BGgraphy
10th of November 2009 (Tue), 17:08
Hello everyone, I usually hang out in the Bird section, but after looking at all the transport shots, I figured that I would add my 2 cents. I work in a Heavy Duty Truck repair shop and figured that I would show you guys all the trucks that come thru with MAJOR problems. Now keep in mind these shots will mostly be of trucks that are on the road daily! Most of the time they come in for other problems, we find the problems they don't know about.
For the most part, the trucks we work on are in good shape but usually once a week or so, we get one of these guys in. It really is a shame that trucks like this run the roads every day, considering that drivers are required every day before they go out to perform a pre-trip inspection to look at the exact thing that I will show. We always hear " I never heard a thing, never felt any vibration" HAH, that's BS, for whatever reason the drivers will drive their route only wanting to know- where is my check, it is what it is. Keep in mind that the DOT Inspectors are out there right up the road every day, State Police, Local Sheriffs etc., but it is simply impossible around here to check every truck. Most of the DOT cops are good guys, doing a real good job.
So as long as everyone seems to like them, I will post them as they come in and show some of the pretty rides that come in! Sorry about the quality but I will get better shots in the future.
Here is #1.. this is on a 53 foot trailer for a medium size company. The trailer came in with a door problem, the rear doors hit something, once again, no one knows what, HAH, but if you look at the picture you can see the brake drum rusted over, these brakes have not worked in a while. In the upper right, you can see what is called the S-Cam, it is sitting on top of the brake shoe roller. This is what is called cammed over, this means that the brake shoe and brake drum are so worn out that the cam has flipped over, making the brakes completely non functioning, this usually locks up the wheel destroying the tire if the driver keeps going, in this case I don't think it happened but don't really know. The company had no idea that this was going on with their trailer- HAH, damn shame really! You can see the lower brake shoe which measured less than 3/8", this type of brake is considered "Out of Service" when the brake shoe lining is at 1/4" or less, a new brake shoe will measure 7/8" to 1" depending on which type you have. So once again, this problem has been here for quite a while!
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2426/4093233381_6b29c07f15_o.jpg
#2- A local company that hauls Mulch, topsoil and types of stone.
This company regularly hauls over weight loads. You can see the brake rotor and what was brake pads, a typical disc brake setup. The brake pads went Metal to Metal a long time before this shot, the brake rotor has separated from itself, this you can see where the gap is near the hub. Once again, the driver "never heard a noise, never felt anything" I don't know what to say but HAH. Both side of this axle were like this, this is on the rear axle, the front was better but not by much.
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2610/4093999602_a8ace2ef20_o.jpg
I will post more as they come in if you all like them.
For the most part, the trucks we work on are in good shape but usually once a week or so, we get one of these guys in. It really is a shame that trucks like this run the roads every day, considering that drivers are required every day before they go out to perform a pre-trip inspection to look at the exact thing that I will show. We always hear " I never heard a thing, never felt any vibration" HAH, that's BS, for whatever reason the drivers will drive their route only wanting to know- where is my check, it is what it is. Keep in mind that the DOT Inspectors are out there right up the road every day, State Police, Local Sheriffs etc., but it is simply impossible around here to check every truck. Most of the DOT cops are good guys, doing a real good job.
So as long as everyone seems to like them, I will post them as they come in and show some of the pretty rides that come in! Sorry about the quality but I will get better shots in the future.
Here is #1.. this is on a 53 foot trailer for a medium size company. The trailer came in with a door problem, the rear doors hit something, once again, no one knows what, HAH, but if you look at the picture you can see the brake drum rusted over, these brakes have not worked in a while. In the upper right, you can see what is called the S-Cam, it is sitting on top of the brake shoe roller. This is what is called cammed over, this means that the brake shoe and brake drum are so worn out that the cam has flipped over, making the brakes completely non functioning, this usually locks up the wheel destroying the tire if the driver keeps going, in this case I don't think it happened but don't really know. The company had no idea that this was going on with their trailer- HAH, damn shame really! You can see the lower brake shoe which measured less than 3/8", this type of brake is considered "Out of Service" when the brake shoe lining is at 1/4" or less, a new brake shoe will measure 7/8" to 1" depending on which type you have. So once again, this problem has been here for quite a while!
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2426/4093233381_6b29c07f15_o.jpg
#2- A local company that hauls Mulch, topsoil and types of stone.
This company regularly hauls over weight loads. You can see the brake rotor and what was brake pads, a typical disc brake setup. The brake pads went Metal to Metal a long time before this shot, the brake rotor has separated from itself, this you can see where the gap is near the hub. Once again, the driver "never heard a noise, never felt anything" I don't know what to say but HAH. Both side of this axle were like this, this is on the rear axle, the front was better but not by much.
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2610/4093999602_a8ace2ef20_o.jpg
I will post more as they come in if you all like them.