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[Captain Dirty]

Welding is an art; that welder was a pointillist although not of the stature of Seurat or van Gogh.

 

[bcp]

"I heard welders talk of a weld looking like a stack of something. I think maybe it was raisins."



Bruce

 

[CADplans]

"I heard welders talk of a weld looking like a stack of something. I think maybe it was raisins."



Bruce

Like a stack of dimes,, pushed over so they are kinda like dominos,,

 

[Jstpssng]

It looked more like bubble gum to me.

 

[aczlan]

In Canada there are no language restrictions to get a CDL. It's not legislated that you speak one or the other of our 2 official languages.
I have seen receivers at warehouses who have to draw a door number on a piece of paper so the driver can match it with what is on the wall at the dock.
Makes me wonder how they pass the CDL tests. English and French are the 2 official languages in Canada and all gov info is available in those two. In certain
areas of Canada most speak both, or in rare cases they might have to get a co-worker to step in that does speak one or the other.
What we're seeing is a lot of East Asian (India) and middle eastern drivers who speak neither.
Makes me wonder about reading road signs, addresses, directions... all that.

Their bilingual dispatcher texts them the address that they're going to in whatever language they speak, they punch the address into their phone and the GPS on their phone takes them there with directions in their native language.
When they get wherever they're going they show you the phone so you can see the electronic copy of the bill of lading for whatever it is that they're delivering, then you point them on a map or they need to go.

Not that I've ever done this at work with a driver who didn't speak English or anything...

Aaron Z

 

[BravoXray]

The newest in hitching accessories,,

My father used to have a ball hitch on the front of his 70-something T-Bird. He used it with a tow bar to push and pull his Beechcraft Twin Bonanza in and out of the hangar.

 

[duramaxsky]

I wonder how you would feel if you & your personal vehicle were subjected to one of these inspections 4 or 5 times a year.
IF they want to, any inspector CAN find a violation on ANY vehicle.

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 the trailer brake push rod. That counts as a brake problem. I was out of service until I tightened it up and he rechecked it. That's not a real safety risk but it counts as an OOS brake defect. They are expected to find something. I have also had them find much worse things and let me slide if I say I will get it fixed or give me the opportunity to fix it and not write it up. It depends on the cop.

 

[Cub 7275]

.... What wasn't a factor was his brakes failing due to mechanical deficiencies, if that were so the owner would likely also have been charged criminally. .....

Bad assumption for two reasons. First, people don't get charged if the prosecutor doesn't think they can win, which doesn't mean they are innocent. Second, since the evidence was incinerated in the fire, it would be tough to prove one way or the other.

 

[Dftodd]

So, yesterday I had two third party haulers come into the shop to haul a couple frac tanks to a shop for refurbishment.

Both drivers were fresh out of driving school. Couldn't perform basic tasks that you would think a tractor trailer driver should be able to perform.

These skills were:

1: make sure the king pin is latched (one had hers latched, but then released it )

2: Hook up air lines

3: hook up lights

4: perform a basic pre-trip inspection.

Both drivers expected to sit in the truck and have someone perform those duties.

I pulled both drivers out of their trucks and explained to them exactly how stupid of an expectation that is.

It is their responsibility to make sure they are safe going down the road. That includes what they are pulling.

One of the drivers couldn't climb up on the back of their truck to hook up the air lines, and lights. Had to get them a ladder.

Told my boss this morning, if I get any other drivers in like that, then they forfeit their load, and load center can find us someone else to haul the equipment.

 

[3 Horse Ranch]

Bad assumption for two reasons. First, people don't get charged if the prosecutor doesn't think they can win, which doesn't mean they are innocent. Second, since the evidence was incinerated in the fire, it would be tough to prove one way or the other.

Obviously you are an experienced truck driver, prosecutor, collision investigator and forensic scientist, so I will bow to your wisdom and experience.