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Your pretrip that you perform is just the beginning of a SAFE trip.
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that tire actually looks pretty good compaired to the ones I would find before I left OD. Had one in our meet yard in Oregon that han no tread on it all and was split like that. Sad thing was it had 2 new tires on the left side but what really bad that trailer came from Morristown like that. Second one was even worse than the first one it had the steel belts showing on it and it came from Harrisburg, so how many drivers pulled those trailers before I got the opportunity? also both were on the right side. In case guys didnt know, pre and post trip inspections include the right side. And its not just line haul but our local guys in SEA have a problem with this also. Had a line driver pick a trailer from the dock going to Cali and when he did his pretrip there ist was, a totally bald tire on the right side..OUTSIDE even. Maybe Billylo the professional can educate these guys. Be safe out there... still miss OD.
 
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Knucklehead said:
that tire actually looks pretty good compaired to the ones I would find before I left OD. Had one in our meet yard in Oregon that han no tread on it all and was split like that. Sad thing was it had 2 new tires on the left side but what really bad that trailer came from Morristown like that. Second one was even worse than the first one it had the steel belts showing on it and it came from Harrisburg, so how many drivers pulled those trailers before I got the opportunity? also both were on the right side. In case guys didnt know, pre and post trip inspections include the right side. And its not just line haul but our local guys in SEA have a problem with this also. Had a line driver pick a trailer from the dock going to Cali and when he did his pretrip there ist was, a totally bald tire on the right side..OUTSIDE even. Maybe Billylo the professional can educate these guys. Be safe out there... still miss OD.
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alot of east coast shops wont change that because it has tread on one side have had shops refuse to change them like that before
 
stryker said:
Then refuse to pull it. They can not make you pull it like that. If people would start standing up and calling them out things like this might start to change
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Never understood drivers who always say "But the shop said ... !!!" If techs refuse to do their job, go to dispatch and tell them you won't pull that trailer. They can't force you to pull defective equipment. I work weekends regularly, when there is no one at that shop, and I have never had any problems with dispatch when refusing to pull trailers with OOS issues. They either give me a different trailer or call road rescue to have a contractor come out and fix the problem.

But like Ump said, that should have been caught by the previous driver, and at least 2 others before him.
 
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Dlinniy said:
Never understood drivers who always say "But the shop said ... !!!" If techs refuse to do their job, go to dispatch and tell them you won't pull that trailer. They can't force you to pull defective equipment. I work weekends regularly, when there is no one at that shop, and I have never had any problems with dispatch when refusing to pull trailers with OOS issues. They either give me a different trailer or call road rescue to have a contractor come out and fix the problem.

But like Ump said, that should have been caught by the previous driver, and at least 2 others before him.
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Don't have time for that crap.Got'a Roll..:smilie93c peelout:
 
stryker said:
Then refuse to pull it. They can not make you pull it like that. If people would start standing up and calling them out things like this might start to change
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Exactly. I've told a shop super he was going to have to explain to dispatch why that load wasn't going to move unless tires got changed...
 
In Sea all drivers except for me just turn the key and go. None of those drivers will perform a pretrip even if given 2 million dollars. Besides they have 15 minute gate times to meet. You're suppose to check your load, load your pallet Jack, hook and pretrip within 15 minutes. Serious here, no lies.

Sea: the only terminal I know of if you don't pass your road trip test you're brought in a week later to test with another driver.
 
Knucklehead said:
that tire actually looks pretty good compaired to the ones I would find before I left OD. Had one in our meet yard in Oregon that han no tread on it all and was split like that. Sad thing was it had 2 new tires on the left side but what really bad that trailer came from Morristown like that. Second one was even worse than the first one it had the steel belts showing on it and it came from Harrisburg, so how many drivers pulled those trailers before I got the opportunity? also both were on the right side. In case guys didnt know, pre and post trip inspections include the right side. And its not just line haul but our local guys in SEA have a problem with this also. Had a line driver pick a trailer from the dock going to Cali and when he did his pretrip there ist was, a totally bald tire on the right side..OUTSIDE even. Maybe Billylo the professional can educate these guys. Be safe out there... still miss OD.
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They put some new city drivers in your truck after you left who done licked the Windows clean.
 
easttnhillbilly said:
alot of east coast shops wont change that because it has tread on one side have had shops refuse to change them like that before
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stryker said:
Then refuse to pull it. They can not make you pull it like that. If people would start standing up and calling them out things like this might start to change
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That's right! Leave that thing there and hope it has guaranteed on it cause its going to miss service! I've been at a shop before and they were to "busy" to do something for me so I called road rescue, all of a sudden that mechanic wasn't that busy any more.
 
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