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Headlight washers may be a good idea now to melt the snow on LEDs. Since they don't create enough heat to do it.

No they had crew cab 2500s. The 1500HD had lighter axles and springs. It was not the same as a 2500HD.

On some newer trucks 4WD won't work unless you leave it running. The hubs unlock when the key is off.

I have one on each truck for my safety as well as others. No guessing that way.

And you think they would drive better being chased?

Jump up on the fence and yell at the house, hey what gives you the right?

Hopefully he is leaving the whole thing at the dump.

The choice is whiplash or impact with the steering wheel. Neither is good.

It's not the retreads. If the tire is run low it will do that new tire or retread. Those failures are at the sidewall where it meets the tread. Retread or new it makes no difference. The problem is that with a tire next to it holding it up in most cases on the trailer the driver has no idea...

That's what I use as well. I have 2 of them. One for each truck. Note that the weight changes when you move the vehicle a little most of the time. So I move ahead a few feet and recheck. It normally increases but not always.

Yeah even the new auto shift trucks have 2 reverse gears.

You need to move.

Those little things were tough and cheap to fix. And simple to repair.

Newsmax had it this morning as well.

It's tied up what's the problem.

I'm getting ready to go toss some stuffed peppers poppers on mine. I make all kinds of stuff in mine.

He figures when it starts swaying really bad it won't take the truck with it.

I am a trucker. Have been for over 40 years. I've never heard of that rule. The law requires them to be alternated in many cases.

No it was not that high. It's a hot shot truck pulling a gooseneck. Later the same day I saw a Ford Super duty pulling a dump trailer. He had a pallet of pavers on the rear. Every time he got up to about 30 MPH the trailer would start violently swinging side to side. I didn't get any photos I...

All his straps except 1 had the winch on the right. The one was next to the back one like he was trying to fix it. He looked nervous when I passed him.

It's not hard to unload as long as you have a dock or a ramp. The dunnage boards are about a quarter of the way from the end. Just put the forks under the end, lift, tilt forward, and push them under the dunnage board. Then tilt back and the forks won't slide out. I pick those up often. And I...

That's how every lumber mill loads van trailers.

It's sticking out about 6 feet with no flag and the tie job is interesting. And the ladder rack would have held the long one properly.

Harsh ride lousy traction and very noisy. They suck. I took them off both of my Vettes. A base C6 Vette will run a 1 second quicker quarter mile just from that. I can go full throttle at about 5 MPH in mine now. Used to have to be going at least 30 with the run flats. They are way too stiff.

Or the stupid run flats.

Release the quickly reapply the brakes and the ABS won't work. I have to do it all the time in semis. That stuff is dangerous on big trucks. Unfortunately the trailer brakes don't normally Release quickly enough but at least I have full tractor brakes. It works on cars and pickups too.

The way the G80 works is mechanical. I don't see how it wouldn't work above 30. The one in my 2003 2500HD will lock at freeway speeds. But it has ABS and no traction control.

On my C6 Corvette once it's in that mode everything is off until either the next restart or you turn it on. The only thing you can't turn off is ABS due to Federal law. But there are tuners who can fix that. The first push and release of the button is no traction controll. The second push and...

Yeah that stuff is amazing. On my Vette you can turn it off unlike most cars. Just hold the traction control button down until the 3rd phase. I did that once and did some spirited driving. I won't be doing that again. With that power to weigh ratio things get out of control fast.

My 2020 Silverado 1500 has something like that. It dose apply the trailer bakes as well as the stability control system. I don't plan to find out if it works.

Around here someone would take it for firewood. I would. I got several loads of logs a few weeks ago for firewood. Free wood is always good. He loaded it with his tractor and I unloaded it with mine. Well some I dumped on the ground with my trailer and stacked with my tractor.

Why do you think they gave it to him?

I don't cut them. I get velcro straps from Amazon and use that to hold the excess in place. It also keeps the straps neatly coiled in storage. There are times I need the length and am glad I didn't cut them. You can see the end of the strap coiled and secured in the photo.

How did that happen?

A while back a Fed EX semi killed a tow truck driver near here. He was driving that truck 3 times the legal limit for a car. Many times more for a truck.

Styrofoam and the stuff burns really hot.

Repair costs are so high now that most vehicles are totaled anyway. So it really won't matter. But I don't see how if you rear end someone any of the damage is the other guys fault unless you can prove they did something to cause the crash. It's about who is at fault for the crash. That would be...

You should and give them the video. They haul children so they need to be safe.

Broken or just stupid? Hard to say. But both broken seems unlikely.

