Let's Play Name That Part

I'd say that he's more qualified to train than most trainers that we hear people complain about in this forum.

 

I was asking a serious question. You have NEVER properly Pretripped a truck. You don't know what a shock is, therefore you cannot determine if there is a defect in said shock, or any other part under the hood, and yet you're a trainer. While it is admirable that you are trying to gain knowledge, I would think a year a go when you started driving would have been a better time to do that. Since you cannot tell a defective from properly functioning widget, you have truly put every member of the motoring public around you at risk, including friends and family members of TTR. Not only that, but since you are "training ", you are multplying that danger every time a student graduates, and then a year from now becomes a trainer. That is the cold hard truth, whether you like it or not.

 

What makes you say that? I'd say he's completely unqualified to be a CDL A driver by his own admission, much less a "trainer". However, if highflight is in Orlando this week, I'll show him every part of the truck and describe to him how it works and what to look for if it goes bad. In exchange, he can help me change out my front springs or wheel bearings on the tractor.

 

I gotta agree with what ^^^^^ that guy said.. I can't beleive it took that many post before someone did..First how do you pass your CDL pretrip test without knowing what ANY of those truck parts are? I know you get a cheat sheet with what your suppost to check, but don't you have to at least point in the general direction of said part? Then how do you train someone with No idea what any parts are? I"m glad you came here to learn but dang, I'm blown away

 

I don't think that it's fair to blame HIM - after all, his CDL school, DMV, trainer and safety director all found him competent to hold a CMV and work as a professional truck driver (and trainer). Four levels where he could have been stopped, and he passed all of them. While he might not know what a 'shock' is or a 'leaf spring', or a 'pittman arm', I'm sure he could tell if they were broken or not. The mechanic knows what those parts are, and will replace them if he identifies them as broken.

Having said that, give the guy some credit for filling the gaps in his education by asking questions. You would do well to assist him rather than attacking him for working hard to do the right thing. Your comments have added nothing positive to this thread. Just sayin'.

 

There's one in the first post of this thread:

http://www.thetruckersreport.com/tr...ivers/131546-proper-pre-trip-for-newbies.html

 

That might be difficult. The pre-trip inspection that my school gave out is 2 pages long. I suppose I could scan it for you if you're interested. It's basically the same as the one in the linked thread.