New Loves gimmick?

Discussion in 'Experienced Truckers' Advice' started by KANSAS TRANSIT, Aug 23, 2015.

  1. magoo68

    magoo68 Road Train Member

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    I got a level 1 a few years ago guy next to me was asked to open hood on his Volvo he didn't know how to do it .. The officer was pissed when he found out driver had that truck 3 months
     
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  3. scottied67

    scottied67 Road Train Member

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    My trainer at Swift was a 7 year veteran of trucking and a new lease operator for the last 9 months before I got on his truck. Checked the oil and the dipstick was dead dry. He said these engines can run OK up to 3 gallons low. Talked him into reluctantly putting one gallon in-- he was against it because he was due for an oil change the next week and didn't want to 'waste' $18 bucks on new oil that would end up being drained out.
     
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  4. PackRatTDI

    PackRatTDI Licensed to Ill

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    I didn't know how to open the hood when I first got hired at Munoz. Granted I asked right away lol...
     
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  5. PackRatTDI

    PackRatTDI Licensed to Ill

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    I guess he wanted a new engine
     
  6. KANSAS TRANSIT

    KANSAS TRANSIT Road Train Member

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    Most of the drivers today couldn't climb in that cabover.
     
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    KANSAS TRANSIT Road Train Member

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    Nah, you never HAD to check the oil, just put a gallon in every time you stopped.
     
  8. KANSAS TRANSIT

    KANSAS TRANSIT Road Train Member

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    I know, right, lose a parking space doing that!!! LOL
     
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    KANSAS TRANSIT Road Train Member

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    Just in case you can't tell, I just got home.
     
  10. TheHodag

    TheHodag Light Load Member

    That's funny as hell. I handed my line to a driver a couple of weeks ago at the I95 scale in Dumphries, VA because he had just been placed OOS due to 2 (not one, but two) completely flat tires on his drives. He walked over and asked if I had a line - Always willing to help a guy out, I hand him mine. 20 minutes later, I'm ready to roll and I walk over to his truck and he is still standing there with the air line glad hand in his hand staring at his trailer - he looked at me and said "I don't know how to use one of these".

    It's getting scary out here. Some of these guys are dumber than a bag of rocks.
     
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  11. rookietrucker

    rookietrucker Trucker Forum STAFF Staff Member

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    Believe it or not, Dysart's truckstop in Bangor Maine still has full service. You get a free meal with so many gals of fuel purchased. Right on I-95 when you come into Bangor. Nice people and decent food.
     
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