โFeb-03-2020 03:25 PM
โFeb-06-2020 06:40 PM
spoon059 wrote:NJRVer wrote:
Tailgate half the cost of Cummins?!
Cummins on my '17 was somewhere around $11,000 option.
$5,500 for a tailgate??
My friend has a 16 or 17 F350. His tailgate was stolen off his truck in his driveway ($70,000 truck and no tailgate lock...???). Insurance paid over $6000 to replace it (paint included). And a Cummins upgrade doesn't cost $11K, but even if it did, some tailgates cost at least half that much.
โFeb-06-2020 05:04 PM
valhalla360 wrote:FlatBroke wrote:
Have a friend that was helping a guy hook up. Latched hitch. Driver ask if he was sure. He said โhell yes, get going. Yep, destroyed his bed.
Yep, only time we've had any issues is when friends/strangers help out.
Spotter is a bit of a misnomer...She's in charge while backing and I'm not allowed to move unless I can see her in the mirror. I only have the authority to hit the brakes if something doesn't look right.
โFeb-06-2020 03:56 PM
agesilaus wrote:
OK I watched it on YouTube, that truck has 15 cameras and at least one is on the trailer.
โFeb-06-2020 03:07 PM
bid_time wrote:Same here, but we aren't the norm here.Johno02 wrote:
Don't really know exactly how it is done, but there still idiots out there that will try backing one up without a spotter, and will run all over something or someone.
Drove a truck for more years than i want to count. Backed up a trailer literally thousands of times (PER YEAR). I can count on one hand the number of times there was a spotter.
โFeb-06-2020 02:38 PM
Me Again wrote:bid_time wrote:Johno02 wrote:
Don't really know exactly how it is done, but there still idiots out there that will try backing one up without a spotter, and will run all over something or someone.
Drove a truck for more years than i want to count. Backed up a trailer literally thousands of times (PER YEAR). I can count on one hand the number of times there was a spotter.
A truck driver is trained to get out and look when in doubt. I drove this for 3 years in the late 70's and hardly ever had to climb down to walk back and look.
โFeb-06-2020 05:33 AM
bid_time wrote:
Drove a truck for more years than i want to count. Backed up a trailer literally thousands of times (PER YEAR). I can count on one hand the number of times there was a spotter.
โFeb-06-2020 05:29 AM
NJRVer wrote:
Tailgate half the cost of Cummins?!
Cummins on my '17 was somewhere around $11,000 option.
$5,500 for a tailgate??
โFeb-05-2020 07:59 PM
FlatBroke wrote:
Have a friend that was helping a guy hook up. Latched hitch. Driver ask if he was sure. He said โhell yes, get going. Yep, destroyed his bed.
โFeb-05-2020 03:45 PM
โFeb-05-2020 10:53 AM
bid_time wrote:Johno02 wrote:
Don't really know exactly how it is done, but there still idiots out there that will try backing one up without a spotter, and will run all over something or someone.
Drove a truck for more years than i want to count. Backed up a trailer literally thousands of times (PER YEAR). I can count on one hand the number of times there was a spotter.
valhalla360 wrote:JRscooby wrote:
Are you trying to insult me? I think of a "spotter" as just something else not to run over. Mostly I just call them "Onback"
Every time I asked a driver how a truck got damaged I heard "On Back, on back, on CRUNCH"
And never once has a onback ever offered to pay for damage.
Well there's your problem...don't use random strangers as spotters.
โFeb-05-2020 08:18 AM
bid_time wrote:Johno02 wrote:
Don't really know exactly how it is done, but there still idiots out there that will try backing one up without a spotter, and will run all over something or someone.
Drove a truck for more years than i want to count. Backed up a trailer literally thousands of times (PER YEAR). I can count on one hand the number of times there was a spotter.
โFeb-04-2020 04:13 PM
valhalla360 wrote:
Not sure how useful it is in real life but nifty technology.
โFeb-04-2020 02:20 PM
bid_time wrote:Johno02 wrote:
Don't really know exactly how it is done, but there still idiots out there that will try backing one up without a spotter, and will run all over something or someone.
Drove a truck for more years than i want to count. Backed up a trailer literally thousands of times (PER YEAR). I can count on one hand the number of times there was a spotter.
โFeb-04-2020 02:02 PM