Comments By Carl S.

Best of luck to you

So I'm off truck and stuck in Springfield until I have my sleep study on Tuesday/Wednesday. Any here?

I will be there for a sleep study

I find floating up to be easier than double clutching. However I usually have to give it a little clutch when downshifting to get it out of the gear I'm leaving.

I've been thinking about this thread since I watched that video Bud A. posted. Can you give us an update Carl? I'm hoping things in that truck are getting safer.

I am home for a few days right now. Will be back on the truck on Sunday. We will see what happens. I will keep you updated. I watched that vid too. Kind of wish i didn't.

I appreciate the advice guys. I'm going to voice my concerns with my trainer, give it a week or so and see what happens. If nothing changes then I will give my FM a call.

I am in need of a bit of guidance on this. I am stilling doing my 40,000 miles (currently at 13K). To me, my trainer has a very different way of doing things and i'm not sure I agree. For example, most of what I have learned about descending steep grades is a mix of the correct gear, jake brake and stab braking (in that order). But my trainer seems to prefer going down these grade either in 10th gear or neutral if he is trying to pass another truck.

I called myself trying to take hills the right way by coming down from 10th to 9th and sometimes 8th to maintain a safer speed. But my trainer tends to get a bug up is arse about this and says i should be in 10th. I personally feel a lot more comfortable taking a grade in a lower gear as to control my speed better.

I guess my question is, am I doing this right? Is there something different I should be doing? I'm a bit worried cause we are getting ready to change routes. We have been primarily east of the Mississippi. But I am told we are going to start East to West team driving and from my understanding the grades in the West are different monster from those in the East.

Rand McNally TND Tablet. I always double check my road atlas though.

My first load 44,000lbs of beer kegs from Anheuser-Busch. Baldwinsville NY to Jacksonville FL. Gross weight was 79,580 with half a tank of fuel and have a talk of DEF.

It was very scary.

Hmmm Maybe I am missing something really big but IF the driver had not stuck his fat foot UNDER the tire so it could be ran over then this would never have happen. That is basic safety 101.

There are to many details left out of this news story. Going by the news story it places the blame on the driver since it did not list what the actual defects were.

I was thinking the same. What would make you be that close to a moving vehicle even. I guess common sense is not so common anymore. There is a lot of info missing from this article.