It's like big stacks. There no advantages except compensation for a small unit somewhere else.

Yeah but 14 is the limit. I do it most days. You can't drive over 11 of that but I make so many stops there's no way for me to drive 11.

He was only going 40 on the freeway. I was 13 hours into my day and wanted that truck parked so I could go home. I wasn't going to follow him.

I couldn't get a good photo because my door window is too high. I wanted to get ahead of him. The canopy and truck room are badly caved in. If one of those aluminum bows in the canopy breaks it's all coming off. It's strapped to the truck frame so the straps will just fall off.

The bumper sticker explains it. No critical thinking ability. Just stupidity.

Yeah I really like it. The sticker is just the right shape and size.

On both of my trucks I painted the dealer advertising recivier plugs black and put IN N OUT Burger stickers on them. They annoy former California's who live here in Washington. They all miss it. The nearest one is about an hour south of Portland.

Consider Weigh Safe. The scale has helped me adjust a lot of loads for Safe travel. You can change ball sizes in seconds. And you can key everything alike including pin and pad locks.

It's OK he has a flag.

I was wondering that too

It's better than being in the hoe. Gonna get dizzy in there.

I don't know he just said they are expensive to dispose of. But the trucks didn't work and were in service less than a year.

I am surprised Frito Lay's didn't learn from the electric straight trucks. At less than a year old they sent them to Ritchey Brothers. I saw them sit there for over 2 years. Then I saw them taking the boxes and lift gates off. I asked one of the guys what was going on. He said they couldn't sell...

Bogart as in don't Bogart that joint my freind.

I don't know what is going on here.

And none of that would have made you an unsafe driver. It's just stupid.

Yeah I also was grandfathered in. But the schools are not very good. I am the trainer at our place and fail most of them on the drive test. The ones we do hire I find a lot of what they were taught only works in optimal conditions. Get them somewhere tight and they are lost.

That's why I have a tilt deck. The back of the trailer is on the ground.

Amazon truck. Not a surprise. They pay almost nothing and will hire anyone.

In the trucking industry? How could that be? Oh wait that's pretty much all of us. Nevermind.

A hosler did something similar at a local Amazon distribution center. He also took the poles out. But because he had the front of the trailer up high, due to the lift fifth wheel, he didn't hit the bottom of the trailer first. And he was going faster.

I didn't back a set in there. I wouldn't do that off a main road like Aroura. That would not make sense. It's been many years for me as well. I have run the Chehalis area for the last 17 years. I went north to Everett before that. So North Seattle was on my way back then. We don't pull doubles...

I have seen guys back doubles around a corner. I can't do it. I have delivered the Seattle Glass Block before. Basically Aurora Ave sucks. Actually most of Noth Seattle sucks. Except Freemont. The free freak show driving through there makes it worth it.

I can back a set of doubles into a dock if I can get somewhat straight in front of the dock. I also often don't pull the dolly and 4 wheel it in with the dolly hooked to the tractor. It just takes practice and very small corrections. The trick is not to let the dolly get much of an angle. You...

If boxed frames are better why do big trucks still use channel frames? Because they are not.

You could probably just lift the front bumper by hand.

They make frame brackets for them. RV stores sell them.

He probably has a drink holder in the cab. He just set it there.

Well that didn't work.

It weighs that empty. 60,000 loaded.

https://www.weigh-safe.com/ This is what I use. You should know the approximate weight of the trailer and load. I move it around until the tongue weight is between 10 and 15 percent. Then tie it down. No guesswork. I have 2 of them. I have 2 trucks and if we are using both to take 2 trailers...

No

Idaho or Utah. Leaning toward Twin Falls area right now.

I live in Washington and I don't want to be part of Canada. He'll I can't wait to leave Washington.

Yeah I was thinking that has to be wrong. It's around 1200 from my place near Seattle to where my sister used to live near San Diego.

It was 70s GM pickup saddle tanks. I can't remember if it was 60 minutes or 20 20.

That rig is legal in triple states. Not elsewhere. When our terminal got some new trucks a few years ago I flew to SLC and drove one like that but all day cabs. The front one was a 3 axle the other 3 were single axles. I went to Portland and the last one was theirs. I left it there and took the...

In Washington it's a negligent driving ticket to go around them.

Or just not be rescued.

I'm not sure that's the best way to park it.

That's why there are several signs at the port reminding you to release the chassis dogs. But sometimes people get in a hurry. The good news is obviously the dogs do a good job holding the can on the wheels.

Don't listen to him you can do it.

I've seen this happen but never that high. They only go up a couple feet before someone notices. But it does happen.

