Pre-trips are a good thing to do when you're getting fuel. The parts you can't discern with your other senses from inside the cab, that is. The idea of doing a daily pre and post trip is something they came up with in the time before deregulation. Drivers drove to a depot, got a different trailer, and drove back to their base, sometimes in the same day. Days were 8 hours, they got paid by the hour, and that included doing their inspections.
Honestly, though, how many drivers do you think Do a thorough pre trip every morning? Less than 5%, I would guess. And that would be drivers fresh out of school. That's not to say that drivers don't do pre trips when hook up to a trailer for the first time. But after that forget about it
Driving 14 years and do a pretrip every day and on any additional trailers I hook up to. It's not real in depth like the driving school videos. Takes maybe 10 mins if that. A supervisor told me I take too long to pretrip. I should've asked if he can put in writing which parts he wanted me to leave out lol
I used to, you know, walk around the truck and take a quick look. Around too, but nobody does the 45 minutes. They are telling us that we're supposed to. Even the DOT say it's a minimum of 15 minutes for your pre Trip, but technically should be 45 minutes. But nobody will, unless it's the first time pulling a trailer or a truck. We'll crawl under it. I mean, I'm one of them. I can't get under my truck. I'm too thick in the mid section. In other words, i'm fat and can't get underneath the damn truck. How many drivers do you know can't do that? Let alone bend over and look under the trailer. Check the brakes blah blah blah.
Hell I would always just flag shit. I would put a 15 minute pre-trip in the morning and flag everything else. Flag fueling up flatbed flag loading even if it took all day.I never did anything that was on duty unless I absolutely had to. Only way to save time
The last place I drove for was strict about safety. We were required to show on duty without moving the truck for 15 minutes in the morning and annotate it was for pre-trip inspection. Then we were required to do the same at end of day and annotate it as post-trip inspection. We had a compliance manager that would go through our logs and check for it. Heck, I'm paid by the hour so I was really appreciative of it and would actually do the inspections.
So, this crazy ass weather weāve been getting this winter and last winter will continue to get worse. Basically thereās a polar vortex at the North Pole. Now that ocean waters are warming up and ice is melting, that polar vortex no longer holds its shape well. Think of it like a spinning top (beyblade) that is close to falling over. Then we get big cold snaps down to the Gulf of Mexico, as well as storms with very strong wind that go from our northern border to the southern border.
Itās going to get progressively worse than it already is.
Yup, what really sucks is that really nowhere will be āsafeā from the storms unless you live in a VERY sheltered area. Even if you lived in Asia or Europe.
That's crazy to me because I am in St. Paul, Minnesota right now, and while it's overcast cold and windy we have not had so much as a snowflake here. My folks live down in tomah Wisconsin, and my dad said on a scale of 1 to 10 with 10 being the worst, it's about a nine there currently. So, all you truckers. Be safe out there.
So this happened on I-35 here in Minnesota, but I'm currently in St. Paul, Minnesota and we haven't seen so much as a snowflake all day. My parents live down in tomah, Wisconsin, and my dad says on a scale of 1 to 10 with 10 being the worst, it's a nine there. So the upper Midwest is a s*** show right now.
Sheesh, I seen the exact same sideways jack knife on 69 in OK at night one time. Was the first one to come up on it and his top trailer was facing my direction could not see any lights, good thing I had my cb on.
12InchPickle@reddit
Driver found a way to better pre trip the underside without crawling under it.
GED_certified-frog@reddit
You pretrip?
Clipperclippingalong@reddit
Pre-trips are a good thing to do when you're getting fuel. The parts you can't discern with your other senses from inside the cab, that is. The idea of doing a daily pre and post trip is something they came up with in the time before deregulation. Drivers drove to a depot, got a different trailer, and drove back to their base, sometimes in the same day. Days were 8 hours, they got paid by the hour, and that included doing their inspections.
Few-Chemical-5165@reddit
Honestly, though, how many drivers do you think Do a thorough pre trip every morning? Less than 5%, I would guess. And that would be drivers fresh out of school. That's not to say that drivers don't do pre trips when hook up to a trailer for the first time. But after that forget about it
Ok_Commission9026@reddit
Driving 14 years and do a pretrip every day and on any additional trailers I hook up to. It's not real in depth like the driving school videos. Takes maybe 10 mins if that. A supervisor told me I take too long to pretrip. I should've asked if he can put in writing which parts he wanted me to leave out lol
Few-Chemical-5165@reddit
I used to, you know, walk around the truck and take a quick look. Around too, but nobody does the 45 minutes. They are telling us that we're supposed to. Even the DOT say it's a minimum of 15 minutes for your pre Trip, but technically should be 45 minutes. But nobody will, unless it's the first time pulling a trailer or a truck. We'll crawl under it. I mean, I'm one of them. I can't get under my truck. I'm too thick in the mid section. In other words, i'm fat and can't get underneath the damn truck. How many drivers do you know can't do that? Let alone bend over and look under the trailer. Check the brakes blah blah blah.
Few-Chemical-5165@reddit
Hell I would always just flag shit. I would put a 15 minute pre-trip in the morning and flag everything else. Flag fueling up flatbed flag loading even if it took all day.I never did anything that was on duty unless I absolutely had to. Only way to save time
CrashingTiger@reddit
The last place I drove for was strict about safety. We were required to show on duty without moving the truck for 15 minutes in the morning and annotate it was for pre-trip inspection. Then we were required to do the same at end of day and annotate it as post-trip inspection. We had a compliance manager that would go through our logs and check for it. Heck, I'm paid by the hour so I was really appreciative of it and would actually do the inspections.
