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Jumbo · Joined: 27 Aug 2006 Posts: 712 Location: Northern Wisconsin

Can anyone answer me this? How in the heck can anybody drive down the road with all that stuff piled up in their windshield? Now I don't mean just a map or your bills, but from one door pillar to the other with stuff. How does the defroster even do anything. I don't keep my truck spotless
on the inside but I passed one guy last week going to a shippers gate and
I counted 4 fast food bags 2 log books a big bottle of pop(or soda whichever you perfer) a truckers atlas and it looked like enough loose paper to start a forest fire. How do other drivers find anything?

BigDiesel · Posted: Mon May 12, 2008 5:06 pm Post subject:

What do you think the rest of the cab looks like ..... :lol:

I wonder who gets redlighted for an inspection first ??? :lol: :lol:

Rev.Vassago · Joined: 04 Apr 2006 Posts: 5182 Location: Green Bay, WI

I love seeing trucks parked at the truckstop that the driver clearly moved all his crap from the sleeper to the passenger seat just so he could sleep.

Orangetxguy · Joined: 23 Jan 2007 Posts: 1471

Rev.Vassago wrote: I love seeing trucks parked at the truckstop that the driver clearly moved all his crap from the sleeper to the passenger seat just so he could sleep.
:twisted: :twisted: :twisted:
Actually...seeing it disgusts me..but to each his own !!! 8) 8) 8)

Why can't they just throw the crap away? After all...the fast food joints give them bags for free!!! :lol: :lol: :lol:

Double L · Joined: 26 Sep 2007 Posts: 899 Location: Southern Illinois

I'm not so much a neat freak but I'm a very organized person. If I get this job with the garbage company then if I run a log book it'll be up in the cubby hole, my bills will be on a clip board in the windshield or passenger seat and my little milage book I'm gonna use to write down milage will be in the hole in the dash that are on the Mack Vision/Granites if mine will have one. My truck will stay clean INSIDE and OUTSIDE!!! I feel a clean truck is a happy truck but seriously I rather roll to the landfill or jobsite in a clean truck which will mean at the end of the day I'll end up washing the truck before heading home! This is if I get the job and everything works out which I think it will! :D 8)

Uturn2001 · Posted: Mon May 12, 2008 7:10 pm Post subject:

Never understood it myself.

Quote: I wonder who gets redlighted for an inspection first ???

Back in CDL school our classroom teacher was a semi-retired DOT certified cop. He told us that the keeping the cab of your truck organized and reasonably clean as well as keeping your log book entries neat will do more for keeping the number of close inspections down than anything else you can do.

LEO's figure if you take the time to keep the truck clean and your log entries neat that you are more likely to see to the major items.

I have seen this scenario played out many times as most experienced driver probably have.

Drew10 · Posted: Mon May 12, 2008 7:56 pm Post subject:

Your not a neat freak....Sometimes I think I am though. Inside of my truck is always clean. Cant stand tracking anything in. Outside gets washed as often as my dispatch gives me truck wash PO. (I generally request one every 2weeks).
Only thing on my dash board is my eyeglass case and pack of smokes. I dont even let dust settle on my dash :D

BIG JEEP on 44's · Posted: Tue May 13, 2008 3:52 pm Post subject:

I go over the interior in the morning for dust ,and before bed ...everything must be folded neat and in it's place carpets straight and fre og lint or dirt ...I casrry a windex bottle full of water and sray the floor and wipe with a rag to remove any foot mark ...And I spay orange scented air freshner 2x daily ...Evem my weights uner the bunk have to be neat and in order,and I can't even see them from ...I clean as I go never let anything sit dirty if it gets messed I clean first then go I think I spend 1 hr every 24 hr day cleaning .

Double L · Joined: 26 Sep 2007 Posts: 899 Location: Southern Illinois

Glad to see that there are still drivers who like a spotless truck and keep them clean.

stormothecentury · Joined: 31 Dec 2007 Posts: 131 Location: Rochester, NY

I clean everything when I park the truck on Friday - dust the dash, clean all the glass inside & out etc. I don't get too nuts with the floor - our trailer lot is mostly dirt, so it just gets dirty again anyway. I've got a bootbrush on my step though, which helps alot. But the only things I've ever got on my dash are my bills for that load, my coffee cup and my iPod.

kingoirish · Joined: 30 Apr 2005 Posts: 14 Location: MN

Jumbo, no you're not a neat freak, just a responsible individual who takes pride in his job and equipment.

I also keep my dash clean. There is nothing on my dash at anytime. I keep my glasses, cellphone, cigs, etc... in the small cubbyhole above the drivers seat.

Before retiring for the night, I use my electric razor and am clean shaven for the following day. I put a clean shirt on every morning.

Several years ago(1999) I was pulled over at a weigh station in CT. They were doing random logbook checks. An older CT trooper stepped up on the steps of my truck. As he was doing this I pulled out my log book and BOL and held them in my hand. He looks in my truck, including the dash, and then takes a good look at me. He asks, "How's everything going? Any problems?" I replied, "No, everything is going great!!! It's a beautiful day to be driving!!!" He then states, "Anybody with such a great looking truck and with such a professional appearance and attitude, must be in compliance. Have a great day!!!" I thanked him and wished him "A Great Day" and he waived me thru.

MESSAGE: If you present yourself in a professional manner, conduct yourself in a professional manner, and keep your equipment in professional appearance, in turn, you'll be treated like a professional.

Drew10 · Posted: Tue May 13, 2008 6:03 pm Post subject:

Quote: MESSAGE: If you present yourself in a professional manner, conduct yourself in a professional manner, and keep your equipment in professional appearance, in turn, you'll be treated like a professional.
That is the key to being treated as a Professional and with Respect. I keep myself clean and truck clean inside and out for myself....getting throught the scale house unscathed is one of the perks. :D

Phreddo · Joined: 13 Jul 2006 Posts: 98 Location: Madison, WI

I try to keep the clutter to a minimum, but i don't live in my truck either.
My old trainer would make me take off my shoes in the truck. That was a little too much for me.
I'm not a diligent duster, but I like to keep things in order and be able to find what i need to find.
but i'm also a bit of a pack rat, and i tend to let a bit of mess build up before i clean it up. otherwise it feels like i'm doing a lot of work for a little bit.
now, if i'm on the road for a while, and i have some downtime, i'll do some cleaning. but if i'm home on a regular basis, i don't want to spend more time in the truck than i have to :/

Jumbo · Joined: 27 Aug 2006 Posts: 712 Location: Northern Wisconsin

Rev.Vassago wrote: I love seeing trucks parked at the truckstop that the driver clearly moved all his crap from the sleeper to the passenger seat just so he could sleep.

I saw that also. It looks like they made a sunshade out of garbage.

Walking Eagle · Posted: Tue May 13, 2008 6:46 pm Post subject:

I keep inside and outside clean when on the road but start letting it slide about three days from getting home. Have to or GFriend Gkids would be real pi$$ed I didn't hire them to clean it out and wipe it all down :D :D

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