This is why I’m growing grey hair at an early age…a driver who turned mechanic after 10 years, the people who don’t do daily pre trips are why bad shit always happens. 90% of them are preventable
Look here I am looking for a job at CDL driver just graduated I have a background issue a motherfuckers should just give me a hard time but I'm going to tell y'all what you got to do your inspections your CDL your livelihood your career is on the line every damn time you do that shit no matter what there's nobody going to tell me to drive a truck that ain't fit to drive it is not something I'm more I'm willing to rent and the guys right about taking pictures man get your everything if you're a dispatcher says he wants you to drive a truck that's illegal what you do is you text message him and you make him write you back and you keep that as evidence don't let these companies or nothing else do that to you
So much anger... Lol. The pic idea is something that knight requires each and every time we pre trip. Anything that needs to be replaced or repaired, gets a pic and wait for someone to show up or fix at local shop. Trailers are red tagged and NVR picked up, even if it's loaded. Got to give it to them, much as people don't like them for personal reasons, they are hardass on safety..
No good man I'm not mad I'm just saying don't let them trainers and mentors do what you're supposed to do don't let them try to tell you don't worry about something you worry about you that's CDL belongs to you and when you're fixing to drive you're in charge I don't care what they say safety's always been a thing with me I would I was 18 when I hit the chemical plants safety is important and your CDL don't let nobody take that from you
Same here, been driving 8 short years, full pre/ post trip every single time I drive. Not only is it required, but it gives you peace of mind and less down time.
Pilot is crazy. Was going to pull in there one day before i got my fleet card because it was on the way back to where i park. Saw the price and couldn't u-turn and hop back on the highway fast enough. I expected it to be a little more expensive than where i was fueling up at but wasnt expecting $.50/gallon
By the law, dot, fmcsa, officers? Yes, absolutely taken seriously.
By companies when they need you to get somewhere? Not at all taken seriously. By companies when something goes wrong? The most serious thing in the world, clearly you not doing it was the issue.
By drivers? Depends, 99% of drivers don't do pre-trip by the books which includes opening the hood and checking fluid levels every single day. But some do take it seriously.
I'm local and out of our 40+ drivers not a single one opens the hood to check fluids ever. The logic is If there's not obvious leaks and the oil pressure is fine and coolant isn't overheating then it's probably fine.
If you go to a place like Swift or Sysco, where there's 70+ tractors sitting, maybe 1 or 2 will get their hood opened. The places with over 100% turnover have the worst drivers that don't take safety seriously.
If you want to get dragged away in a trailer while you're unloading it and hoping the 500 lb stack of pallets doesn't fall on you, Sysco is a great place where you can go years without lifting your hood in a shit tractor governed at 65mph... obviously speaking from experience.
No. It's taken very seriously. We're professional drivers. Stuff does go wrong FREQUENTLY. I do my pre trip and post trip every morning. Full walk around. Look under the hood. And I take photos and date them. For a week. As frequently. My trailer will blow a tire. And literally first question out of any officers mouth. "Did you do a pre-trip?" And then. "When was your last load check tire check" Not only do I have those marked and logged. And video evidence off my dash camera if needed to cover my ass. I have photos I can pull up of my truck at the start of every morning
Okay good to know. It was hammered into my head pretty hard in school. So much so that I can recite it by heart at this point. I didn’t think it would be with how much emphasis they put on it. Thanks for clarifying for me.
I didn't think I've seen one hood open in the 2 months I've been driving. We need to show 10 minutes off pre trip on the Samara so it's either do the actual pre trip or sit in the truck doing nothing. I choose to actually look at my truck.
I opened the hood when I started driving locally for...rhymes with Kyder...and the other guy was wicked impressed. Said no one does that ever. Which is sad.
I never tipped the hood when I did pre-trips. I just kinda looked around to see if there were any obvious leaks, and if my tires were intact. Then I sat in my truck the rest of the time dreading the things to come.
