Yard Dogs: What is the metal thing that hangs in the front?

WRONG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

Yeah, I don't buy that either, sorry. There's no reason to have a clearance reminder, as these things lift a wagon higher than most obstacles.

 

Clearance gauge? It's been hung up by chain, no wires, no sensor. Pretty sure it hang about 5 inches off the ground, the yard jockey raise the trailers atleast 3 feet

 

Actually, these are placed on terminal spotters (what Capacity Truck calls them) to humiliate drivers, make them too ashamed to ask what the darn thing is for because no three drivers can agree on any one thing between themselves. It's all a devious plot by managements to stay one-up on drivers. Drivers will be afraid to discuss it amongst themselves for fear of starting a dust up that causes hard feelings and will not humble themselves to ask management or the spotter.

Drivers just walk around carrying all this angst because they really do not know. It's like asking for directions. Won't happen.

Bar has no other function at all. But a magnet would be nice...

So sad...

 

Alright..enough fun/jokes.

what it really is a sensor bar for location purposes..the spotter truck has a geo-thermal GLobal positioning system and the location of trailers on the storage lot tells the "Yard dog" where to go(ive told several of them where to go but they don't listen)...

 

Uh Gigs? I'm not sure how to tell you this, but I AIN'T RUNNIN' FER NO POLITIKAL OFFICE!

 

You're close, really close. But it's not a GPS. The bar resonates at a specific frequency that like a gyro, stabilizes the front of the truck so it doesn't buck when the driver raises the trailer. The communication system inside the terminal spotter is completely separate.

That unit inventories the yard automagically. But the bar picks up the ID of each trailer as it passes by and transmits that data to the separate internal communication system, including whether there have been any trailer moves. This way, both dispatch, the office and spotter know where every trailer is at all times as long as the small stick on stays on trailers, which the spotter applies when he hooks.

Sometimes they do fall off. So mistakes can and do happen. When you see the spotter parked in a back corner, he's very busy reconciling inventory.

Do not disturb.

Nothing to it...

 

Actually, you are all mistaken. What that bar is, is a driver's scale. You see, it is full of electronic gear. Part of that gear takes constant measurement from the bottom of the bar to the ground. Then when the driver gets into the goat, it takes another measurement to the ground. It then, through the magic of radio waves, broadcasts the driver's weight to the company safety officer. The safety officer will then make the determination if the driver has gained too much weight over a period of time, and needs to be placed on a diet. The safety officer will also determine, just by this bar, if the driver has a sleep apnea problem and needs to be place on a CPAP.

This is a little known fact, and I am putting my very life at risk by exposing it!

 

You are so close, Big Don. But due to the miracle of modern medical science, we know that ALL truck drivers need CPAPs except really skinny ones until they get fat, which we all do, just a matter of time.

The bar is full of electronic gear that tattletales on the spotter, records his REM dreams while asleep in a back corner of the yard--that's how it determines if spotter needs CPAP. No dreams, he gets a CPAP.

The units you refer to were retired a couple years ago. No longer goes by weight or neck size.

Much more sophisticated...

 

6 pages to answer one question and still.....we all can't agree on one thing