No it's true honest! There is an 800 number where a driver can call the US Marshals and have them come do an investigation and shut down a carrier for not giving a driver this blinker fluid!!
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Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by Arizona Man, Mar 22, 2018.
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Salt Lake City,July,on a Sunday. Woke up at the Flying J. The reefer wasn't running. Code was for unable to start and charging system. I jumpstarted it but it would only run for five minutes before dying. System wasn't charging because of a bad alternator. Thermo King was closed on Sunday. They wanted over $1000 to open up and replace the alternator. I said "F THAT". I ran my 20 foot cables from my truck to the reefer. I secured the cables so that I could run like that. I got to Las Vegas on Monday and had the brushes replaced for around a hundred bucks.
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Well sir I highly commend you for getting that load delivered and saving your company big $$$. However the average company driver is not going to do that. Besides most company's that are in the reefer service have contracts with TK to get these reefers going 24/7. This was discussed in another thread several months ago.
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This subject has got to have hundreds of threads on this website. However honestly today with the way these carriers are I think the only real things a driver needs is a few simple handtools, flashlight, A roll of duct tape, some bungee cords, a few replacement bulbs and/or wiper blades and some spare gladhand gaskets, both thick and narrow.
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Jumper cables are good to have. We carry a set in every truck and they get used.
But, how many guys, especially the younger guys, would know how to hook up a set of cables from one truck to another? How about hooking from a modern truck to an older Freighliner with a positive ground? Could they jump start from a truck to a dead piece of machinery like a Cat or a grader?
Most of the guys in this thread seem pretty savvy but they're the exception to the rule. Most people would wind up creating a disaster, a fire, or burning up the electronic gizmos in the newer trucks. -
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REO6205 Thanks this.
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If I were to do it on todays electronic stuff I'd want a mechanic to show me or tell me what not to do.
Any of you guys ever cross-jump the solenoid on electronic engines?
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