Tread Depth On Tires
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Tread Depth Guage. Available pretty much everywhere you can get tools
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Tread Depth Guage. Available pretty much everywhere you can get tools
Remember to say OF AN INCH on your PTI test.
Steers - NO LESS THAN 4/32's OF AN INCH in ALL MAJOR GROOVES.
Drives & Trailers - NO LESS THAN 2/32s OF AN INCH in ALL MAJOR GROOVES.
Interesting article:
FMCSA , CVSA and tread depth - Differing interpretations of regulations leading to confusion
Rick
CSA:
Compliance, Safety, Accountability (CSA)
The CSA is a Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) initiative to improve large truck and bus safety and ultimately reduce crashes, injuries, and fatalities that are related to commercial motor vehicle
FMCSA:
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
The FMCSA was established within the Department of Transportation on January 1, 2000. Their primary mission is to prevent commercial motor vehicle-related fatalities and injuries.
What Does The FMCSA Do?
- Commercial Drivers' Licenses
- Data and Analysis
- Regulatory Compliance and Enforcement
- Research and Technology
- Safety Assistance
- Support and Information Sharing
Fm:
Dispatcher, Fleet Manager, Driver Manager
The primary person a driver communicates with at his/her company. A dispatcher can play many roles, depending on the company's structure. Dispatchers may assign freight, file requests for home time, relay messages between the driver and management, inform customer service of any delays, change appointment times, and report information to the load planners.
Hey good looking out. Got my CDL already It just came to me as we pulled over for a stop on this greyhound and I noticed a sticker by front tires saying minimum of 8/32 so I thought let me ask what is they best way to check depth when I get in my tractor ✌🏼️
Remember to say OF AN INCH on your PTI test.
Steers - NO LESS THAN 4/32's OF AN INCH in ALL MAJOR GROOVES.
Drives & Trailers - NO LESS THAN 2/32s OF AN INCH in ALL MAJOR GROOVES.
Interesting article:
FMCSA , CVSA and tread depth - Differing interpretations of regulations leading to confusion
Rick
CDL:
Commercial Driver's License (CDL)
A CDL is required to drive any of the following vehicles:
- Any combination of vehicles with a gross combined weight rating (GCWR) of 26,001 or more pounds, providing the gross vehicle weight rating (GVWR) of the vehicle being towed is in excess of 10,000 pounds.
- Any single vehicle with a GVWR of 26,001 or more pounds, or any such vehicle towing another not in excess of 10,000 pounds.
- Any vehicle, regardless of size, designed to transport 16 or more persons, including the driver.
- Any vehicle required by federal regulations to be placarded while transporting hazardous materials.
CSA:
Compliance, Safety, Accountability (CSA)
The CSA is a Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) initiative to improve large truck and bus safety and ultimately reduce crashes, injuries, and fatalities that are related to commercial motor vehicle
FMCSA:
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
The FMCSA was established within the Department of Transportation on January 1, 2000. Their primary mission is to prevent commercial motor vehicle-related fatalities and injuries.
What Does The FMCSA Do?
- Commercial Drivers' Licenses
- Data and Analysis
- Regulatory Compliance and Enforcement
- Research and Technology
- Safety Assistance
- Support and Information Sharing
Fm:
Dispatcher, Fleet Manager, Driver Manager
The primary person a driver communicates with at his/her company. A dispatcher can play many roles, depending on the company's structure. Dispatchers may assign freight, file requests for home time, relay messages between the driver and management, inform customer service of any delays, change appointment times, and report information to the load planners.
Here a secret method that you can only find on many tire manufacturers web pages:
Put a Lincoln cent "head first" between the treads of a drive or trailer tire. (Won't work on a steer tire because minimum tread there is 4/32.) If the top of Mr Lincoln's head goes into the tread, the tire has greater than 2/32".
Newer tire:
Worn tire:
I heard Love's has these tire gauges for only $4.95.
So, this has been bothering me ever since I did the High Road Training program, but it seemed too trivial to waste a new thread on. Now that someone's talking about tread depth, here goes!
Is there something wrong with saying to the examiner "a sixteenth of an inch" and "eighth of an inch"? 2/32s and 4/32s are redundant because they're the same fraction and a mouthful to boot. What's the reasoning behind that notation and is it a mandatory recitation?
Come on now Sculpy!
You've got to remember these rules were made by some very intelligent federal regulators whose intelligence is far superior to ours.
This is the gal who asked you to the dance, so you've got to dance with her. Never mind the fact that she doesn't seem to know her fractions. If you say it differently she's likely to fail you. Your tester probably doesn't even know you're saying the same thing.
Some of this stuff is so crazy you'd think they hired a room full of drunk monkeys to come up with the wording for it.
HOS:
Hours Of Service
HOS refers to the logbook hours of service regulations.
So, this has been bothering me ever since I did the High Road Training program, but it seemed too trivial to waste a new thread on. Now that someone's talking about tread depth, here goes!
Is there something wrong with saying to the examiner "a sixteenth of an inch" and "eighth of an inch"? 2/32s and 4/32s are redundant because they're the same fraction and a mouthful to boot. What's the reasoning behind that notation and is it a mandatory recitation?
If you said that and the examiner said you were wrong, you might be able to argue that they are the same, but why go through all that trouble?
As for why they use 32ths, I don't know for sure, but if you measure tread depth in 32ths then it kind of makes sense just to say how many 32ths then to worry about reducing the fraction. And not everyone's good at that sort of thing, so it's probably less confusing to just leave it as 4/32 or 2/32.
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Good day to everyone!! Just wondering if anyone knows if there is a tool out there that is used to check tread depth on tires. What's the best thing to use to be accurate ? Just wondering 🤔🤔