Hammer goes to the Dark Side...

[Electric Chicken]

I'm in a spare truck for a month or two. Traded mine early to get a bit more for it, and my new one isn't ready until May.

And I get to deal with this crap :
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That's a prior repair at the top, where he backed into the tongue and cut the pigtail. It has a proprietary plug on the trailer end, so I got to spend the last two hours splicing a new cord to the proprietary plug. Nobody takes care of anything anymore. You don't even want me to start on the condition of the winches and straps.

You drive a parking lot, right? For some reason, I thought you owned that thing.

 

[Hammer166]

You drive a parking lot, right? For some reason, I thought you owned that thing.

I lease, and keep them 3 years, then trade them before the metal fatigue starts. Dealer is begging for trucks and we had an empty truck that couldn't be turned in, so I'm renting it for a couple months.

 

[Duck]

I lease, and keep them 3 years, then trade them before the metal fatigue starts. Dealer is begging for trucks and we had an empty truck that couldn't be turned in, so I'm renting it for a couple months.

The entire rig or just the power unit?

Does the metal fatigue you're talking about have to do with the vehicles loaded on the rear bouncing up and down on their own suspension?

When big heavy things like SUVs are only secured with wheel straps instead of frame hooks, it seems like they bounce around for no reason. I don't like to follow too closely behind them.

 

[Hammer166]

The entire rig or just the power unit?

Does the metal fatigue you're talking about have to do with the vehicles loaded on the rear bouncing up and down on their own suspension?

When big heavy things like SUVs are only secured with wheel straps instead of frame hooks, it seems like they bounce around for no reason. I don't like to follow too closely behind them.

I would think it's actually less stress when they're strapped. The same forces are being induced, but some of the energy is lost as their suspension moves.

The metal fatigue is from the load cycles, both bouncing down the road and loading. They use amazingly thin tubing on these things, and it starts to show after a few years. You end up welding on them all the dang time, and it doesn't take long for the downtime to add up to big money.

 

[Hammer166]

 

[Rigjockey]

The alignment on the Ambulance looks pretty good!

Imagine the truck driver thinking, hey that ambulance looks just like the ones I am hauling.

 

[Hammer166]

What moron of an engineer decided that self-canceling turn signals were a good idea in a truck?

 

[Electric Chicken]

What moron of an engineer decided that self-canceling turn signals were a good idea in a truck?

I had a debate about this on YouTube with someone who couldn't grasp the idea that it's not something a real driver wants.

The first buttonhook is gonna **** you off and confuse everyone around you.

 

[Mike]

What moron of an engineer decided that self-canceling turn signals were a good idea in a truck?

That's a thing?

 

[Hammer166]

That's a thing?

All of the 19 and newer Stars have them. They suck.

 

[Hammer166]

I had a debate about this on YouTube with someone who couldn't grasp the idea that it's not something a real driver wants.

The first buttonhook is gonna **** you off and confuse everyone around you.

Exactly! It's killing the blinker halfway thru the turn.

 

[Electric Chicken]

Exactly! It's killing the blinker halfway thru the turn.

Yep that swing takes the wheel far enough opposite to hit the clicker.

That dude on YouTube couldn't understand that's what would happen. He was saying all trucks should have them. And I'm like nope.

 

[Sinister]

One of my bad habits is canceling my turn signals too early. I don't need them canceling for me.

Beeping turn signals on Volvo make me want to throw puppies in a river though.

 

[Electric Chicken]

One of my bad habits is canceling my turn signals too early. I don't need them canceling for me.

Beeping turn signals on Volvo make me want to throw puppies in a river though.

Hey the truck is through; the rest is unimportant.

 

[Mike]

Hey the truck is through; the rest is unimportant.

Nobody looks at the damn things anyway, LOL

 

[Electric Chicken]

Nobody looks at the damn things anyway, LOL

What truck? I didn't see it.

 

[Hammer166]

Nobody looks at the damn things anyway, LOL

I always put the Grote Supernovas in the 2 midturns, and with the 3 rectangular STT, I can see their pupils constrict. But they still can't see 'em!

 

[Humble pie]

All of the 19 and newer Stars have them. They suck.

Mine doesn’t

 

[Hammer166]

Mine doesn’t

Does yours have that new upturned stalk and the 4 ways on the dash?

 

[Humble pie]

Does yours have that new upturned stalk and the 4 ways on the dash?

Nope, just an old fashioned signal stat 900. The self canceling are an option.