Carry playground chalk for marking tires in these situations.

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  1. motocross25

    motocross25 Road Train Member

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    Haha! Thanks for lookin out buddy, I appreciate it.
     
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  3. tscottme

    tscottme Road Train Member

    And it helps when the dock doors have no line on the ground.
     
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  4. Hammer166

    Hammer166 Crusty Information Officer

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    I've used everything from a rock to a piece of trash to even just a shiny coin for that. Anything to help see where the front of the trailer needs to be to be perpendicular to the dock.
     
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  5. tscottme

    tscottme Road Train Member

    I've been to a number of brand new warehouses. I've used my 2 gloves to represent the line that should have been painted on the ground. Sometimes its harder to back in with too much space as normal amount of space.
     
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  6. gentleroger

    gentleroger Road Train Member

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    When dealing with 'frozen brakes' I like making the chalk mark at 12 o'clock on all the tires, makes it easier to see which one actually moved, which one moved a little and which not at all.
     
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  7. Moose1958

    Moose1958 Road Train Member

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    Understandable. You used chalk I used paint. I don't think I ever had chalk in my truck. I did keep a grease pencil because sometimes I used my glass to write important things like gate codes etc.
     
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  8. Val_Caldera

    Val_Caldera Road Train Member

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    I thot Chalk was used to outline bodies as seen in those spoon fed shows-n-movies.

    I never used Chalk as a driver since I never played hop scotch in a truck stop....or any other large yard.

    Markers, spray paint, reflectors = yep.
     
  9. JC1971

    JC1971 Road Train Member

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    Or, meet you on the other side of the weigh station. I bet the state troopers would have a good laugh if they saw that.
     
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