Carry playground chalk for marking tires in these situations.

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  1. gentleroger

    gentleroger Road Train Member

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    New drivers - have a stick of playground chalk with you. It's handy for marking tires so you can see which wheel is frozen. It's also nice to be able to mark where the bad spot of a tire is so you don't have to find it again to show the tire tech.
     
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  3. Moose1958

    Moose1958 Road Train Member

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    I agree, but when I was active I used white spray paint to mark tires. The reason was I also used white paint to clean and repaint if the tire shop screwed up and put an inside wheel on the outside. Some of those guys had little or no common sense.
     
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  4. AsphaltFarmer

    AsphaltFarmer Medium Load Member

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    Also excellent grip improvement when hand measuring a drivers neck at the fuel island.
     
  5. JoeTruck

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    It also comes in handy when you have a difficult load to scale. Mark the hole you are in and where you think you need to be. Also where the pin is.
     
  6. motocross25

    motocross25 Road Train Member

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    Gonna try this out tonight with my girlfriend. Wish me luck!
     
  7. Big Road Skateboard

    Big Road Skateboard Road Train Member

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    Maybe they can just keep what's left after the written exam...
     
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  8. 062

    062 Road Train Member

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    Nope they use crayons for that.
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  9. austinmike

    austinmike Road Train Member

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    I used spray paint. A nice wide stripe that hopefully I could see in the dark.
     
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    I'll start passing the hat for your hospital bill now, should have it by the time you heal up.
     
  11. JoeTruck

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    Nothing wrong with loving a big woman, just be careful when you ask her to get out of the truck when you pull on the cat scale.
     
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