How does a student driver go about getting a new mentor???
#112
10-19-2008, 12:57 AM
Dawn is an anti-grease agent for washing dishes. It miight work well for getting grime off the windshield. But... it is the LAST thing I would use on the tandem rails.
What you need on those rusty rails is GREASE! Or, at least silicone! It makes absolutely NO SENSE to me to use a solution that breaks down grease on rails where you WANT them to be greased up and sliding easily! If they put grease in a can, I would buy it and spray it on my tandem rails! I would NEVER use an anti-grease agent like Dawn on my rails! Are you crazy? :rolleyes: There's no special "trick" to this, dude. When you get a trailer that is rusty, you spray the rails with WD-40 or something like it. Works like magic, and you can slide the tandems with ease. We've been doing it for years! The day I spray my tandems with a combination of Windex and Dawn (both designed to reduce grease) is the day I hang up my keys! :rolleyes: Thank you for the picture of the spray can, will have to look for that. GolfBum, please tell me where i can send you a little bottle of this stuff so you can spray it on your rails, so you can quit.
#113
10-19-2008, 02:59 AM
Yeah, dude! Send it to me in care of the next truckstop AHEAD of you down the road! I'm sure your "mentor" can explain to you how to use the postal service! Lol!
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#114
10-19-2008, 10:08 AM
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Yeah I always carried WD-40 and a grease gun ... Howeer I never used it after first getting assigned a new tractor to loosen the fifth wheel pin and grease it's pins/tracks for possibe future use .
#116
10-19-2008, 02:12 PM
well guess what, the idea for using that on tandem rails came from my mentor. Besides, i can count on one hand how many times i have seen grease on tandem rails. ZERO. They are almost always rusty and dirty looking. And if it IS there, it is in such small amounts, I cannot see it.
Thank you for the picture of the spray can, will have to look for that. GolfBum, please tell me where i can send you a little bottle of this stuff so you can spray it on your rails, so you can quit. Does your trainer use Dawn on his fifth wheel, too?
#117
10-20-2008, 08:56 AM
I just might end up on Wal-Mart dedicated. They pay you as loaded miles even when you come back empty with one of their trailers. But some of their stores are still so old, like last night, we had two stops, and they had to be unloaded with a pallet-jack in the trailer and a forklift on the ground. I know i know....that is "old school" or that is the way it was done 200 years ago....but still might be worth the headache if i get paid loaded miles when i am empty. =)
by the way, in case anybody ever tells you that you can decline loads due to weather. don't listen to them, and don't even try declining a load just because it'll have you going through some snow, driving on ice, and so on. the pre-plan will be shot back and your dm will be messaging you. the only way to do that is to get on with the container division that goes from phoenix to long beach and back. but, you have to be based out of mira loma/fontana, or phoenix.
#118
10-20-2008, 06:16 PM
but Syncrosonix wait, his mentor hasn't taught him how to drive on snow and ice, but wait again, i guess his mentor will tell him on the phone how to drive on ice, but wait his mentor will also say that he can get on the Wal-Mart Dedicated account no matter wait, his mentor also says that Swift's Volvo's has 600 HP and 13 speed... his mentor also says that he can make 100,000 dollars a year...his mentor also says that he will be the greatest truck driver alive.. His mentor also says that you can drive 15 hours a day, hell you can drive as long as you want long as you don't get tired... yup his mentor said all of this
Kev, get the clue, no one likes you on this thread, you have shown your a know it all little punk, just do us all a favor, keep you and your mentor's home trucking remedies to yourself, and just disappear!!
#119
10-20-2008, 06:59 PM
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Speedway Indiana
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While slightly on the topic of window cleaners. What kind of miracle window cleaner brand/concoction is there that works the best. I love clean windows that have been thoroughly RainXed. RainX is a lifesaver for night driving.
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#120
10-20-2008, 07:03 PM
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Speedway Indiana
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Heh heh HB. Since when has anyone ever cared about what will happen when the next driver is unfortunate enough to be assigned the piece of crap trailer that you have just gotten rid of.
 
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