Apostolic said:Good point cromedome,if they are replacing all of the mud flaps to save fuel what is next?
and i also herd that the company wants each driver to loose 10 pounds so it can save them billion apon trillions of cash on fuel
I've read that one convex fender mirror cuts fuel economy by 1/10th that really adds up with big fleets and the price fuel is now.
james j neiweem said:Those fifth wheels look like there as thin as outdoor metal chairs. Then again maybee they are.
Apostolic said:I remember back in the day when Peter built tried using thin teflon pads on their fifth wheels instead of grease,I wonder whatever happened to that idea?
I was delivering 4x8 sheets of that stuff to the guy that came up with the idea,he would cut them to size and sell them to the tractor manufacturer.
Of course being retired I lost track of all of my old customers,so now I have no way of knowing how he ever made out with his invention?
Hmmm all I had to do was go Google to answer my own question.
Now this is what UPS needs on all of their fifth wheels,sure would save the uniforms and air lines from getting loaded with grease.
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Just wish they would put a quick release on the air tank so that you don't have to keep pulling the cord to drain the air tank on the brakes.
I like the dolly that we use... it's counter bolanced so that you can easily pick it up... As far as the handle goes, i try to keep my air lines from it in the past there have been i few cases where the lines were blamed for catching the handle and making the rear pup drop off.....driver was making a very sharp turn from what i heard.
Just make sure the handle is "droped down" in the cut out. Just wish they would put a quick release on the air tank so that you don't have to keep pulling the cord to drain the air tank on the brakes.
Grumpy, I must be interpreting this wrong. If this were true, a truck that gets 5 MPG without a fender mirror would drop to 4.5 MPG when a mirror is added. Are you saying it cuts mileage by 1/10th of a MPG or mileage is cut by 10% (1/10th).