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Most of the new DOT regs are designed to place pressure on smaller carriers. Lots of consolidation going on in the trucking biz.DOT regs on hazardous material transportation are brutal and the insurance companies are demanding every protection keeping them from having to pay out. The companies are being beat to death just trying to meet all the demands placed on them.I have a friend in Rapid City, SD who is an oil speculator. He says that oil fields in SD, ND, OK and TX, to name a few states, can't find drivers because they can't pass drug tests.
Been there done that, the oil companies want to micromanage "independent truckers". Safe and legal isn't a good enough standard for them. I had no problems with the drug tests, I got fed up with the BS after 6.5 years. You have to be on drugs to put up with it.
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We lease through Penske, and they keep us on top of all the new fetishes of DOT cops. Their new thing is to check for spare fuses. If you don't have spare fuses in the cab, you're going to get written up. It's completely stupid.
I maintained a full complement of spare fuses and relays when I drove, in fact I still have them in the truck and haven't driven commercially for 7 years.
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It's easy to get more Plumbers, Electricians, Welders. Just pay them more.Many "un-named sources" say............IF they had more Plumbers, Electricians, Welders etc. They could use them now.
Well child, if you knew anything about securing loads you'd know the working load of a 4" strap is 5000 pounds. BTW I was in a crash that totaled my truck and trailer, nothing on the trailer or truck wound up on the road, everything stayed in place with 2" straps.
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How fast was the crash, what did you crash into. I've seen loads thrown about the highway, sometimes killing incoming drivers because they weren't tied down with big enough chains or straps. Saying your company requires more restraint than you feel is necessary is like when Ford said the gas tanks of the Pinto were o.k. in a crash.
It's easy to get more Plumbers, Electricians, Welders. Just pay them more.Many "un-named sources" say............IF they had more Plumbers, Electricians, Welders etc. They could use them now.
I do local deliveries and two 500 lbs boxes is almost considered being empty. You'd never know they were on there by the way the truck pulls. If I had that kind of load (and I do get similar loads) I wouldn't secure them with anything. The only possible way for them to leave the trailer is if I flip over or something.
I was driving a 3/4 ton chevy with a 30' goose neck and doing about 30-35 when a 1 ton tuck ran a red light. It took them 45 minutes to cut me out of the truck
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How do you know what the drivers claim? If they suspected their loads were going to break loose, don't you think they would have stopped and corrected the problem, or do you imagine a drivers wants to have a great big black mark on his driving record?I do local deliveries and two 500 lbs boxes is almost considered being empty. You'd never know they were on there by the way the truck pulls. If I had that kind of load (and I do get similar loads) I wouldn't secure them with anything. The only possible way for them to leave the trailer is if I flip over or something.
I'm in NY, and the highways are constantly snarled with traffic because of truck accidents. So I know a thing or two about trucks losing their loads. And the drivers always claim they didn't suspect their load would break loose.
It's not the accident, but the cleanup that takes hours.
It's easy to get more Plumbers, Electricians, Welders. Just pay them more.Many "un-named sources" say............IF they had more Plumbers, Electricians, Welders etc. They could use them now.
Well child, if you knew anything about securing loads you'd know the working load of a 4" strap is 5000 pounds. BTW I was in a crash that totaled my truck and trailer, nothing on the trailer or truck wound up on the road, everything stayed in place with 2" straps.
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How fast was the crash, what did you crash into. I've seen loads thrown about the highway, sometimes killing incoming drivers because they weren't tied down with big enough chains or straps. Saying your company requires more restraint than you feel is necessary is like when Ford said the gas tanks of the Pinto were o.k. in a crash.
I do local deliveries and two 500 lbs boxes is almost considered being empty. You'd never know they were on there by the way the truck pulls. If I had that kind of load (and I do get similar loads) I wouldn't secure them with anything. The only possible way for them to leave the trailer is if I flip over or something.
How do you know what the drivers claim? If they suspected their loads were going to break loose, don't you think they would have stopped and corrected the problem, or do you imagine a drivers wants to have a great big black mark on his driving record?
Most of the new DOT regs are designed to place pressure on smaller carriers. Lots of consolidation going on in the trucking biz.DOT regs on hazardous material transportation are brutal and the insurance companies are demanding every protection keeping them from having to pay out. The companies are being beat to death just trying to meet all the demands placed on them.Been there done that, the oil companies want to micromanage "independent truckers". Safe and legal isn't a good enough standard for them. I had no problems with the drug tests, I got fed up with the BS after 6.5 years. You have to be on drugs to put up with it.
