Comments By Miss Red

Miss Red, in cold slushy conditions, when you stop for a bit, DONT set your trailer brakes because they'll freeze up and be hell to break loose. There will be water on them, because your wherls are warm. The truck sits and that water will freeze and your brakes won't release.

On your tractor, make sure you have power going to both drive axles. Take off slow and easy and use your mirrors to check that your drives are actually turning.

it's a preventable thing that just takes attention that many rookies haven't been taught.

👍👍 thank you👍👍

Drug his tires, tires were not moving, and skidded off all the rubber. tires are shot need replaced. Could have been frozen and not released, from driving in snow and slush then parking in below freezing temps. Could also be a frozen or kinked airline. Basically the spring brakes need air pressure to release them from parking mode, pushing the springs back. So either air was not getting to the brake chamber, or air got there but the pushrod and S-cam assembly was frozen, or the shoes were frozen to the drums. All of which cause a no-turn situation. These are either his engage only drive axle or his trailer tires since you would really know it if your normal drive axle had a frozen brake somewhere.

Phil

OK, so they weren't spinning for one reason or another and this is from friction? Also, is there a way to prevent this? I mean, if it's from driving in icy conditions and then parking overnight and driving again. Thanks for breaking it down to simple terms for me 😊

Could someone explain what he did in order to cause this? The comments are full of insults and I'm not able to determine exactly what he did in order to ruin his tires overnight.

Hahaha. Not sure how I missed the LW :D

The links to Daniel's photos are now broken. I was curious as well, so I watched these videos:

2012 lightweight Freightliner Cascadia

2016 lightweight International Prostar

It's been confirmed with my buddy that currently works at Prime. His friend started orientation Monday, January 18th and was unable to transfer his Georgia permit.

If your toucan can stay on a perch, would you really need a cage?

Trust me, I don't want the truck to get messy! A toucan eat fresh fruits every single day, which also might be a problem with limited space to keep food refrigerated. And when a toucan eat, they squish the fruits in their beak, making juice splash all over. No.......

I do have a Lady Gouldian finch and another little finch in their small cage. It's nice to hear them sing. But I'm concerned with temperature in the cab....

I would be worried about drafts during the winter, but other than that, why not? Also, toucan pics please. Thanks :D

Old School - I love that you're calm when you respond to people on the forum. Don't let those buttfaces make you feel guilty for providing rationale for your viewpoint on leases.

You brought up several valid points. People not being able to discern between net and gross do not need to be leasing. Anyone who jumps into a lease without several months of thought and preparation, or years of prior of experience, is probably setting themselves up for failure.

Why did I tell people not to voice their opinion on my possible lease? I've utilized the search bar. I've combed through videos on youtube and other forums to find out people's opinions on leasing. Why am I skeptical about the people who have negative viewpoints? They generally don't personally lease at Prime. I compare it to someone financing a vehicle for 22% when they could have gone down the street and financed it for 12%. Different leasing terms for different companies.

Why else am I skeptical about people's opinions on the forum? I personally know a man that is leasing. His father has had a handful of successful leases at Prime too. He showed me his pay stubs when I started asking for specifics. I challenged him when he told me he brought in 2600 one week NET. He then showed me the next week where he was down for 3 days due to repairs, 600 NET. Yes, this is after tire fund, emergency fund, etc etc. What does this not include? Health insurance and taxes. You can throw around whatever numbers you'd like to about taxes, but damn near everything is deductible.

I then asked why the heck is everyone complaining about leasing at Prime. He told me about a kid who was losing hundreds of dollars each week on fuel. You have a two hour window to get your reefer fuel and Prime covers it. Also, the guy was fueling out of network and not receiving the company discount. Have a lead foot? Slow down. Don't have an emergency fund? You're running a business and crap comes up you need to cover. Not setting money aside for taxes? You're going to fail.

Thank you so much for posting about the permit information. I was planning on sitting for it Monday. I'll double check with my recruiter as well.

I think their secret agenda includes eugenics!