Indecisi0n
Well-Known Member
You should be able to see the door handle.
A properly set camera does not show the door or handle. The camera is there for backing up not to make are your bulkhead door is closed.
You should be able to see the door handle.
The only time I have driven with the bulkhead door open is pulling from a dock so that I do not forget to close the back doors. Even if it was not a safety issue, I would prefer it closed, why too much dust.
A properly set camera does not show the door or handle. The camera is there for backing up not to make are your bulkhead door is closed.
When I had my country run and I wanted to get rid of the peanuts and other crap in the pkg car, I would find a desolate back road, open both the bulkhead and rear doors, get it up to about 55 mph or so, which would blow the majority of the crap out and then slow down really fast, which would blow the rest of the crap out through the front doors.
How many of you have ever left the DIAD resting on the rear bumper (pre-Telematics) only to realize it when you got to your next stop?
It kind of reminds me of the old joke about men masturbating: there are two kinds of men who masturbate, those who do, and those who admit it.
Any driver who has driven for any amount of time has forgot about the back door at least once. Now many won't admit it, but we all have. Back in the 90's, one of my last pickups was an AT&T data center. This was so long ago that what I picked up was old data tapes. They looked like reel-to-reel tapes. If you have to ask, Google. Anyway, this was a full P-1000 of those tapes. Last pickup. Closed the door, drove a few miles to the interstate, and drove about 10 miles back to the building. I pulled up to the air trailer to unload my air. I opened up my bulkhead door, and I about crapped my pants when I saw the building lights through my back door. That door was open! Oh !! When I finished loading the truck, it was full to the ceiling. Now, I could see through the back door.
A few drivers that came back after me, on one of the busiest interstates in Kansas City, said it looked like the road was littered with album sized boxes all the way back to UPS.
Yeah, I freaked, thought I was fired for sure, so I found my steward at the bar he always hung out in. Mind you, this was before the DIAD era, so none of this was traceable. He told me to calm down and act like it never happened. And nothing ever did, because these were tapes addressed to the entire country, and UPS was a different company back then, but never again did I forget to chain that back door.
Talk about outing yourself!
I can go better than that but the story won't appear here until after I retire!
Every truck I've drove in my center you can see the bumper in the camera. Also if your truck had swinging rear doors you would see them open. Different centers different flavor maybe?A properly set camera does not show the door or handle. The camera is there for backing up not to make are your bulkhead door is closed.
I was usually pretty good at learning my lessons. Left my rear door open one time. From then on I always chained my rear door.When I had my country run and I wanted to get rid of the peanuts and other crap in the pkg car, I would find a desolate back road, open both the bulkhead and rear doors, get it up to about 55 mph or so, which would blow the majority of the crap out and then slow down really fast, which would blow the rest of the crap out through the front doors.
How many of you have ever left the DIAD resting on the rear bumper (pre-Telematics) only to realize it when you got to your next stop?
Happened to me just yesterday.How many of you have ever left the DIAD resting on the rear bumper (pre-Telematics) only to realize it when you got to your next stop?
I have never left it on the bumper, but I have left it in the back of the truck only to have it fall behind packages and take forever to find it. It is a sick feeling to get to your next stop only to see an empty DIAD holder.
Have you ever driven your package car and forgot to close the backdoor? I accidentally did that today.
It would appear that there is no such thing as a "this has only happened to me."
Have you ever driven your package car and forgot to close the backdoor? I accidentally did that today.