lights

 

last week i had to sort lights,i learned there are many types. a trailer i estimate has around 14 to 25 lights that all must be working. some types include maxom grody led. lights can also be the same light except one has two prongs wall the other has three, also brake lights clearance,tail, blinker,licences plate lights could be in a whole different category. all of thies lights make it both legal and safe for trailers to be on the road.

Friday on trailer 3129 the s cam bushings were a little loose. We replaced all 6 of them on the triple axial trailer. The reason they get replaced is because if there wiggly or lose the automatic slack adjuster wont be able to adjust right and will cause the breaks to wear unevenly. The fact that we had to replace them made the break job take twice as long as usual. After replacing breaks in the morning we had a trailer that needed to be fixed,it was not legal to cross a scale. The trailer had 9 broken lights a air leak that you could hear and no conspicuity tape"the reflective tap on the bumpers. the lights ended up being a couple bad ground and a bad light.

the gravel was soft and a driver took the corner to wide

 this picture is a piece of stainless steel lynden door had cut to reduce the cost of having the steps for the semi truck rebuilt. the steps from the kenworth dealer costed twice the amount then having them custom cut and the stainless is stronger the the original aluminum ones. the stainless steel plates took me about an hour apiece to polish we started with a grinder then moved to 220 grit sand paper then to 400 and  for the final was a wet polish that cleaned and buffed the last scratches out.

the mounting stainless steal steps installed

the picture is a light checker every Saturday i take this unit witch consists of blue brown red green black white red wires that connect to switches. the switches turn on different items on the trailers like side markers blinkers license plate lights and so on. i find a light out on the lynden door trailers about once ever week and a half. some times there easy fixes like corroded wirer's but other times there shorts in the line. this little devices does help the company out and it was built using all in shop parts. the blue tool box is my newest purchase i paid Matco an arm and a leg for her and i think i will name her but not sure what yet.

2/1/12-2/25/12

2/1/12 fixed a trailer replaced a front hanger for the steer axial, grease trailer cleaned shop.
2/2/12 replaced break pads for trailer 3122 aired tires. drilled holes for battery shutoff switch.
2/4/12 blew out trailer and checked air presser for all 20 trailers
2/7/12 picked up scrap metal replaced clearance light it was a bad ground greased trailer
2/9/12 replaced exhaust from turbo we replaced it from a 4" to a 5" the truck now gets better fuel ecom and has more power. trailer maintenance check tires mount mirror on the wall for checking the abs light during in house expections.
2/11/12 blew out trailers check tires
2/14/12 weld hand railing on to be osha approved at the shop. sorted 5/16,3/8,1/2,9/16 bolts and cap screws into separate bins
2/17/12 grind steps so there was no snags to catch the drivers as they exit the trucks, air tires maintenance trailers
2/18/12 polished bracket checked air on the tires blew out trailers cleaned shop fixed a cab light
2/21/12 cleaned 3 trucks detailed them. tidy the shop blew out 2 trailer
2/24/12 polished stainless steal for the steps on the truck. lynden door trucking bought plates and had them cut in the shape of the side mounts for the stairs to the cab of the truck. this costed them less money then to buy kenworth aluminum brackets and the stainless steel ones are stronger too. it was my job to polish them to look presentable on the trucks. put in serious satalight. replace heater core temp gauge. install new monitor for gps system.
2/25/12 check tires blow out trailers check lights on trailer 3125