I had my ride last week and my review tonight. He said I had the best pre-trip he'd ever seen and did a great job during the ride.
Then he said I didn't check the brights once I got in the cab--I checked them when I was outside the tractor. He said I didn't check that the heater was working--it was 81 degrees at 11:30 at night. He said my 4 inch flashlight was a hazard because it sits in the groove between the fire extinguisher an the door frame--it sits all the way to the right of the door, which no normal human would put their foot on to enter the tractor. He said I didn't test the steps before getting on the tractor--the new Kenworth's steps are incorporated into the bodywork. So I would probably have crash into something to really test the integrity of those steps. And he said I didn't check that the mirrors were secure, although, like the steps, they are also part of the solid bodywork.
When he was done, I said,"So you've got your five things then." He just grinned and told me to keep doing what I was doing.
It is what it is. The dance of the tards. The on road sups don't do anything more than train and tell us how slow we are going, so management has to get something out of them.
that they had to fudge originally.
