Learning from Others Mistakes

I know I am going to be anal with my inspections. I have watched too many youtube videos of truck accidents.

The truck fires FREAK me out. The WI Commercial Drivers Manual that I am studying states that underinflated tires are the number one reason for tire fires, but from what I have read on this forum, bearings going out are the main culprit and my CDM never mentions that.

 

Kind of well on the subject, make sure to get yourself a carbon monoxide detector for inside your truck cab. It looks just like a smoke detector. You can buy them at WallyWorld for about $30. If you ever have an exhaust leak it could save your live!

 

Always better to Learn from the mistakes of others. You can't possibly live long enough to make them all yourself!

 

I can't? Darn.

 

What I meant by running hard but legal, is I want to make sure I make the most of the 11 hours of driving, getting as many miles in that I can legally. I know there will be days that I will have to wait for loading, unloading or just get a load from dispatch. I can only sleep for 5-6 hours, so a 10 hour break is more than enough to gear up for a 14 hour day.

 

Thank you for that one. I never heard that tip before.

But I won't be geting a $30 from Wal-Mart. I had a bad experince from one going off when I should not have been. Had the furance inspected and it still would go off. My dad was a maintaince supervisor at a chemical recycling plant. He brought over a very expensive hand held computer and it could not pick up any carbon monoxide al the while the one I bought was going off. That was 17 years ago, maye they make them alot better nowadays.

 

Well, nothings says you can't try!

 

I am curious why noone has mentioned hanging iron.

 

cause noone likes doing it

 

How many truckers die of CO2 poisoning a year?...I'm going to guess very very few...Any Pilot shop, as in airplane pilot(over 6000 small airports in country) you can buy a tiny CO2 detecting patch that sticks to your dash or by your bunk, I've used them in planes for over a decade...Most CO2 issues will start as a small leak unless something catastrophic occurs, these lil patches will change colors at a very low level and I think they cost about $1...So again, the odds are you're going to wake up everyday but no need to spend money on something, and the batteries it needs, when you can get plenty of protection for pennies!..Just a thought....