![]() Steve Howse, technical service manager at Gunite, says any improvement in adjustment compliance can be attributed to stepped-up enforcement and better technology. About 13.4 percent of the trucks snagged in the 16-hour national blitz had too much slack in their adjusters. His estimate is comparable with the amount generated last September during the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance’s Operation Air Brake. He guesses that brake adjustment now represents 10 percent to 15 percent of the tickets he writes. “I could tell them how to do it,” he says, “but with all the liability issues I really can’t say anything.”įortunately, Underwood adds, these types of problems have declined in recent years. ![]() Those who cannot are shown a list of nearby service providers. Underwood, a former trucker, says he always gives drivers the opportunity to adjust their own brakes when they’re out of compliance, but he also makes sure they can handle the task. “The job isn’t that difficult, but it scares a lot of the guys.” “Most drivers don’t want to mess with the automatic adjusters,” says Carroll Underwood, an inspector at the Grapevine weigh station near Lebec, Calif. Surprisingly, though, the fees – ranging from $75 to $180 for 10 minutes of labor – apparently aren’t high enough to encourage more truckers to handle the adjustments themselves. When calculated by the minute, the rates that some mobile service people charge to adjust truck brakes would make many celebrity attorneys blush.
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