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Feeder driver fired for refusing unsafe trailer?
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<blockquote data-quote="UPS804driver" data-source="post: 347314" data-attributes="member: 15695"><p>In this post you ask 2 questions that really scare me and leave me with two questions for you. You state that you are a shifter( I would ponder you move trailers in your yard) Do you do a pretrip on your trailer and do you have a commercial A (tractor trailer license)? I you are a shifter and dont pretrip your equiptment, plase tell me what building you work out of so incase I am in the area, i will stay far away from the shifter cab when you guys come my way. Checking the brake pads for cracks and thickness is part of the pretrip and part of our NYS commercial driving written test and road test infront of a NYS inspector. We are then trained by UPS to check for the same following things under our UPS directed pretrip. During our state test, we have to visually inspect the pads and state to the instrucor what is NOT wrong with the item. (example) the rim is in good condition,is not cracked and there is no weld spots on the rim. The brake pads are proper thickness and they are not damaged or cracked.I would hope that you know what you are inspection before you drive that shifter and make sure you know what you are signing when you fill out your ddr. So to answer your question NO, you do not have to take off the tire to see that the brake pads are cracked. I would ask to get re pita certified if I were you because it seems like they left out the pretrip training part of it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="UPS804driver, post: 347314, member: 15695"] In this post you ask 2 questions that really scare me and leave me with two questions for you. You state that you are a shifter( I would ponder you move trailers in your yard) Do you do a pretrip on your trailer and do you have a commercial A (tractor trailer license)? I you are a shifter and dont pretrip your equiptment, plase tell me what building you work out of so incase I am in the area, i will stay far away from the shifter cab when you guys come my way. Checking the brake pads for cracks and thickness is part of the pretrip and part of our NYS commercial driving written test and road test infront of a NYS inspector. We are then trained by UPS to check for the same following things under our UPS directed pretrip. During our state test, we have to visually inspect the pads and state to the instrucor what is NOT wrong with the item. (example) the rim is in good condition,is not cracked and there is no weld spots on the rim. The brake pads are proper thickness and they are not damaged or cracked.I would hope that you know what you are inspection before you drive that shifter and make sure you know what you are signing when you fill out your ddr. So to answer your question NO, you do not have to take off the tire to see that the brake pads are cracked. I would ask to get re pita certified if I were you because it seems like they left out the pretrip training part of it. [/QUOTE]
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