going on in the Tar Heel state we rolled thru there on wed.they was pulling everyone in the scales and the DOT cops was passin out a pamplet stating a air brake check starting on mONDAY Sept 3rd and going all week,please dispatch keep me out of the Tar Heel.

 

Thanks for the heads up, Dawg!! I drive out of the Tarheel state, and I don't know WHY they don't have Prepass!! I clear 90% of the scales coast to coast, but have to pull in in my OWN state!! :twisted:

I have had to write my truck up for the SECOND week for the parking brakes failing the tug test! (They SAID they adjusted them.)

I'll be sure NOT to leave the yard this week unless it passes!

Thanks, again!

 

the good part about our dispatch is not forcd so i could refuse next week,yeah when i saw other side all backed out onto the hiway i knew they was doing something special chit going on,have ur chit in working order.save some headaches

 

They must be doing their own thing, because the CVSA Nationwide Brake round-up ended yesterday (9/1/07).

 

 

Instead of doing all ya can to avoid the state, just make sure your brakes and air system are up to snuff. If you pass, dont they give you something so you can avoid multiple checks?

 

my truck is upto snuff cause the company i drive for require's the truck's to get DOT'd every 6 month's no exception's to anyone no matter who you are
just had a DOT done even the state of VA liked it :wink: besides if something is not right with the truck safty wise it dosen't move that simple maint.cord.is called his prob. then.

 

Countryhorseman said:

Ooops!!! You CAUGHT me! :lol: ops:

Heck if I know!!! I have a shop that maintains my truck EVERY week when I bring it in. My pretrip is a bit anemic! :lol:

I DO check the slack adjusters, and I DO a tug test. But, I DON'T do a "lab test" or "pump down" every week! All that will tell me is if the alarms are working, and I know they ARE! I don't usually turn on my windshield wipers and heater during a pretrip, either! Nor do I toot my horn! I guess I SHOULD do all this..... but..... :shock: :lol:

IF doing a pump down test somehow FINISHES the job of "adjusting" the brakes that my shop was supposed to do..... then I'm not aware of it. Sorry.... I went to a CDL Mill!! :shock:

I'm not a mechanic. I'm a driver. I do enough of a check on things to know when something isn't right or safe. But, I don't know a selfadjusting slacker from a "shop" adjusted slacker!! :lol:

I don't work on my REEFER, either! But, I know when it's not working right! That's when I CALL a mechanic to fix things.

BTW, I DO know HOW to adjust my brakes, (and have done so a time or two,) I just don't consider it my job (unless in an emergency situation.)

I never claimed to know everything about trucks or trucking, so.... if you can tell me something about how doing a lab test "adjusts" my brakes.... I'm ALL ears! Thanks!

Hobo

 

Self adjuster's are supposed to activate every 50 brake strokes, according to one shop supervisor I know. Now...how does a piece of metal count 50 brake strokes?? :shock:

 

I don't know..... but the way my co-driver drives, they should be well adjusted before I ever leave the YARD!!! :shock: :lol: