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yzar78 · Jul 30, 2017

TripleSix said: ↑

Dispatcher "forced" you to run illegal or tired.

Myth. Unless they held your family hostage at gunpoint, you cannot be forced by some one sitting at a desk.

If you were FORCED by a deskjokey to do something dangerous or illegal, you are either braindead or spineless or all of the above and should not be operating anything bigger than a Smartcar.

If you can 'man up', you are not a Man.

EDIT: If you rest when you're supposed to be resting (not playing video games or pocket pool, or watching TV, or on the phone), you shouldn't have aby issues with running the miles you need to do the job that you said you would do. We are all adults and your parents arent on the payroll.
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I hear you and agree. thanks for the advice. BTW i literally copied and printed your answer to the topic (Tips to avoid trouble with DOT) will keep your answer as reference to me on the road many thanks

yzar78 · Jul 30, 2017

Allow Me. said: ↑

some slang you'll hear often.
"yard stick" (mile marker)
"fuel" (diesel fuel, NOT gas)
"gross" or "heavy" (loaded weight)
"coops" (state scales)
"chicken lites" (Marker lites on your equipment)
"coloring book" (log book)
"Lot lizard" (working girl/prostitute)
"lumper" (hired grunt that unloads your trailer)
"com check" (way to pay a lumper/mechanic/fine)
"the house" (your home)
"zipper" (the broken white line between two travel lanes)
"19"(the most common CB radio channel)
"Smokey" (Cop"
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exactly what am looking for many thanks bro

yzar78 · Jul 30, 2017

Kyle G. said: ↑

There seems to be a myth that if you come upon an open scale house, you should slow to a crawl. The reasoning as far as I can tell is so that other trucks will pass and enter the scale ahead of you, thus filling it up and allowing you to bypass.

Do NOT do this. While there is a tiny miniscule chance it might slightly benefit you for a minute, it really creates a big cluster #### behind you and is just plain stupid dangerous behavior. And it is just based on fear. Fear that the DOT man is sitting in that scale house, waiting to prey on innocent truckers like you. Not true. Just follow the laws, keep your truck clean and legal, and read and follow the signs in the weigh station. Do not panic when you enter the scale. Too many people panic and go way too slow. Again, this creates a big cluster behind you and is very annoying to the few of us who try to do it right. Follow the posted speed and following distance and you will have nothing to worry about.

If you stop on that scale and they tell you to pull around and park, again don't panic. You didn't necessarily do anything wrong, it could just be your turn for a random inspection. This is why it pays to always keep your truck in good (and clean) condition. Just follow their directions, keep your paperwork neat and organized (and know where all your paperwork is, you would be surprised how many people don't even know where their truck registration is), and be courteous and respectful. The DOT man will do his job and send you on your way. There are probably a lot of threads on this issue already so I won't carry on too much here.

There is a lot more I could tell you, but honestly the best way to learn this stuff is experience. Don't go into this feeling like you need to know it all right off the bat. Good luck!
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Thank you so much

Old Man · Jul 30, 2017

To be serious 3 things you need to know
No Parking is not a code word for trucks park here, it means no parking.

All trucks use left lane or no trucks left lane is what it means,

One more thing, construction speed limits are to be obeyed, don't matter if Billy big rigger is pushing you, screw him ,it will be your fine and driving record.

yzar78 · Jul 31, 2017

Old Man said: ↑

To be serious 3 things you need to know
No Parking is not a code word for trucks park here, it means no parking.

All trucks use left lane or no trucks left lane is what it means,

One more thing, construction speed limits are to be obeyed, don't matter if Billy big rigger is pushing you, screw him ,it will be your fine and driving record.
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thanks man will keep that in mind.

TaterWagon#62 · Jul 31, 2017

One place I load I have to back around to my left through a clearly marked "No Parking Zone". I am the only driver who loads from this tank and invariably, some driver who is waiting for a dock or an off load spot parks their truck right in my way.

I give them hand signals and they move usually. But it gets old.

One day a driver pulled in and parked in the zone as I was getting in my truck to pull out through the zone. He should have seen me getting in the truck as he pulled up and realized I would have to go through him.

He was intently staring down at his clipboard doing his paperwork at the wheel. I slowly pulled up to the front of his cab and stared at him. He was too engrossed in his paperwork to notice.

After about a minute I gave him the air horn. Everything in his lap erupted upward hitting the roof of the cab and then raining down on him.

He looked at me for a second apparently confused and then slowly started backing out of my way.

It's the little things...

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