My Pre Tripping Method

I say "do it right or don't do it at all."

Furthermore try to educate others and explain why you shouldn't take chances with your physical health by doing stupid things such as' kicking tires, jumping off of a dock, jumping out of a truck. All of these activites will injure the driver sooner or later and take him off of the job. Youth doesn't last forever and neither does that "indestructable" feeling we all had as younger men.

 

Many moons ago,

pretripping consisted of,

washing down your LSD with Boones Farm Strawberry wine.....................

 

I don't remember the 60's, do you????

 

A real trucker can hear if anything is wrong and just knows. Who needs to pretrip!

 

I haul gasoline and we all do our pre-trips just like our post-trips. I've not hired drivers on a road test because they could not show me the minimum steps to satisfy §392.7. You'll not only be safer by doing a very close inspection but you'll save time and money. I know a driver that is the only driver on that truck knows more about the truck than anyone but there are many road hazards that break parts. A good example are the axle seals. Another is a proper air leak test. Seals and hoses fail all the time and if you catch them before they cause major damage then you're way ahead of the game. But the OP is right, a proper pre-trip is the most safety item not done right.

 

Ah, you were there then!

 

Was I?

I just don't remember.

 

AMAN to that! ^^^^
Nothing worst then seeing a guy doing a pre-trip inspection on the island and taking that extra time from a fellwo trucker who is waitting behind! I cant stand those fockers!
Like he said, fuel island should be just for that! Fuel and glass cleaning, everything else do it elsewhere!