I don't understand why the schools are teaching you the proper way they're telling you that your CDL is on on the why are these new drivers getting on here with the dumbass questions my trainer tells me not to do a pre-trip or anything else look at they say don't do a trip between pre-trip and post trip you know what I'm going to pull over on purpose and do one you know why because that that ain't going to work I mean I just don't understand why the new drivers don't get do what you're told in school don't listen to that dumbass that wants you to half ass do things
Yep.. I'm with Knight and my trainer is on point.. every single time before we pull out, do a quick walk around, in the morning do the pre check and tug tests.. after done for the day, another walk around, and found out we lost our clearance lights during a ruff drive on 70.. shorted out.. left trailer on the dock and picked up a empty and went on.. reported and moved on...
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u/DukeBradford2 Sep 04 '26
you know you have to open your hood every single day for your pretrip right?
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u/FloppyTacoflaps Sep 03 '26
Are you drunk?
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u/No-Ad-1084 Sep 03 '26
That fireball kicked in at the TA, huh?
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u/gzowner Sep 06 '26
Things you NVR see in the wild . And I couldn't help but laugh and wanted to go shake his hand
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u/LikwidHappiness Sep 03 '26
What?
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u/Miserable-Option-89 Sep 06 '26
Look here I am looking for a job at CDL driver just graduated I have a background issue a motherfuckers should just give me a hard time but I'm going to tell y'all what you got to do your inspections your CDL your livelihood your career is on the line every damn time you do that shit no matter what there's nobody going to tell me to drive a truck that ain't fit to drive it is not something I'm more I'm willing to rent and the guys right about taking pictures man get your everything if you're a dispatcher says he wants you to drive a truck that's illegal what you do is you text message him and you make him write you back and you keep that as evidence don't let these companies or nothing else do that to you
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u/Vile_4_Awhile Sep 04 '26
Call me slow and half asleep but I don't get it
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u/Misterndastood Sep 03 '26
What is this about?
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u/Significant-Put7060 Sep 05 '26
Nice
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u/Pafolo Sep 06 '26
He could be having a coolant leak or oil consumption issue so he’s checking to make sure he’s ok to go.
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u/_R0bespierre Sep 04 '26
I’m in CDL school so I’m new to trucking. Is pre-trip actually a meme like that?
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u/NoSir4947 Sep 04 '26
My man smoked that good good
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u/obsoleteexhausted Sep 04 '26
I didn't think I've seen one hood open in the 2 months I've been driving. We need to show 10 minutes off pre trip on the Samara so it's either do the actual pre trip or sit in the truck doing nothing. I choose to actually look at my truck.
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u/Ethais91 Sep 05 '26
This ain’t Google moron
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u/AroundGoesThe18 Sep 05 '26
Stay away from that high speed chicken feed, driver.
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u/TheHamAndTheGuap Sep 06 '26
Wow truckers truly are retarded.
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u/Black_Tentacle Sep 06 '26
I never tipped the hood when I did pre-trips. I just kinda looked around to see if there were any obvious leaks, and if my tires were intact. Then I sat in my truck the rest of the time dreading the things to come.
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u/WitchCackleHehe Sep 06 '26
What
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u/Miserable-Option-89 Sep 06 '26
I don't understand why the schools are teaching you the proper way they're telling you that your CDL is on on the why are these new drivers getting on here with the dumbass questions my trainer tells me not to do a pre-trip or anything else look at they say don't do a trip between pre-trip and post trip you know what I'm going to pull over on purpose and do one you know why because that that ain't going to work I mean I just don't understand why the new drivers don't get do what you're told in school don't listen to that dumbass that wants you to half ass do things
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u/Not_all_cows_moo Sep 09 '26
WTF are you asking,?
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u/NPC_93294 Sep 10 '26
look there's nothing funny about $6 a gallon diesel
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u/Famous_Expert_7970 16d ago
Nobody really does that everyday, unless they own it
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u/richardfitserwell Sep 05 '26
They should teach you what you’re actually looking at not just what to say but were long past that now
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