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drvrtech77 · Oct 24, 2025 at 1:42 PM

Proper way to take your exit ramp..

supersnackbar · Oct 24, 2025 at 3:17 PM

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Proper way to take your exit ramp..

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You've heard of the "Smith System", that's the "Oh Spit" system

trucker-chase · Oct 24, 2025 at 3:58 PM

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@supersnackbar talked with the guys at the fuel island this morning, and we started talking about the TPMS system. They have on these test trucks the 50 of them and they said they’re not gonna be going to those assistance play wide because it takes too long to change tires with them because they have to turn around and recalibrate the system, but they don’t have the program on hand and Freightliner won’t let them have it so it takes 2 to 3 hours to change a tire with that system on it so according to the shop, they’re not going with them
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My ‘24 Peterbilt has internal TPMS on all its tires. When they work, it’s a nice feature. They also monitor temperatures. I had a drive tire sensor quit out on me in Texas. Truck thought the tire was so flat it was pulling a vacuum!! Read -6 psi in the dash LOL. Gave an emergency warning the whole way down to FL to the yard. At least I could silence the alarm before I started rolling. Also had it freak out over some drive tires getting too hot in NE traffic. Parked and let them cool, and it settled down

supersnackbar · Oct 24, 2025 at 4:01 PM

Just got off the phone with DeLand. Apparently they got the message that I was having issues with the detention form app the other day. She said that there was some sort of network issue, and since both my phone and the tablet had the same issue, it probably had something to do with that. She connected to my tablet remotely and cleared the cache data, then I went back thru the detention form and everything worked like it should. Leave it to me to pick the worst time to do something.

drvrtech77 · Oct 24, 2025 at 4:13 PM

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Just got off the phone with DeLand. Apparently they got the message that I was having issues with the detention form app the other day. She said that there was some sort of network issue, and since both my phone and the tablet had the same issue, it probably had something to do with that. She connected to my tablet remotely and cleared the cache data, then I went back thru the detention form and everything worked like it should. Leave it to me to pick the worst time to do something.
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Technology you gotta love it lol

drvrtech77 · Oct 24, 2025 at 4:23 PM

Got my next pre-plan at Lexington, Nebraska going to Sumner, Washington

Bumper · Oct 24, 2025 at 5:56 PM

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Got my next pre-plan at Lexington, Nebraska going to Sumner, Washington
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You going to get up there before the snow hits?

drvrtech77 · Oct 24, 2025 at 5:59 PM

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You going to get up there before the snow hits?
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Yeah… it’s expected to snow Sunday 4 to 8 inches on cabbage, but I won’t be there until Monday morning sometime

MACK E-6 · Oct 24, 2025 at 6:51 PM

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Got out of the shop by 17:30 last night, and so far my air pressure hasn't done the random dropping, so hopefully they corrected the issue the 1st try. Got a load this morning, pick up in Grand Island after 0230 tonight, drop part of the load in Alcoa, TN on Monday, and final out in Lenoir, NC on Tuesday. 1302 miles by noon on Tuesday. And the most surprising thing, I found an available empty on the Lincoln yard.

Went to fuel at my 1st fuel stop (Lincoln) before heading out and....my fuel card was still shut off even though I had been dispatched on my load. And of course, they decided to do the fuel island truck inspection on me (and everyone else) even though I just had the truck inspected (and the trailer isn't due for a couple months).

Leaving the Lincoln terminal today, ye ole' chariot decided to miss a gear. Pulled out on the road and started to swing to the left and it had to try 3 times to make the shift. And on my way to deliver the other day in Commerce City, it decided that throttling up to down shift wasn't necessary on one downshift...it just jamshifted into a lower gear. 188,300 miles on this thing and I am waiting to see transmission parts coming out from under it one of these days when it decides to self terminate. Junkliner at it's finest!!!!

Oh, and I haven't seen the fuel solution include any reefer fuel yet. Guess it isn't my fleets turn yet.
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But, but…

Automatic transmissions are supposed to be the greatest invention since beer.

ncmickey · Oct 24, 2025 at 8:21 PM

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My ‘24 Peterbilt has internal TPMS on all its tires. When they work, it’s a nice feature. They also monitor temperatures. I had a drive tire sensor quit out on me in Texas. Truck thought the tire was so flat it was pulling a vacuum!! Read -6 psi in the dash LOL. Gave an emergency warning the whole way down to FL to the yard. At least I could silence the alarm before I started rolling. Also had it freak out over some drive tires getting too hot in NE traffic. Parked and let them cool, and it settled down
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TPMS on my Cascadia liked to throw out alarms all the time. Like this one where my tire was suddenly -40 degrees….

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