I want to follow that at a safe distance to see what happens.

This is why you never buy a 2WD tractor. If it had been in 4WD that would not have likely happened.

DEF is not hazmat. I picked up 11 of those totes there that day and no placards needed. It's not even class 9 although it probably should be as if spilled in water transport it would kill fish. But it's not.

A farm is a business. Anyone needing a tote of that is a business. That makes it commercial under Federal and state law. Plus it's not secured. But for a pickup hauling that for any business a class C with a tank endorsement is required even a farm.

I couldn't take a photo but a place that makes DEF loaded a tote of it in an F250. An older one. An older lady drove off without doing anything to secure it. I doubt she has a tanker endorsement or CDL. That's required to haul a loaded tote. Since it is clearly not secured she may get stopped...

Well you have to add diesel to it for what happened at OKC.

Should work

I also should mention the straps on the truck are 1" commercial grade rated at 2300 pounds each. They are much thicker than cheap 1" straps. They are expensive but it's worth it because they fit the anchor points in the truck bed. And it's not squatting. I don't like how those 2500HDs look up...

That looks like a 6 lug 5k axle. That load would be a lot for 2 3.5k axles. Although I have hauled about that much in my 7k dump trailer 70 miles several loads of maple a friend gave me. Maybe not quite that much. Wet maple is heavy.

Salt Lake fun. I have never seen that freeway that empty. That guy was lucky it didn't take several cars out.

They only show how to do things improperly. Anytime they are hauling anything they are doing it wrong. That's why it's fun to watch.

I agree start a new thread. I think you will like that truck.

The stepper motors on the gauges were bad on those. There are sellers on EbY that sell kits to replace them and the bulbs which were also bad. There are also places on there you can send your dash and they will do it for you. But if you can solder it's not hard. I did mine. I need to replace the...

It looks like it has fabric seats and a center console. That must be a GMC only option. On Chevrolet trucks that year the console was only available with leather seats to the best of my knowledge. That's the set up I wanted but with fabric seats the 40 20 40 was the only option. Although you do...

That truck looks really nice inside. They hold up well. Mine looks new inside for the most part. And it has 270,000 plus miles on it. It does and always has lived in a garage though.

It's a ground strap to the hood. They always break on the hood end. Mine is broken right now. I should fix that.

Or just wash it. Maybe put it on a trailer to get it home.

I had a hard time deciding in 2003 between the Duramax and the 8.1. I chose the Duramax but was never sure it was the best choice. Both have the Allison transmission and a lot of power. The additional maintenance and initial cost of the diesel was more than the fuel savings. So I am still not...

A lot of times it can't be done without damaging the bridge support. Also sometimes the road would be too low for drainage. In either case it would be cheaper to build a higher bridge. There is a low railroad bridge at 12' 6" between Tumwater and Tenino on old Hwy 99. Every time a crash closes I...

Yeah it's not very well thought out

Ouch! I am glad I have a tilt deck. I added hydraulic lift to it so I can actually push down on the back of the tow rig. Although the Reason I added the hydraulic setup is I can drive pallets up on the deck one at a time with my tractor without the front dropping.

Who needs a truck. I think I will sell both of mine. Apparently my Corvettes are all I need. Who knew. This guy showed me a great life hack.

Unless it's some Asian strain.

Yeah I hear small branches hit.

Yeah that was a mess. Good thing it didn't happen a few miles away under the convention center. Turns out the diesel emissions garbage caused it. It's the main reason there are so many truck fires now.

Who's taking pictures of my truck.

That's really sad.

Mine came with velcro straps to wrap around the arms. The instructions said you don't need them but some people feel better using them. I have never used them and towed mine well over 100k miles. Including states like Utah and Idaho where the speed limit is 80. Never had a problem. Even still...

That's why I always carry both.

Even if it bleeds down it will raise it right back up.

Is the generator bigger than you need now? You will only get about 80% out of if with propane. So if it doesn't have extra capacity you will find it be too small.

It looks like the wind bent it and it won't roll up. The support arms are up but not enough. If you don't put them away during wind it bends stuff and the parts don't nest together. It won't roll up if that happens. They should have just removed it.

I've seen several mixers roll over but I have never seen the barrel come off.

1 ton flat bed. Had some construction equipment on the bed. The tire was a good inch off the road.

The RR inside tire is not touching the ground. Must be a different size. It was hard to see due to road spry but when traffic stopped it was definitely the case.

Not the endorsement. The federal and state permits and insurance. Both are required for private as well. You need a lot more general liability insurance.

