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  1. Safety Mgmt.

    Light Duty Trucks & Gooseneck Trailers

    ;) The DOT regulations Part 390.5 in definitions is clear on what the GVWR and CGVWR are. Most and I say most trucks will give you the GVWR on the driver's door casing tag. If you cannot find it there go to the manual in the glove box, can't find it there take the vin number and call the local...
  2. Safety Mgmt.

    DOT INSPECTIONS - insane

    All out there should think about this. As of January 1, 2009 the entire 50 states were suppose to get rid of most of their state DOT vehicle codes and go to writing violations under the FMCSR safety regulation book only. Here in Michigan that has happened pretty well. I suggest that you all get...
  3. Safety Mgmt.

    Truck Needing Carb Problem Fixed

    Can't agree with your thoughts Rino on going to diesel chassis. This truck is a real workhorse. I can go down through a slippery slimy woods and come right back up with the two speed axle and perfect weight ratios. My neighbor bought a refitted fire truck with no two speed axle, they put a five...
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    Truck Needing Carb Problem Fixed

    Thanks Duromax04, I'll try some of those things in the Spring as the truck has been put away for the winter. Vac surge could be your problem also when you let off from a hard surge on the accelerator. Might want to check for a vac leak or a hose hooked up to the wrong fitting by the carb. A good...
  5. Safety Mgmt.

    5th wheel weight problem:no traction

    I think your way off on the tongue weight having to be 50% of the 50,000#. My 7,500# trailer only has 800# tongue weight which is plenty. You cannot exceed what is on the rubber on the tires of the tractor. So again if the tires say 3,200 lbs at 65 lbs. of air pressure then you can only put...
  6. Safety Mgmt.

    5th wheel weight problem:no traction

    I think your making a lot more out of this traction problem than needed. Think about doing this; Go to a metal salvage yard get them to loan you a big steel or wood box, have them fill the box with cut up railroad rail material or similar heavy iron, go over their scales and bring the weight up...
  7. Safety Mgmt.

    hazmat Q

    surfer-joe has good info on this subject also. Make sure that you do ask your haz-mat employer what haz-mat training classes will they provide and when is the next one. If it is a long way off or they tell you they will send you to a independent class then take advanage of this as they will foot...
  8. Safety Mgmt.

    Truck Needing Carb Problem Fixed

    My F-600 Single Axle Dump truck has a newer 390 Ford engine in it and it's a real workhorse truck. The problem is you have to have the choke pulled all the way on put some gas in the carb throat to start the truck, then keep the choke on most the way for it to keep running, when it's really been...
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    hazmat Q

    Sorry to say that the company you are employed with should be holding annual Systems Awareness Training for all employees including drivers of their haz-mat products. This is annual training for all haz-mat companies.
  10. Safety Mgmt.

    JD 450B RPMs Bouncing when under power.

    Thanks for the input so far I'll check out these things...Keep the ideas coming.
  11. Safety Mgmt.

    JD 450B RPMs Bouncing when under power.

    Now ya got me thinking it does lope when setting still and loses rpm when under power from 2200 down to 700-800 rpms. Sometimes I have to shift down, which I didn't have to before and it had plenty of power. Also, I have a Ford 600 Dump Truck with a 390 engine. We have to put gas in the carb...
  12. Safety Mgmt.

    JD 450B RPMs Bouncing when under power.

    By running the valves do you mean a pressure test or tearing the engine down and re-valving the engine? I guess running the valves is throwing me off, let me know. Does anyone know a really reasonable site or place to get 17" re-toe bars?
  13. Safety Mgmt.

    DOT---Dep't of Trouble

    nedly05; You already have the same paperwork from Foley that you'd get from JJ Keller. First of all those companies are printing companies and wish you go back over and over for more paperwork as you bring on more drivers. So, Here's what you do. Take all the Foley forms that have carbon-less...
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    DOT---Dep't of Trouble

    Please feel free to come ask me where to search for your answers and you can do it yourself. We just want to help companies know the regulations and get the correct answers to be compliant. I'm glad that you weren't picking on us in particular!
  15. Safety Mgmt.

    DOT---Dep't of Trouble

    Dwan: Buddy you are completely wrong about us here at Safety Management Systems. If you look at any one of my answers on WebAnswers we have completely answered the question specific to that person's needs, helping them to understand the FMCSR regulations here on WebAnswers.com and have not got...
  16. Safety Mgmt.

    JD 450B RPMs Bouncing when under power.

    I have a 1972 JD 450B that run steady rpms on the tech when I first got it. Two years of pretty heavy work it now lopes on tech and does now hold the rpms up like it did. I've changed the fuel filters (all three), changed the voltage regulator that was fried. The air cleaner needs the outer...
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    DOT---Dep't of Trouble

    Road and Company Compliance Tickets We have tons of knowledge we can share to keep tickets to minimum or none at all. You realize we can train the most interested company and they can go back out of compliance the next day. Just fill out a Drivers Daily Vehicle inspection wrong and there you...
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    Light Duty Trucks & Gooseneck Trailers

    As of January 01, 2009 all Interstate and all Intrastate companies with a single truck or a truck trailer combination of 10,001# GVWR is all regulated the same, under the Federal Motor Carrier Safety regulations. If your truck or truck/trailer is over 26,000# GVWR you are subject to the CDL...
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    DOT inspection checklist

    Type-o error with above is suppose to be would. Also when you get a level one inspection, you are to get a CVSA sticker on the right lower side of your windshield so you will not get stopped on a safety inspection for at least three months from the month the sticker was issued. Ask the office...
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    DOT inspection checklist

    (Retired Safety Auditor, from MSP in MI) I did 32 inspections a year for certification. They stop you they will check your license, med-card, insurance, registration, manifests, invoices, or shipping papers, log book if required (out side the 100 Air-Mile radius). These with be on every stop...
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