Have not heard anything but you know how communications is at Estes. Probably nothing nothing will be posted until a few hundred are ripped off. Maybe they got them fixed right to where nothing has to be done but hook and go.
As a driver I usually checked for flap clearance during pre-trip when I had a twin screw. Is it really that hard for a driver to check without having to be told?
Sometimes it looks like it will clear but when you make a turn then it gets ripped off. Looks can be deceiving.As a driver I usually checked for flap clearance during pre-trip when I had a twin screw. Is it really that had for a driver to check without having to be told?
We do have some contractors who have questionable qualifications.As a driver I usually checked for flap clearance during pre-trip when I had a twin screw. Is it really that hard for a driver to check without having to be told?
When I have pups I take my flaps off when I have a van they stay in place.
I can check but I want official word from them, if something happens I don’t want it coming back on me.As a driver I usually checked for flap clearance during pre-trip when I had a twin screw. Is it really that hard for a driver to check without having to be told?
I highly doubt anything would ever come back to you about that. Some torn up mud flaps are the least of their concerns. You gotta really destroy something big time to get papers out on you at the big E. Not that I condone needless destruction but we are all humans and things happen.
Probably not, but I’ve not been here very long and plan on staying a long time. I don’t want to **** that up.
Before I left the yard I jacked my unit so I could easily see that the pin was latched properly. At the same time by doing that I made sure the flaps didn't hit. Better safe than sorry.
That’s not a bad idea. I always check my pins are latched on however many trailers I’m pulling, but I usually do it before I move the truck. That would be easier on my knees and back.
For sure on the knees and back and the bumped head. I learned eventually. I'll check the latches and release rod before I move into a jack but then visually check underneath that the pin is latched. I once dropped one right in front of dispatch after a hostler "hooked" me at an EOL. I make sure to check the pin itself every time after that.
Some of the Estes yards as of now have no room available to jack a double to check , only an Estes driver can understand this , after ya drop a dolly in front of the tail , you better get back quick with the lead before someone drops a trailer and blocks the dolly
Leave the flaps alone, run through the shop, and have them take the dollies off.
Some places you got put your set together in the road in the front or on the side of the terminal.
Jeez. How old could the GI trailers be?
Well Tri, fugedabout!As a driver I usually checked for flap clearance during pre-trip when I had a twin screw. Is it really that hard for a driver to check without having to be told?
Before I worked at Estes l always wondered how a company runs with a mix of singles and tandems and the answer was what I thought , a confusing mess !