Except that would put you under all the hazmat regs even if private. If you are not already subject to them it would be a huge annual expense. Gotta stay under 1k pounds. Unless the tank is dir3ct fuel for the truck and mounted on the truck.

They can and do here.

It looks like it's set up to me. Just needs a deck to get from the door to the land on each side.

That's that's another way to look at it. I doubt there are any parts in the 30s the are in the 80 85s. IRRC the 80 and 85 are pretty similar except the clutch packs and a few other parts. Both are very solid transmissions.

Yeah that's not going to end well.

I was under the impression that all 8.1s had the 5 speed Allison 1000. The 4L85 is a 4 speed transmission. The first number is the number of gears. The L is for longitudinal vs T for Transverse. 80 or 85 is the series. It's likely an Allison if it's a 5 speed. Look for a spin on filter near the...

Same trailer I have. I really like mine.

Especially when it's why would you use straps not chains? If the straps are rated for the load they are fine. But some on here say they are not. 2 of my straps at straight pull ( Half of rated capacity ) is more than my tractor weighs. So 4 is plenty secure.

In that part of the world you do what you have to do. You have to give them credit.

It also protects the wimpy receiver on my 1500. It's only rated at 700 pounds without a WD hitch. I replaced the one that came on my 2500HD with a Curt rated at 2400 tounge weight with or without a WD hitch so it is just to be sure the trailer is loaded right to make it safe.

Because Corvettes weigh the same front and rear axles it has to be all the way forward to get proper distribution. Doesn't matter if you load it forward or backwards either.

My tilt deck has no tounge weight empty and rides horrible.

I didn't think it looks loaded wrong until he started loosing control. That's why I use Weigh Safe Hitchs. You can't always tell.

I hauled heavy equipment for many years. I know how to measure height.

Saw this today on 512 in Puyallup. No securement at all. And it was loaded wrong. It started fishtailing really bad going down South Hill. He almost lost it. He was lucky no one was in the lane next to him.

The John Deere manual says to transport it that way.

Same thing. It's got 2 pins that keep it in place.

Maybe having a truck and toy the same color is a theme with me. I also have a black truck and toy. Although the black toy is undergoing a little restoration right now. So no photos of it on the trailer behind the black truck.

The car is Jetstream Blue. It's kinda a rare color. It's a tint coat color so it changes in different lighting.

I didn't get a photo but I saw a guy with a full pallet of water in an F150. Again too heavy for the truck and again not tied in any way. But the tailgate gate was closed. Bottled water falls over much easier than boxes of oil. Those thin bottles have no support. I hate having that stuff in my...

I thought the same thing. The bed has been replaced and maybe the latch is broken.

Thanks A better photo of the toy.

My 03 looks much like that except extended cab. And a smaller PJ dump trailer. Top Notch tilt deck hauls the tractor. And the toy.

In a half ton and no straps. Oil spill looking for a place to happen.

Harbor Freight Jack stands are OK. I don't have any because I've had my old set since before they were in this corner of the country. The ones that were recalled had thin tabs the stop the shaft from coming out. So stupid people put the shaft on top of the ratchet to get more height and they...

Yeah it's in park too.

Those are Crocs and I work on cars with them all the time. I prefer my 4 post hoist to his boards though.

The car ain't gonna pull the avalanche out.

I thought it was a GM truck.

It's a landscape crew. Probably no one in the truck knows anything about driving.

He's copying log trucks. But he didn't look close enough at them. He missed the turn tables and the sliding reach. Both are kinda important.

First turn may not go well.

That's impressive. But stupid as well. And I wouldn't want to be anywhere near the tail swing.

FedEx ground doesn't own the tractors. They don't have much say about who the contractors hire. That's why they seem to make the news like this so often. It's a stupid thing to do in my opinion.

And wind unwraps it.

He didn't have any matches and didn't know how to rub sticks together. He had to start the campfire [emoji91] somehow.

And that's why log trucks turn so much easier tha semi the same length. When 2 lanes turn left they can almost always use the inside lane. I wish my truck could turn like that. A lot of smaller mills unload like that. I've never heard of that happening. But most operators don't back away like...

I've done that on several road tests.

Shure Wish I Finished Training!

I was inspected in a 4 week old truck with under 5k miles pulling a trailer on it's second run. The cop took it as a challenge. He found a couple stupid things on each and gave me a failed inspection with a fix it ticket. He was very proud of himself. One was the jam nut was no tight on one of...

All of the west coast states provide the tests in other languages. We are lost over here.

And still bent the trailer a little in the process. That's a lot of weight up front.

