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azrving
Mar 11, 2017Explorer
Heavy Metal Doctor wrote:
I am often amazed at the lack of vehicular common sense I see all around me, often by "professionals". We sell / service machinery mounted to heavy truck chassis. Just a day or two ago I got in a State DOT truck (I won't say which states big orange truck) that had been dropped off for service. In the 100 feet it took me to move it form where they parked it to my shop, I realized it had very little, if any, rear brake function. I could feel the weight shift and abrupt grabbing of the front axle as the pedal was nearly at the floor - going less than 10 MPH. I walked around it and saw new parts just replaced all around the brake system. Assorted air valves, a brake chamber on one rear axle...obviously they knew something was wrong and someone attempted to fix it....that's 66,000 pounds of barely able to stop rolling through traffic....
In Michigan a 65 % score is required to pass the state mechanic certification tests.
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