Ask a Feeder Driver, Feeder Driver FAQ

[1BROWNWRENCH]

Driver’s side door of an old tractor:

Cracked. Handle hanging by it’s last screw. Possibly taped in some form. Window handle about to fall off. Dirty as hell on the window sill.

Passenger side door of an old tractor: Practically new.

Want it switched over?

 

[oldngray]

Want it switched over?

to right hand drive?

 

[Indecisi0n]

.... Instead of just using the passenger door.....

They say truckers aren't the brightest bunch...

 

[olroadbeech]

Oh crap! I retired 5 years ago.
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I just found these in my pocket. Hope they're not still looking for them.

I only turned in some of my uniforms. kept a couple sets in case I wanna rob a bank or something.

 

[burrheadd]

I only turned in some of my uniforms. kept a couple sets in case I wanna rob a bank or something.

You ever wear them to “da club”

 

[ManInBrown]

Anyone have any good tips for cleaning the tractor windshield? My arms arent 10 feet long so i cant clean by hand. I use the extension thing in the car wash but never seems to come clean. I see guys go thru the car wash and the tractor comes out spotless. Someone give me there steps for the windshield. And how they go about taking the tractor thru the car wash. I was always told to hit no brushes when you go thru

 

[Indecisi0n]

Anyone have any good tips for cleaning the tractor windshield? My arms arent 10 feet long so i cant clean by hand. I use the extension thing in the car wash but never seems to come clean. I see guys go thru the car wash and the tractor comes out spotless. Someone give me there steps for the windshield. And how they go about taking the tractor thru the car wash. I was always told to hit no brushes when you go thru

Open the hood and jump up on the tire .

 

[ManInBrown]

Open the hood and jump up on the tire .

Spray down the windshield, then open the hood? And use the extension thingy to clean? Then close hood and spray down again? Serious question. Not being funny. I dont wash my own car. Lol. How about the actual wipers. This time of year lots of bugs. Do you pull the wipers up and off windshield and spray those down also?

 

[Indecisi0n]

Spray down the windshield, then open the hood? And use the extension thingy to clean? Then close hood and spray down again? Serious question. Not being funny. I dont wash my own car. Lol. How about the actual wipers. This time of year lots of bugs. Do you pull the wipers up and off windshield and spray those down also?

I personally don't ever clean them by hand unless the car wash us broken. We have brushes on ext poles in the car wash .I soap, scrub and spray with hose .good to go .

If the car wash is broken andI need to hit windows I pop hood, spray and papartowel glass. Just rene.ber if you fall off the time they will blame you for it .

 

[ManInBrown]

I personally don't ever clean them by hand unless the car wash us broken. We have brushes on ext poles in the car wash .I soap, scrub and spray with hose .good to go .

If the car wash is broken andI need to hit windows I pop hood, spray and papartowel glass. Just rene.ber if you fall off the time they will blame you for it .

When you do by hand do you just use windex or glass cleaner? What about when you go thru the wash? Guys told me you have to hit no brushes or it will rip sheet off the tractor. I guess they mean mirrors? I see drivers come out from the wash and it looks like the tractor was detailed. Spotless. I go thru and its nothing but streaks and its not even clean. Are these drivers scrubbing the tractor with the extension poles on the doors and everywhere else and then going thru?

 

[silenze]

When you do by hand do you just use windex or glass cleaner? What about when you go thru the wash? Guys told me you have to hit no brushes or it will rip sheet off the tractor. I guess they mean mirrors? I see drivers come out from the wash and it looks like the tractor was detailed. Spotless. I go thru and its nothing but streaks and its not even clean. Are these drivers scrubbing the tractor with the extension poles on the doors and everywhere else and then going thru?

Yes. Wash with the brush on an extension pole and hit the no brushes to rinse.

 

[Mugarolla]

Are these drivers scrubbing the tractor with the extension poles on the doors and everywhere else and then going thru?

Yes. Using the soap buckets and brushes. Some car washes even have pressure sprayers.

Then go through with no brushes to rinse, as @silenze said.

 

[ManInBrown]

Thx guys. Im on a job this week that a 30 year driver has. He left the tractor spotless clean for me to start the week. I want to do the same for him.

 

[Jones]

A lot of us keep a bottle of dish soap in the tractor, squirt a little in one of the buckets and then use the extension brush.

 

[DriveInDriveOut]

Anyone have any good tips for cleaning the tractor windshield? My arms arent 10 feet long so i cant clean by hand. I use the extension thing in the car wash but never seems to come clean. I see guys go thru the car wash and the tractor comes out spotless. Someone give me there steps for the windshield. And how they go about taking the tractor thru the car wash. I was always told to hit no brushes when you go thru

Our car washes suck. Use the brushes and just go through to rinse.

Get a little bottle of dawn dish soap and put some directly on the pole brushes they have when you start cleaning. The company's soap is garbage, it's a waste of time pushing dirt around.

 

[DriveInDriveOut]

A lot of us keep a bottle of dish soap in the tractor, squirt a little in one of the buckets and then use the extension brush.

Beat me to it lol.

 

[retiredTxfeeder]

Thx guys. Im on a job this week that a 30 year driver has.

Don't touch anything inside the cab while wearing gloves. Nothing worse than getting in after a pretrip and the guy before you left grease on the steering wheel. Arrrrrgghhhhh.

 

[ManInBrown]

Don't touch anything inside the cab while wearing gloves. Nothing worse than getting in after a pretrip and the guy before you left grease on the steering wheel. Arrrrrgghhhhh.

Im aware of that. Thx. Im ocd about keeping everything clean. I wipe the entire inside down with wet ones every day. Thats another reason im so pissed off i cant get the outside clean. Thats why i came here and asked.

 

[Johney]

Do not use the brush function on the car wash I have seen guys tear all kinds of stuff off by using them by mistake.

 

[olroadbeech]

Anyone have any good tips for cleaning the tractor windshield? My arms arent 10 feet long so i cant clean by hand. I use the extension thing in the car wash but never seems to come clean. I see guys go thru the car wash and the tractor comes out spotless. Someone give me there steps for the windshield. And how they go about taking the tractor thru the car wash. I was always told to hit no brushes when you go thru

you clean the inside also?