Make your pretrip a habit, do it the same everyday without disruption. If you are interrupted it's a good idea to start over. If you make a good pretrip a habit now you will be less likely to let it slide sometiime when you are rushed. Drivers owe it to the public, their families and themselves to do a proper pretrip eveyday. I can not stress that enough. Good Luck!
I had one trainer who said u open the hood for pre trip inspection...now another one is telling me we dont open hood for the mto exam...i wish all the trainers would be on the same page....i have just started truck driving school...my trainer showed up hungover!!..I was not impressed..
Kicking the Tires to check for pressure is the same as slapping the Hood to check for Fluids.
Check for the 5th Wheel pin to have possibly been pulled by some prankster BEFORE pulling away from a parking slot because one never knows who is doing what where. Quite many Drivers have dropped their trailers because they were in a hurry and their "friends" were laughing hysterically.
Check the Glad Hands because even though they shall appear to be hooked up, People have tricked Drivers by placing a small coin or slug between the seals thereby depriving the Air from its full journey. This has been and continues to be a hilarious approach to the Driver that is in a hurry.
Also watch out that some Joker doesn't SWITCH the Air Lines because then nothing releases the way it is designed to perform and one can spend a lot of time looking for the problem much to the joy of others.
There are many pranks that can be played out on the unsuspecting Driver.
Along with what to inspect, etc., two important factors about passing the pretrip inspection is also being very verbal while explaining the inspection and also make contact with your hand (if possible) with the item you are inspecting.....examiners like verbal and contact....it will help you better pass the pretrip inspection.....just my advice.....
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