Millis OTR journal

If any of you guys are going to be heading south on the WV Turnpike, be very careful going down that hill before the Camp Creek exit (mm 20). They're working on that bridge and have traffic down to one lane. Been a couple mile backup the last couple of times I've gone through there and the aroma of cooked brakes has filled the air.

 

So my one airline that goes to the trailer, collapses inward especially on those Wabash trailers with those spring loaded glad hand connectors. Every time I use my trolley brake I have to then hop out and I unkink my airline because the trailer brakes lock up. I hate those plastic airlines they put on the trucks now. I might go out and buy the rubber ones for my next b service.

 

Yeah those things are garbage. Never had any trouble out of mine but I kept expecting it. A set of the rubber ones only costs around $50 if I recall, so that might be money well spend.

 

Hey, I've got a question for you guys about backing into a space without lines after dark. What do you use to guide the trailer in then? I had to do that in a gravel lot with lights that didn't give me enough to see whether the trailer was straight or not. I put a flashlight on the ground (it was too dark to see the glove I put down) and it helped but it still wasn't easy. I was backing between 2 empty spaces, and that helped and didn't help at the same time.

 

I press the brakes so I can see. On and off on and off all the way to the dock.

 

I'd imagine one of those lasers would be beneficial in this scenario

 

Yeah, I was imagining the lasers the carpenters use but it still took too long

 

I needed something like that in Rochester. I just took my safety vest and threw it down on the ground as a marker and that seemed to work until I got used to that wretched place.

 

That's a great idea, thanks. That's about as much light as I had to work with them too, that gray gravel blends in so well there it's hard to see just where things are

 

You can also use your flashers to see how close you are to a dock when backing at night.