You're new, you're green, and they think they can blow this stuff by you.
If your shop thinks those tires are alright to run you need to bring it to safety's attention. If something went wrong and one of those rotten sidewalls blew out and caused an accident your company, and you, would be liable.
Don't take chances with this kind of stuff. If they insist you run with bad tires and shocks, start looking for another job.
The office many times will tell you whatever they think you want to hear, especially about safety. If their nice words and good attitude don't make it to the shop people it's all bs.
This tire needs to be replaced ASAP right?
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company that doesn’t want to do routine maintenance. I wouldn’t put up with that type of BS. It’s your arse if you get in an accident and your CSA score.JoeyJunk, Albertaflatbed, D.Tibbitt and 2 others Thank this. -
Is this dry rott or curb rash?Attached Files:
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Thats not neccessarily better, curb rash can just as quickly lead to a blowout because the sidewall MAY be weakened.
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All in, it looks like 4 drive tires have dry rot.
Now I'm starting to second guess myself. There is definitely fluid there. Is there a difference between leaking and "heavy misting" on semi truck shocks? It's definitely not dirt, it's black as night. The truck sways like a mother ####ers around curves and rides like ####, but Ive heard Internationals ride like #### in general. The truck is a 2020 with 350k miles, I doubt they've ever been changed.Attached Files:
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If the shocks have fluid running down them, they're bad. If they wobble when you grab them, they're bad. You shouldn't be able to budge them and they shouldn't be peeing down themselves like Mr. Beauchamp in Unforgiven.
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