Only California is "anal" about that 40 law...View attachment 46804Mega carrier's 40' marks on trailers are often inaccurate if any exist at all. Also total length and height is always good to know
Keep copies of all paperwork you fill out. Anything to do with maintenance and inspections for as long as your driving that particular company truck, anything given to you by dispatcher/safety to sign as long as work for them, and bols for at least 90 days. These things may haunt you in the long run if you dont keep them.
Never trust a customer's scale unless they give you paperwork saying you scaled with them.
Plan your route and schedule before accepting load. No load is forced dispatch if you have a solid reason not to take said load even the aholiest dispatcher won't force you
On the 294 Tollway hauling "Guts" or SCRAPS for processing into Dog Food we had old 80s "Junk" trailers for Guts and Bone hauls . .Which is why when you hook in the yard you need to verify all axles are rolling
Had one guy flatspot then blow two tires on the same axle
Hit the pin and roll. What’s a pretrip
That's about what I do. They got the dumbass and dangerous 105 km/h (65mph) limiter law here and most comply. Most run right up against the governor and I avoid the drag races by setting mine at 100 or 102.When somebody's passing though only slightly faster than your Governor just back off the throttle afew mph and flash em in then let them get safe distance ahead and reset your cruise to Max...
Should they pass then go slower watch ahead and when ya see a slower Mega Carrier truck before them get over first and Take em and by the time they get around England, Prime or Swift you'll have put afew miles ahead of that jackwad..
Better yet set that cruise about 64 and avoid the "Turtle Races" alot less "Stressful" that way and only adds roughly extra 10/15 minuest to the day.
Sorry @r3gulator3 cause I know ya enjoy Turtle Races
That's about what I do. They got the dumbass and dangerous 105 km/h (65mph) limiter law here and most comply. Most run right up against the governor and I avoid the drag races by setting mine at 100 or 102.
Somebody comes by passing too slow give the clutch a little tap let em go and hit resume. Come up on one of them idiot can haulers doing 90 or 95 for no reason I still got some pedal.
Let all the turbans run wall to wall bumper to bumper like they're in NASCAR. I'll keep my space.
Those were the days.
Of all the vids on youtube. I found the CDL college vids to be most helpful. They give you excellent easy to understand examples with diagrams that are quite helpful.
Some of the responders who watched this.....
"These videos have helped so much more than the school I’m paying for. It sucks! Thank you "
"I just started offset backing Thursday at my school, and for someone who has never driven a combination vehicle, it was whooping my ass lol. But I've been watching a lot of videos such as this and have a better understanding of where I was going wrong. So come Tuesday when I go in, I'm feeling pretty confident that I'm going to knock it out. Thanks for posting."
"Atom, wish you were my instructor. I'm so confused, and having a really tough time. You make this look easy and your directions are sooo clear. "
"Great information and I like the graphics. I sure wish they would have shown this at my Roadmaster class BEFORE I started trying to this maneuver in the truck. "
good luck!
Try: Alaska - Statewide/Common Scanner Frequencies and Radio Frequency ReferenceYou wouldn't have a list of those frequencies would you? I do happen to have my ham radio license and a couple of 2 meter radios as well as 440s
Lolly posted this 6 minutes ago on FacebookThanks
I would agree. Knowing when to say when and shut it down is a trick of the trade.Another post from Lolly. Judge for yourself if it's a "trick of the trade."
She wrote:
"Nope! Not doing it! Total white out & no tracks from those ahead of me so having to break trail.  I am not interested in doing the Honolulu hills when I cannot see. 
Found a pull out and going to sleep. Jessica Brewster I’ll be waiting for ya! Get that plow moving girl!"
I don't know if parking and crawling into the sleeper can be considered a "trick of the trade" by most skinners who inhabit this site. But I think it is.
All I can say that I've cut the trail from (Sunshine -- more a fuel stop than a truckstop) at about mile 100 to a turnoff at mile 147 (the Parks Highway Vets Memorial, Alaska Veteran's Memorial) a couple of times; it's exhausting.
So I'd bet that Lolly did the right thing in waiting for the DOT crew. I don't recall Jessica Brewster (I assume she's a plow driver for the state or is otherwise employed to plow the highway -- she should be on the employee list otherwise searchable). Most of the guys who run the 720 miles up to Fairbanks and back quickly get to know by name the folks who keep the highway, especially the hills, dirty. They do a tough job. I've never heard one gripe out of any of them. Hats off to the DOT folk or whoever keeps those hills drivable.
Lube your binders you won’t need to do that.
YUP!!Lube your binders you won’t need to do that.
They are lubed. Sprayed down every time they're put awayLube your binders you won’t need to do that.
And the lube that you use?Lube your binders you won’t need to do that.
Look pretty dry to me, I’ve never in 23 years needed to do that and I’ve literally done it 10 of thousands of times. Spraying something in to stop rusting and being lubed are differentThey are lubed. Sprayed down every time they're put away