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We lease through Penske, and they keep us on top of all the new fetishes of DOT cops. Their new thing is to check for spare fuses. If you don't have spare fuses in the cab, you're going to get written up. It's completely stupid.
I maintained a full complement of spare fuses and relays when I drove, in fact I still have them in the truck and haven't driven commercially for 7 years.
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I've been doing this 25 years and never had to replace a fuse. If something goes wrong, I take it to the shop and let them mess with it. It should be drivers option and not a requirement that they can write you up on.
And those newspapers said the drivers were lying about why their loads came loose?How do you know what the drivers claim? If they suspected their loads were going to break loose, don't you think they would have stopped and corrected the problem, or do you imagine a drivers wants to have a great big black mark on his driving record?
Hello. We have newspapers. The reporters report on major accidents, because so many of their readers want to know why they were stuck in traffic so long.
And those newspapers said the drivers were lying about why their loads came loose?Hello. We have newspapers. The reporters report on major accidents, because so many of their readers want to know why they were stuck in traffic so long.
So how do you know it wasn't?And those newspapers said the drivers were lying about why their loads came loose?Hello. We have newspapers. The reporters report on major accidents, because so many of their readers want to know why they were stuck in traffic so long.
They didn't accuse the drivers of anything. They showed pictures of the load strewn across the highway (sometimes into oncoming traffic) and a statement from the driver that his load was properly tied down.
Most of the new DOT regs are designed to place pressure on smaller carriers. Lots of consolidation going on in the trucking biz.DOT regs on hazardous material transportation are brutal and the insurance companies are demanding every protection keeping them from having to pay out. The companies are being beat to death just trying to meet all the demands placed on them.
We lease through Penske, and they keep us on top of all the new fetishes of DOT cops. Their new thing is to check for spare fuses. If you don't have spare fuses in the cab, you're going to get written up. It's completely stupid.
I maintained a full complement of spare fuses and relays when I drove, in fact I still have them in the truck and haven't driven commercially for 7 years.
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I've been doing this 25 years and never had to replace a fuse. If something goes wrong, I take it to the shop and let them mess with it. It should be drivers option and not a requirement that they can write you up on.
I tend to agree, I only replace one once and it didn't solve the problem, the computer went out and had to be replaced, it was considerably more expensive than the fuse.
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Mostly they make the regulations because it keeps DOT bureaucrats employed.Most of the new DOT regs are designed to place pressure on smaller carriers. Lots of consolidation going on in the trucking biz.
We lease through Penske, and they keep us on top of all the new fetishes of DOT cops. Their new thing is to check for spare fuses. If you don't have spare fuses in the cab, you're going to get written up. It's completely stupid.
I maintained a full complement of spare fuses and relays when I drove, in fact I still have them in the truck and haven't driven commercially for 7 years.
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I've been doing this 25 years and never had to replace a fuse. If something goes wrong, I take it to the shop and let them mess with it. It should be drivers option and not a requirement that they can write you up on.
I tend to agree, I only replace one once and it didn't solve the problem, the computer went out and had to be replaced, it was considerably more expensive than the fuse.
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They make these idiotic regulations to create more reasons to nail a driver on something. A few years back it was expired fire extinguishers. Now nobody ever looks at them when you get stopped.
Well child, if you knew anything about securing loads you'd know the working load of a 4" strap is 5000 pounds. BTW I was in a crash that totaled my truck and trailer, nothing on the trailer or truck wound up on the road, everything stayed in place with 2" straps.
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How fast was the crash, what did you crash into. I've seen loads thrown about the highway, sometimes killing incoming drivers because they weren't tied down with big enough chains or straps. Saying your company requires more restraint than you feel is necessary is like when Ford said the gas tanks of the Pinto were o.k. in a crash.
I do local deliveries and two 500 lbs boxes is almost considered being empty. You'd never know they were on there by the way the truck pulls. If I had that kind of load (and I do get similar loads) I wouldn't secure them with anything. The only possible way for them to leave the trailer is if I flip over or something.
I drove a hot shot rig with a flat bed trailer, everything was tied down.
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So how do you know it wasn't?They didn't accuse the drivers of anything. They showed pictures of the load strewn across the highway (sometimes into oncoming traffic) and a statement from the driver that his load was properly tied down.
