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<blockquote data-quote="dilligaf" data-source="post: 697032" data-attributes="member: 11476"><p><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: purple">I am in a different truck nearly every single day. It ABSOLUTELY drives me crazy when the regular driver does not 'write up' something that is wrong with their truck. They think it's not a big deal. They know about the 'problem' and have adapted to it. What they don't stop to consider is that they are not the only one driving their truck. </span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #800080">Last year I was in a truck that would 'lose' the clutch pedal when the chassis was tweaked. What I mean is that if the truck was in an unlevel position, using the clutch pulling out of a bar ditch, the clutch pedal would hit the floor. I suspected what the problem was so I told the mechanic to check the motor mounts. He looked at me like I was crazy but he did as I requested. Turns out I was right. There was a broken motor mount and everytime the truck chassis would tweak the engine would rock. Who knows how long it had been that way.</span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #800080">I've been in the trucking industry for a very long time. Most pkg drivers don't know what it is like to deal with DOT. I do and I am a picky bitch when it comes to that. OI, I'm surprised that you let let something like that go, thinking that it was no big deal. </span></span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dilligaf, post: 697032, member: 11476"] [FONT=Comic Sans MS][SIZE=3][COLOR=purple]I am in a different truck nearly every single day. It ABSOLUTELY drives me crazy when the regular driver does not 'write up' something that is wrong with their truck. They think it's not a big deal. They know about the 'problem' and have adapted to it. What they don't stop to consider is that they are not the only one driving their truck. [/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Comic Sans MS][SIZE=3][COLOR=#800080][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Comic Sans MS][SIZE=3][COLOR=#800080]Last year I was in a truck that would 'lose' the clutch pedal when the chassis was tweaked. What I mean is that if the truck was in an unlevel position, using the clutch pulling out of a bar ditch, the clutch pedal would hit the floor. I suspected what the problem was so I told the mechanic to check the motor mounts. He looked at me like I was crazy but he did as I requested. Turns out I was right. There was a broken motor mount and everytime the truck chassis would tweak the engine would rock. Who knows how long it had been that way.[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Comic Sans MS][SIZE=3][COLOR=#800080][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Comic Sans MS][SIZE=3][COLOR=#800080]I've been in the trucking industry for a very long time. Most pkg drivers don't know what it is like to deal with DOT. I do and I am a picky bitch when it comes to that. OI, I'm surprised that you let let something like that go, thinking that it was no big deal. [/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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