True that you learn something new everyday in trucking

NewNashGuy · May 10, 2012

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You can do the same thing if your kingpin gets stuck. Tap with a hammer. Also, especially in Volvo's if the kingpin gets stuck you can drop and fill the airbages a few times and this helps.

There are a ton of little things out there you can do and learn that help in your day to day struggles! One of my more favorite ones is the dry erase markers. Use them to write your directions, phone numbers, mileage, fuel stops etc... on the windshield or side window. (just don't roll the window down) This keeps your eyes on the road and saves you from having to find a paper and pen. Comes in real handy if you get phone call and have to write something down quick! If you use darker colored markers you can actually see the writing at night too!

Another classic is switching your reading lamp bulbs with red or blue bulbs. This way you can run at night with them on and they won't blind you. Also a very good way to help keep you awake.

Another one of my favorites was to buy a 6 x 6 piece of carpet from Walmart and cut it to lay on the floor in my cab. For under $20 you have a nice carpeted floor! Every three months or so I would just throw it out and by a new one!

Last but oh so not the least, I would find mudflaps that drivers threw in the dumpster and I would cut them up and use zip ties to wrap all my hoses and wires and such to keep them all from rubbing on other stuff. Very common for them to rub and break and leave you stuck in the middle of nowhere! You can also use pieces of radiator hose too! Just cut down the middle, slip over what ever it is you want to protect, then zip tie. Don't by cheap zip ties either guys! Spend the extra few cents and by the good ones!

Hope this stuff helps.

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Yeah I remember when you gave us this great advice before chompi and I made sure to follow it. I actually use the dry erasure to make sure that I transflo or mail in letters that I keep forgetting about. I also like to right it up top near the visor so it is in my face to a point where I cannot wait to take care of the task so I can get that stupid writing off of my window

My truck comes with red blub and clear lights but even the clear ones are not blinding. I actually went to Big Lots and got a microfoam bathroom mat that stays super duper soft and like using that to keep my feet nice and sunggy especially in the sleeper area.

AM77 · May 10, 2012

Mine were once stuck so bad that even hammer wouldn't help. Shipper would not load the trailer unless tandems were all the way back. (Forklift driver was required to get out and check if tandems were back).
So, I ended up taking the whole set up apart in order to slide them back and repeated the same procedure once loaded to get them adjusted.
It was in the middle of the winter and sucked big time.

sevenmph · May 10, 2012

AM77 said: ↑

Mine were once stuck so bad that even hammer wouldn't help. Shipper would not load the trailer unless tandems were all the way back. (Forklift driver was required to get out and check if tandems were back).
So, I ended up taking the whole set up apart in order to slide them back and repeated the same procedure once loaded to get them adjusted.
It was in the middle of the winter and sucked big time.
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You must be an o/o. Company trailer, I'd have been telling them to send a service truck out to fix the trailer. I hate winter.

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