I was thinking that as well. There is always acetone in an empty tank. Infact putting too big a tip on a torch connected to too small a tank will pull the acetone up though the filter and damage the tank and possibly causing the flame problems you mentioned. The ones we transport are from the...

It's perfectly legal to haul them on their side. We haul them on pallets that way all the time. They just need to be secured and have the caps over the valves. That's how they ship them full or empty.

I have a dash cam. I can take stills off the video on the card. Just touch one button to save it.

None of our tandem axle tractors from the last several years have spring brakes on the front drive axle. The last 2 years with drum brakes and all of the disc bake units. I looked at them yesterday.

There's nothing wrong they won't stop the truck at freeway speeds. New tractors and trailers often have spring brakes on just 1 axle. They are parking brakes. They won't stop the truck at speed. And yes they lost all pressure. They were adjusted fine even after it happened. The brakes on the...

Actually I shouldn't have said above 5 mph. But at freeway speeds they are useless. I had the emergency air line rupture at 60 mph. Within seconds I could just keep driving if I wanted to. Until the brakes caught fire. It did nothing to slow the truck down. And it wasn't loaded very heavy.

The brakes get hot and slow you down a little for a short while.

No they won't not even empty.

Above 5 MPH pulling the park valves does nothing. The spring brakes don't have that much power.

We don't know if he still had brakes when he passed the runaway ramp. If he did I don't feel sorry for him. If not that changes everything. It's expensive to use one of those ramps. If he didn't use it for fear of loosing his job I don't feel sorry for him. If he started down the hill too fast I...

Don't know why it loaded a link.

I like to see clean GMT 800 trucks. I have a 2003 I bought new. I really like the truck. So much so that when I bought a new truck I kept it. The new truck is a 1500 so it's nice to still have a 2500HD for hauling stuff. Here's mine.

Hauling that stuff is a challenge. That's why I don't do it anymore. I would rather stick with normal semis. Also taking the trailer apart and putting it together and chaining stuff down in rain and mud gets old.

Yes you are right. As said it's many years ago.

Your right it's been 20 years since we did that job. And yeah it's narrow. That's why with the big machines we had to gat WSP to stop oncoming traffic. Can you imagine taking a 14 foot wide excavator across that otherwise?

Actually with an oversize load I would prefer that way. The AFB is near that bridge. The road up the island has narrow areas. The highway to the bridge from I 5 is a good road. The only tough part is the bridge. If you are over 10 feet wide you need to coordinate with WSP. They stop oncoming...

It's a good strong bridge. I hauled equipment to a job at the airforce base years ago weighing between 110k and 138k gross and the back from the job. The ferry system was a no go because it was all oversize. They don't allow oversize if there is a road to get there.

That's not tied down either.

I wonder if he got sidetracked and forgot. Imagine the feeling when he goes to unload if so. If he makes it where he's going.

Yeah that garage is a nightmare.

Or in my Vette.

It's been a long while since I have seen a Thing. They didn't sell very well.

What a moron.

I hope it's in park with the brake set.

Those have been known to suddenly break used like that.

That's what I was thinking but we have a lot of nervous Nellie's on here.

At least the hand truck has good tires.

But it's normal being as it's in a 3rd world country.

The wind was blowing from the right. It didn't blow him over. But that's a very narrow old bridge. A gust may have blown him to the left and died down as he pulled back right. Then he hit the rail.

I've been one of the last trucks on it as they were closing it a few times. It's not that bad a road. We have worse up here. But California drivers suck all the time and it's worse in snow. Especially the short haul truck drivers. That's why they close it. That and heavy snow they don't have...

That ramp is way too short.

Class C is for vehicles that don't require a CDL for size but do for Haz or air brakes.

I hope that hitch is adjusted tight. One good bump and it will come off otherwise.

Looked like steel.

It's an 8 foot piece of metal roofing. Not sure if it's wrong or just making due with what he has. He had a coat between the hatch and the roofing. Not tied down but the front was down by the bottom of the front seats and about 3/4 of it was inside.

It's tied to the roof rack with decent rope. The only risk is to the interior of the vehicle. It's not heavy enough to come through the seats in any survivable crash. It won't fall out. Some people need to make do with what they have.

Yeah they are very versatile. But break easy and cost too much to fix. I know a couple people who own them and both tell me they regret buying them. And if they sell them nothing that connects to them work on anything else.

Being it was video I wonder if it was intentional. Or just a moron on the fork lift.

Even just the common list would take several pages one at a time.

Having hauled heavy equipment for many years I can tell you pilot car drivers are not that smart.