Class A CDL Pre-Trip Inspection

all right so we're going to start our pre-trip inspection we're going to start with the engine compartment first thing i want to do is let the instructor know that i've got the key in my pocket and we're going to look at our tractor we're going to make sure we don't have any obstructions or damage to the tractor that would make it unsafe for driving we're then going to look and make sure that our tractor is not leaning from one side or to the other um that would indicate a tire load or suspension issue we're going to look at the top of the tractor at the marker lights on the cab to make sure they're properly mounted secured they're not cracked bent or broken they're a proper color amber we're going to look at both mirrors and mirror brackets make sure their mirror brackets are properly mounted secured they're not cracked been or broken they're not missing any nuts and bolts the mirrors itself are probably mound secured they're not cracked or chipped in any way we're going to look at both our front headlights make sure our headlights are properly mounted secured they're not cracked bent or broken there's no moisture or fog we're going to look at both the front turn signals to make sure they're properly mounted secured they're not cracked bent or broken they're proper color amber we're going to get low and look underneath the tractor to make sure there's no hanging hoses or any debris or obstructions there's no leaks or spills underneath the tractor next thing we're gonna do is we're gonna unlock the hood latches this side like this one they're both unlatched give your three points of contact when opening the hood put your foot here your hands here pull all right we're going to do the engine compartment now so first thing you want to check you want to check your wires you got wires here and here you want to check all your wires make sure they're not cut frayed there's no exposed wires there's no illegal tape they're all properly mounted and secured you want to check your old dipstick you want to pull that dipstick out wipe it off put it back in pull it back out make sure it's at the proper level and put it back into its holder you're gonna check your washer fluid reservoir you're gonna make sure it's properly mounted secured it's not cracked been or broken it's not missing nuts and bolts it's at the proper level it's not leaking your power steering reservoir properly mounted secured not cracked bent or broken not missing nuts and bolts proper level not leaking power steering hose make sure it's problematic secured at both ends make sure no abrasion bulges are cut it's no there's no leaks power steering hose going to run into the power steering pump below it make sure it's properly mounted secure it's not cracked been or broken it's not missing nuts and bolts it's gear driven there's no leaks right here above it is your air compressor you'll make sure your air compressor is properly mounted secured it's not cracked bent or broken not missing nuts and bolts it's geared driven i don't hear any leaks these are your air compressor lines air compressor lines are probably mounted secured they're not cracked been or broken and i don't hear any leaks this is your steering rod probably of secured not cracked been or broken not missing nuts and bolts there's no excessive amount of grease right here this is your gear box your gear box is properly mounted secured not cracked being or broken not missing nuts and bolts this is your pitman arm properly mounted secured not cracked bent or broken i'm gonna see nuts and bolts castle nut cotter pin are both present this is your drag link your drag link is properly mounted secured it's not cracked been or broken it's not missing nuts and bolts castle nut cotter pin or present this is your tire rod properly mount secured not cracked bent or broken not missing nuts and bolts this is your shock your shock is properly mounted secured it's not cracked bent or broken it's not missing any nuts and bolts there's no leaks these are your leaf hangers one here one back there in the back your leaf hangers are probably now secured they're not cracked been or broken they're not missing any nuts and bolts your leaf springs go all the way across they're probably mounted secured they're not cracked been or broken they're not scissors they're on top of each other and there's none missing you have two u-bolts one here one here probably mountain secured not cracked been or broken um if you look underneath there's four washers and four nuts present [Music] this is your brake line and the small one here you can see is your abs line you want to make sure they're properly mounted secured there's no abrasions bulges cuts i don't see any leaks this is your brake chamber and your c-clamp probably mount secured not cracked bent or broken not missing any nuts and bolts c-clamp is present slack adjuster push rod properly mounted secured not cracked bent or broken they're within 90 degrees of each other and when the brakes are released there's there can be no more than one inch of play all right so this is your brake pad your brake pad is properly mounted secured it's not cracked bent or broken there's no grease or debris in its way there has to be a minimum of half inch of pad this right here is your brake drum brake pad is pressing against the brake drum the brake drum is properly mounted secured it's not cracked bent or broken there's no grease or debris if you see any kind of blue on there that means there's excessive heat this is the inside of your wheel it's probably mounted secure it's not cracked been or broken there's no illegal welds this is the inside of your tire properly mounted secured not cracked been or broken no braces bulges or cuts bulges would indicate you have a broken belt checking the tire you want to check all the way around to make sure that it has no flat spots you have four 30 seconds of tire tread and these have to be virgin tires they can't be retreads check the outside of the tire make sure that's probably not skirt no abrasive bulges or cuts bulges indicate you have a broken belt outside of your wheel probably mount secured not cracked been or broken there's no illegal welds your lug nuts you want to make sure they're all present they're all properly mounted and secured and there's no rust that would indicate that any of them are loose behind this hub right here you have your hub assembly oil it's properly mounted secure it's not cracked been or broken it's not missing nuts and bolts it's at the proper level it's not leaking on top of it there's