Well this should be interesting...

bbsam

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I was pulled over once in the daytime for a headlight out. I had a spare in the truck and told him I would swap it out and must have just gone out while running. Showed him the spare bulb. Still wrote me a fix-it ticket.

Woke up on the wrong side of the bed or something
I had a truck blow a fuse and take out all the rear lights.

The officer wrote violations on every single light. Quotas maybe?
 

CJinx

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A leak is a leak whether it leaks a few drops or a few quarts. Management doesn't like oil stains on their floors, especially when the station has visitors from the district (floors get pressure washed the day before, lol).
 

bbsam

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A leak is a leak whether it leaks a few drops or a few quarts. Management doesn't like oil stains on their floors, especially when the station has visitors from the district (floors get pressure washed the day before, lol).
If I could afford new trucks every 5 years I could probably live with that. As it is, well, downsizing may be the smart way to go.
 

It will be fine

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The regulation I remember is free of leaks likely to cause a breakdown. They always hassle me about my radiators seeping coolant when their cold. I've had the same slight leak for 5 years, top it off Monday good to go all week.
 

overflowed

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If I could afford new trucks every 5 years I could probably live with that. As it is, well, downsizing may be the smart way to go.
getting a little fussy with you boys, in my city it seems every other ground truck is painted freshly white. Curious I asked what's the deal and said some inspector came in the terminal and basically told about 2/3 of the station that the trucks were too scratched up. He was talking about tree scratches. lol
 

bbsam

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getting a little fussy with you boys, in my city it seems every other ground truck is painted freshly white. Curious I asked what's the deal and said some inspector came in the terminal and basically told about 2/3 of the station that the trucks were too scratched up. He was talking about tree scratches. lol
Yeah. A lot of that going on. Another year of no raises for Ground drivers.
 

bbsam

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Guess it depends on who is looking for what. Leaking transmission fluid is the worse. That can start a good fire.
Not as easily as you'd think. I've fried a couple of transmissions to the point that the insides melted together. Burning transmission fluid does smell like hell but never seen flames.
 
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