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1. In the year 2004 over 880 trucks formed the worlds largest truck convoy in the USA?
2. You have a 53' trailer with movable axles and a truck with adjustable 5th wheel.
You load your trailer up with 46,000 lbs of widgets and head to the local truckstop to scale the load. You get the scale ticket and see that you have 11,680 lbs on your steering axle, 34,245 lbs on your drive axles, and 33,120 lbs on your trailer tandems. You know that you are only allowed 34,000 lbs on your drive axles and 34,000 lbs on your trailer tandem axles. You are also only allowed 12,000 lbs on your steer axle. What do you do?
3. In a class 8 truck there are two knobs. One is diamond shaped and yellow, the other is octagonal and red (stop sign). What is the yellow diamond shaped knob for?
4. The air pressure in a typical air brake system is how many psi?
5. What is ECM the acronym for?
6. What is IFTA the acronym for?
7. A truck driver tells you he has a 550 Cat engine. What does the 550 signify?
8. In 2005, under the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), trucks can cross freely between the U.S.A and Canada with no need to provide Customs paperwork.
9. There are two air lines which attach to the trailer. One is blue and the other is red. What will happen if you are driving down the road and the blue air line disconnects?
10. The "spike" is the pole on the rear deck which keeps the airlines and light cord from laying on the deck and developing rubs marks, cuts or bruising.
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Dyce
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