Few-Chemical-5165@reddit
When you're paid by the hour, that's fine.When you're paid by the mile, it's not fine.
GED_certified-frog@reddit
You got soft hands son
PT4MYDJ@reddit
A pretrip of my noise canceling headphones.
Redsoxdragon@reddit
Bro thinks he's better than us š
Cowboysfan95@reddit
Just make sure the key fits
CrackBabyMOMO@reddit
Pretty sure this is a post trip.
DriftingOnWater@reddit
Wow. That one is nuts.
zoil123@reddit
Don't mind that driver, he is in his freeze frame moment
jku_man@reddit
Damn!
c0caine_cinderella@reddit
The strength of a kingpin always astounds me.
R34CTz@reddit
Dafuq? Where is this? What the hell is going on with the weather recently??
csimonson@reddit
So, this crazy ass weather weāve been getting this winter and last winter will continue to get worse. Basically thereās a polar vortex at the North Pole. Now that ocean waters are warming up and ice is melting, that polar vortex no longer holds its shape well. Think of it like a spinning top (beyblade) that is close to falling over. Then we get big cold snaps down to the Gulf of Mexico, as well as storms with very strong wind that go from our northern border to the southern border.
Itās going to get progressively worse than it already is.
R34CTz@reddit
Oh, fun.
danielson2047@reddit
Donāt listen to this dude lol.
csimonson@reddit
Yup, what really sucks is that really nowhere will be āsafeā from the storms unless you live in a VERY sheltered area. Even if you lived in Asia or Europe.
R34CTz@reddit
Well, I'm in rural Illinois. So, we got fields for DAYS.
csimonson@reddit
My condolences lol
Godwatchedmejackoff@reddit (OP)
I-35 in Minnesota today.
Comfortable-Mix-873@reddit
I hate Minnesota.
Few-Chemical-5165@reddit
They're a lot better than Wyoming in winter.
Inqwizarder@reddit
Name checks out
daixso@reddit
Better for god to watch you jack off then jack knife as they say
Uncle_Jerome_Saint@reddit
Lmao
Humble_Length5150@reddit
Or your employer with the driver facing camera...
JuracichPark@reddit
That's crazy to me because I am in St. Paul, Minnesota right now, and while it's overcast cold and windy we have not had so much as a snowflake here. My folks live down in tomah Wisconsin, and my dad said on a scale of 1 to 10 with 10 being the worst, it's about a nine there currently. So, all you truckers. Be safe out there.
Few-Chemical-5165@reddit
Don't ask me why but I don't think you could drive it very comfortably that way, unless you're going to the moon or something?
clanlornac@reddit
Damn stuck up driver, got his nose in the air
ReceptionMuch3790@reddit
Jeez. Also where are you that there's still snow?
aj190@reddit
Midwest is getting more snow.. again
ReceptionMuch3790@reddit
Yea, I checked the weather in chitown. That's nuts. Northeast where I am is spring weather
JuracichPark@reddit
So this happened on I-35 here in Minnesota, but I'm currently in St. Paul, Minnesota and we haven't seen so much as a snowflake all day. My parents live down in tomah, Wisconsin, and my dad says on a scale of 1 to 10 with 10 being the worst, it's a nine there. So the upper Midwest is a s*** show right now.
Cool_Algae4265@reddit
Iām outside Chicago and we got 3 inches on Sunday⦠itās gone now but itās gonna snow again tonight
Phraates515@reddit
I daw that one also as I went south in Albert Lea MN. Iowa was just as nasty between Mason City and Dows.
hootertransport@reddit
That's an impressive office window view.
Armchair-Attorney@reddit
Itās Winds-day.
Chill_Dude8813@reddit
If you're going to fuck up Fuck up in a outstanding way
Tru3insanity@reddit
Wow. Thats kind of impressive.
AAB1996@reddit
Take 20 seconds to check a wind map of your general route, could save you from this
Jaded_Loverr@reddit
The MyRadar app is a good source. Ty for suggesting that drivers check.
mcgunner1966@reddit
Isn't it amazing how strong a kingpin and fifth wheel actually are? It doesn't get much more graphic than that.
Solid_Yak9109@reddit
Dam...
duhrun@reddit
Sheesh, I seen the exact same sideways jack knife on 69 in OK at night one time. Was the first one to come up on it and his top trailer was facing my direction could not see any lights, good thing I had my cb on.
Feisty-Season-5305@reddit
Just seen this guy you in this traffic jam too? Fuck this place
Outlandah_@reddit
Yeah chief. Kingpinās good. Tug tested it myself.
Ok_Inspection_3928@reddit
Where did this happen?
bloodsoed@reddit
If it stays up longer than 4 hours, please consult a physician.
Darth_Pyro@reddit
Sir you canāt park there š§
Countryafrodude@reddit
Looks like a GTA5 seenš
SaveDaNet@reddit
Now that I read the title Iāll be careful cause I wasnāt before
Ancient-Composer7789@reddit
Ouch.
OrganizationNo6167@reddit
Thatās actually impressive
Theworkingman2-0@reddit
Turned his truck into a popsicle
voicareason@reddit
Talk about a KINGpin.
Street_homie@reddit
Send it to the manufacturer this is a great advertisement
Whitehoneybun666@reddit
Damnnn
BeenThruIt@reddit
He's going to wake up with terrible crik in his neck unless he rolls over.
Some-Ad-2965@reddit
Ohā¦.. oh my.
lord_nuker@reddit
That's a good fifth wheel plate :D
Particular_Minute_67@reddit
A train backed into him?
easymachtdas@reddit
Impressive
bigpierider@reddit
HHEEEYYY....you can't park there!!