What's the fascination with trailer bearings?
So I've seen many, many posts over the years about checking hubs with IR guns for excessive heat. I've even seen posts where people check their hubs every stop. :E My question is why? I have never ...
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What's the fascination with trailer bearings?
Too many years in power plant where I was required to take readings on equipment........Temps/pressures/flow rates etc.
And I have this nifty IR Gun that makes it look like I really know what I am doing when I walk around rig at rest stops taking readings.
I shoot tires between the threads/sidewalls, hubs/drums and rotors on truck.
By the time I have made my rounds GF has walked the dog, dog has pee'd/pooped as needed and can get back in truck while we go pee/poop as needed.
WHY?
Because I can and now my hand doesn't get dirty
Too many years in power plant where I was required to take readings on equipment........Temps/pressures/flow rates etc.
And I have this nifty IR Gun that makes it look like I really know what I am doing when I walk around rig at rest stops taking readings.
I shoot tires between the threads/sidewalls, hubs/drums and rotors on truck.
By the time I have made my rounds GF has walked the dog, dog has pee'd/pooped as needed and can get back in truck while we go pee/poop as needed.
WHY?
Because I can and now my hand doesn't get dirty
