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Right now, we are enjoying a Mexican dinner at restaurant behind a Pilot in Ontario, Oregon.
Dave
WHHHHOOOOOWEEEEE..I would NOT want to be sharing a sleeper berth with you tonight...
Sleeper Berth:
The portion of the tractor behind the seats which acts as the "living space" for the driver. It generally contains a bed (or bunk beds), cabinets, lights, temperature control knobs, and 12 volt plugs for power.
Right now, we are enjoying a Mexican dinner at restaurant behind a Pilot in Ontario, Oregon.
Dave
WHHHHOOOOOWEEEEE..I would NOT want to be sharing a sleeper berth with you tonight...
Normally, I have tacos, but last night I had the strip steak.
Sleeper Berth:
The portion of the tractor behind the seats which acts as the "living space" for the driver. It generally contains a bed (or bunk beds), cabinets, lights, temperature control knobs, and 12 volt plugs for power.
This topic is much interest to me, since I am STRUGGLING with the log book section, I am thinking that when I am in a real world setting it will make more sense, do you find that it is easier to understand on the road? Any tips advice would be greatly appreciated!
This topic is much interest to me, since I am STRUGGLING with the log book section, I am thinking that when I am in a real world setting it will make more sense, do you find that it is easier to understand on the road? Any tips advice would be greatly appreciated!
I am referring to the HOS and 70hr 8 day rule that you talked about earlier!
HOS:
Hours Of Service
HOS refers to the logbook hours of service regulations.
This topic is much interest to me, since I am STRUGGLING with the log book section, I am thinking that when I am in a real world setting it will make more sense, do you find that it is easier to understand on the road? Any tips advice would be greatly appreciated!
Kathy,
The Hours of Service (HoS) ReCap is easier to figure out on a Qualcomm. It tells me how many hours I have left of my 70 and how many hours I will gain after midnight. This is in addition to the hours I have left of my 11, and my 14 hour start of day clock.
Dave
Qualcomm:
Omnitracs (a.k.a. Qualcomm) is a satellite-based messaging system with built-in GPS capabilities built by Qualcomm. It has a small computer screen and keyboard and is tied into the truck’s computer. It allows trucking companies to track where the driver is at, monitor the truck, and send and receive messages with the driver – similar to email.HOS:
Hours Of Service
HOS refers to the logbook hours of service regulations.
Has anyone had this happen...When you have to slide the tandems and when you pull the release handle you notice that one of the locking pins is not centered in the hole, but looks like it dropped. We are taking the trailer to a maintenance yard.
Dave
Tandems:
Tandem Axles
A set of axles spaced close together, legally defined as more than 40 and less than 96 inches apart by the USDOT. Drivers tend to refer to the tandem axles on their trailer as just "tandems". You might hear a driver say, "I'm 400 pounds overweight on my tandems", referring to his trailer tandems, not his tractor tandems. Tractor tandems are generally just referred to as "drives" which is short for "drive axles".
Tandem:
Tandem Axles
A set of axles spaced close together, legally defined as more than 40 and less than 96 inches apart by the USDOT. Drivers tend to refer to the tandem axles on their trailer as just "tandems". You might hear a driver say, "I'm 400 pounds overweight on my tandems", referring to his trailer tandems, not his tractor tandems. Tractor tandems are generally just referred to as "drives" which is short for "drive axles".
Yeah, those pins or the trailer itself can have issues. They pins can get frozen in the holes from rust, the trailer tandems can be twisted from a harsh U-turn and put pressure on the pins - all kinds of stuff.
The system is super simple and you can usually just crawl under there and have a look at the mechanism to see what the problem is. Sometimes you just have to whack it with a hammer or get the trailer tandems straightened back out to get things working again.
Just have a look under there and see what's causing it. You might just be able to fix it quick and get rollin.
Tandems:
Tandem Axles
A set of axles spaced close together, legally defined as more than 40 and less than 96 inches apart by the USDOT. Drivers tend to refer to the tandem axles on their trailer as just "tandems". You might hear a driver say, "I'm 400 pounds overweight on my tandems", referring to his trailer tandems, not his tractor tandems. Tractor tandems are generally just referred to as "drives" which is short for "drive axles".
Tandem:
Tandem Axles
A set of axles spaced close together, legally defined as more than 40 and less than 96 inches apart by the USDOT. Drivers tend to refer to the tandem axles on their trailer as just "tandems". You might hear a driver say, "I'm 400 pounds overweight on my tandems", referring to his trailer tandems, not his tractor tandems. Tractor tandems are generally just referred to as "drives" which is short for "drive axles".
HOS:
Hours Of Service
HOS refers to the logbook hours of service regulations.
Well one of the "sleeves" that holds the pin in place is broken. That is why the pin dropped.
Dave
I lost my cell phone, and had to get a new one. Phone number is the same, but it is going to cost me some money to have it replaced. Like $500.
Dave
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I was driving for about eight hours today, with an additional 30 minutes (Pre/Post Trip Inspections) of On Duty Time.
The trainer took over for the last hour. Right now, we are enjoying a Mexican dinner at restaurant behind a Pilot in Ontario, Oregon.
Dave