Minimum landing gear clearance?

i heard somewhere there were grease fittings for landing gear
I'm just sayin

 

Yes but who GREASES anything now days they are DRIVERS not MECHANICS

 

yeah, no #### lol

i've got so many tools under my bunk there isn't really room for anything else.....full tool box, hammers of all sizes, crowbars, wire kits, a little bit of everything including a small grease gun for just that purpose....comes from growing up on the farm i guess where you had to learn how to fix things or be stuck out in the field with a long walk back to the house lol.....generally speaking my company does good maintenance but sometimes you get the odd one that's been out there awhile and hasn't made it in for a pm.....

lights, mudflaps hanging loose, stiff landing gear, bent door latches or catches....you name it i've had to do a little bit of anything out there that has saved a road service call and uneccesary downtime on the ####### elog.....

and was replacing a light once at a customer and saw the road service pull up to another companies truck the guy had called them out for the same light i was replacing on the trailer......no surprise it was a younger guy.....seems that's what the world is coming to now.....and no telling what they charged for that

company gave us a toolbox with lights, fitting, gaskets, all manner of minor items that we can fix on the road but there's too many guys out there that feel it's 'not their job' to maintain the small things they can maintain with just a little initiative and effort.

not saying anything about the OP or his original post and situation btw because I don't now him or his company and their policies.....just a general statement about the state of things out here.....but seems like those of us of a certain age and/or background and upbringing will jump in there and take care of these kinds of things (or even know about them to start with haha) and those of another generation, for the most part, would rather pick up the phone and have someone do it for them.

 

I sat beside a newer driver week or so ago he was waiting for road service to come out and FIX his air leak , ( glad hand seal ) had no idea of where to start looking. Tells me he was getting tired of the poor condition of his companies trailer as in the past week he waited twice for lights to be replaced and thats using up his hours costing him MILES.

 

lol yeah can't tell you how many of those gromments i've replaced.....one of our shop guy always hands me a few when i walk in the shop he knows i'm looking for more to carry with me....probably the one single item i replace most often

a little vaseline rubbed on them goes a long way to keep them from getting brittle and/or keeping a good seal if they're worn and you dont have any

just another one of those things they don't teach you in school hahaha

 

That is what I mean when I tell these new wannebee's that the older hands had more background to prepare them for trucking. These new guys have no mechanical knowledge, few abilities:smt102, and some have little common sense:smt096. They are clueless at times.
Some of the school graduates get upset when we try to explain trucking is a lot more than holding a steering wheel.

 

All so very very true , all my trucks have the required spares ( belts , lights , fuses , glad hand rubbers ) and the drivers know how to use them and are compensated for carrying out the small repairs , not asking them to do an inframe during their 34 hr reset .

 

Brake chambers and differentials are a bad gauge as they are directly over an axle and do not get closer to the ground when you go in and out of driveways or traintracks.

Crank them all the way up, the higher the better.I do not believe there is an actual regulation, more of common sense. If they are to low and a cop sees you scrape the road you certainly will have a bad day. Or worse you rip them off or bend them back. You will bewarded with a chance to find a new employer.

 

I used to pull a lowboy trailer that only sat 2 inches off the ground. You just have to pay close attention to anything that may get you hung. I have also pulled a container a few times that only had a 3-4 inches of landing gear clearance when hooked to the old Pete that we used on the yard. You just have to pay closer attention to rises and humps and when crossing railroad tracks.