Teamsters Local 396
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Thanks A lot....I’ve been watching the Pre Trip
video daily and I know COLA has to do with the air breaks, what exactly would I need to know word for word if you don’t mind me asking you ?
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video daily and I know COLA has to do with the air breaks, what exactly would I need to know word for word if you don’t mind me asking you ?
Teamsters Local 396
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Thank You, look forward to being part of the group
Teamsters Local 396
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Copy that
Feeder665
Go big or go home!
Most dmv testers require you to say specific quotes about the cola. Some can be a tad more flexible but most want it word for word. They will make you show them in real time when it comes time to test. The point is what ever hand out they give you, your on road sup trainer has adjusted it to the specific tester in your area and get it down word for word.
Example: (others please chime in)
Between 75 and 55 psi an audio and visual alarm will sound.
Cut in is at 100psi (depends on truck)
Cut out is 130psi (again depends on truck) once needle settles. Not when you hear the valve.
Leak test. Set a stop watch for one minute. Push all air valves in and push foot on break. Should not have more than 4psi air leak in one minute.
I’ll see if I can find my old paperwork.
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olroadbeech
Happy Verified UPSer
Agree. The training is good and enough to get you the CDL but the real training is after you start in Feeder. You'll find that 90% plus feeder drivers are willing to help if you ask. Some newbies get offended if one of us come up to them in the yard and offer advice without them asking . Don't be that way. We all want you to SUCCEED.
We all started some time and all needed help at one time or another. There is no such thing as a stupid question in feeder. remember you could be pulling up to 80,000 pounds and that is pretty serious stuff.
you'll get thru the training but that is maybe 20% of feeder driving. the rest you will get from experience and other drivers. I drove for 34 years and was trying to learn something new EVERY DAY to be a better and safer driver. I even learned important things from new drivers. I even looked forward to the annual ride alongs to learn or relearn things that would make me a better driver. It's easy to get stale after awhile or to start taking short cuts.
The methods WORK. The 5 seeing habits WORK. The 10 point commentary WORKS. Learn them backward and forward.
good luck and please check back with your experiences. It will help others with similar questions.
olroadbeech
Happy Verified UPSer
I did that one time in a bad hood in Oakland on a friday afternoon. was empty so practically dragged my rear to turn my around. even drove up on sidewalk . but when i straightened out was afraid that maybe an airline popped off halfway or pinched the lines so got out to inspect everything, that was a mistake but I took my bump bar with me and 3 bloods came up and started asking me for money. said I owed a toll for entering their hood. I walked very fast around the set bumping the tires as hard as I could and telling them I was broke and it was a payday and hadn't gotten paid.
was lucky that day. I'll admit I was scared. After that was damned sure I knew where I was going and if not would put 4 ways on and ask someone. ( this was before cell phones )
Teamsters Local 396
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Wow You guys are all extremely helpful, very thankful
ManInBrown
Well-Known Member
Whats it like doing package in Compton
brostalss
Well-Known Member
That's how it is in Feeder. We all help each other. You ask for help or directions, 99.9999999999% of the time you're gonna get it. Have yet to bump into a Driver who is a *#^%!
brostalss
Well-Known Member
Whats it like doing package in Compton
I heard the Hub is easy. Only two belts. Red and Blue.
brostalss
Well-Known Member
Wait until you get a whiff of the "wonderful" smell at the local rail yards and our Grande Vista Hub.
Indecisi0n
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That's why I said 70%, when nothing is loaded behind the tandems you won't get much weight off the drive axle
Mugarolla
Light 'em up!
Even if it is loaded behind the tandems, you will not lighten the load on the tractor drive wheels much, if any at all. A see-saw works because the fulcrum is in the middle. Put the fulcrum at the 3/4 mark, and you cannot add enough weight to lift the other side.
Moving the tandems changes the fulcrum point of the trailer in relation to downward force more so than adding a little extra weight behind the tandems.
Changing the tandem position on a 70% trailer, if all the weight is forward of the tandems, will not change the weight on the tractor drive wheels, much, if any at all.
Indecisi0n
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You said fulcrum .
Johney
Well-Known Member
More than a few times our mechanics have had to drive a 50 mile round trip to the southbound weigh station cause some rookie feeder driver coming from(cough,cough Jax cough, cough)had the wheels all the back on a trailer and was held at the station for being overweight and didn't know how to move them.
Indecisi0n
Well-Known Member
We aren't shown how to move them and told never to touch them.
Johney
Well-Known Member
So what you're telling us is you never touch anything you're told not to touch? I'm not buying that.
Edit: That's poor training.
