest thing you can do is to slow down if the wind is...
The problem with using the Johnson bar is that when you are on dry, straight roads you can get away with it, but on curves or in rain or snow if...
Old thread but: An engine running cooler than specified, (typically less than 190 degrees F) will affect EGR and fuel injection rates which will...
Many class B jobs do require or prefer class A drivers. Both due to the trailer needs mentioned above and often due to insurance requirements....
Modern emissions engines run hot, and of they don't you will have problems with those emissions systems. From the manual for the 2010 emissions...
3g shutdown is dramatically reducing cell coverage in rural areas unfortunately. Verizon reduce coverage in my home town of 15,000 along I80to...
On a loaded truck on hills greater than 5%, many can be downshifted with a shifter movement that is more like a synchronized transmission, but you...
They don't want you to stall the truck or need to wait for your clutch brake while trying to avoid an oncoming train which has no chance of...
At&t is worthless in Wyoming, Verizon is getting worse with the 3G shutdown an T-Mobile has never had good coverage. The weBoost units do seem to...
Note I said, drags, not pops. And no, while the spring takes 70psi to fully compress, the pressure that the spring applies to your brakes is...
With the note that if you pull it at about walking speed it may stop abruptly, but with a little speed it will stop in a controlled way....
I suggest reading 49 CFR § 571.121, and noticing that a brake application of 45 psi at a heavy weight being dangerous would make your "non-crap"...
Here is a diagram. [ATTACH] B: Emergency diaphragm D: Service brake diaphragm The most common air chamber size on drives and trailers is the...
Note how a typical 3030 air chamber has a diaphragm on the spring side that is the same size as the service brake? Note how the typical 3030 air...