a hub assembly oil seal you want to check it make sure it's probably not secured there's no brazes bulges or cuts it's not leaking either this is your tire stem you want to take out your tire gauge and check your tire stem and make sure your air pressure is at 105 psi in your tires so on the passenger side here of your engine compartment you want to check your coolant reservoir you'll make sure it's properly mounted secured it's not cracked bent or broken it's not leaking you can tell through the little window here the little glass that you you're at proper levels your coolant lid is hot to the touch so you do not want to touch that this is your coolant hose probably amount of security at both ends you want to make sure it has no abrasion voltage to cut it's not leaking this is your alternator on there it's probably not secured not cracked been or broken not missing any nuts and bolts it's belt driven your water pump is up here in the front next to your fan it's probably mound secured it's not cracked been or broken it's not missing nuts and bolts it's also belt driven the belt is right here it's not cut frayed it's probably mounted secured and it has no more than three quarters of play in it you also want to check your frame make sure your frame is properly mounted secure it's not crack been broken no illegal welds all right we're going to do the pre-trip inspection on the tractor so we're going to start right here you're going to check your mirror brackets uh make sure you're probably not secure they're not cracked or broken you're not missing nuts and bolts your mirrors you want to make sure your problem out is secured they're not cracked or chipped you want to check your blinker right here on your tractor and make sure it's properly mounted secure it's not cracked bent or broken it's proper color amber and check your door latch go make sure your door latch is operational and it is you want to check your interior and your exterior weather stripping all the way around to make sure there's no braces bulges or cuts you also want to check your hinges you'll make sure they're properly mounted secured or not cracked been broken they're not missing nuts and bolts push on door good we're going to check our fuel tank fuel tank properly mounted secured not cracked been or broken not missing any nuts and bolts i don't see any leaks nuts and bolts are right here they're a couple little hangers that are holding the tank on you also have these spacers on both sides you want to make sure they're both present and there's no razors bulges or cuts on those spacers you have your fuel tank lid you want to take the lid off you want to check and make sure the seal around it is uh properly mounted secured and there's no abrasive bulges or cuts it's not leaking you want to check your steps and make sure your steps are properly mounted secured they're not cracked been or broken not missing nuts and bolts there's no grease or breathe on them that would cause an accident you want to check your work lights properly mail secured not cracked been or broken not missing nuts and bolts they're proper color clear you want to check your exhaust we'll make sure your exhaust is probably mounted secure it's not cracked been or broken uh it's not missing nuts and bolts you don't see any black soot that would indicate you have a leak you want to check your catwalk you'll make sure your catwalk is properly mounted secure it's not cracked bent or broken it's not missing nuts and bolts there's no grease or debris on there that would cause an accident you want to take your frame and your cross members make sure they're properly mounted here they're not cracked been or broken they're not missing any nuts and bolts there's no illegal welds or holes you want to check your drive shaft you want to make sure your drive shaft is properly mounted secure it's not cracked bent or broken it's not missing nuts and bolts you want to check your universal joints your reversal joints is where it connects you want to make sure they're properly mounted secured they're not cracked been or broken they're properly greased and there's no debris in between them the next thing we're going to check is our spring hangers we've got one here on the other side we'll make sure they're properly mounted secured they're not cracked been or broken they're not missing nuts and bolts your leaf springs you'll make sure they're probably about obscured they're not cracked been or broken there's none missing they're not they're not scissored or one on top of each other um you also want to check your u-bolts you've got two of them one there and one right beside it make sure the property mount is secured not cracked been broken and underneath there's four nuts and four washers present your brake chamber and c-clamp properly mounted secured not cracked bent or broken not missing nuts and bolts on the back of it you have a slack adjuster and a push rod you want to make sure that they're probably mounted secure they're not cracked down broken they're within nine degrees of each other but when the brakes are released there can be no more than one inch of play all right so your brake pad you want to check it make sure it's properly mounted secure it's not cracked bent or broken uh there's no grease or debris in the way and there has to be at least a minimum half inch of pad this is your brake drum properly mounted secured not cracked bent or broken there's no grease or debris you would check it make sure you don't see any kind of blue on it because that means there's excessive heat this is the inside of your bud wheel your bug wheel is properly mounted secure it's not cracked bent or broken there's no illegal welds you would check the uh inside of your tire you've got two tires here so you check the inside and outside of both these tires you'd make sure that you don't have any razors bolts or cuts bulges would indicate you've got a broken belt you'd also look inside the middle of your bud wheel and you check make sure there's no space right here between the rims and you would also make sure you have no debris in there to cause an accident you also want to check the top of your tires both of them all the way around make sure there's no flat spots make sure you got 230 seconds of tire tread and also these tires can be re-treads they just can't be mismatched in size so we're going to check our outside of our bud wheel make sure it's properly mounted secure it's not cracked bent or broken there's no legal welds you're gonna check all your lug nuts you gonna make sure they're properly mounted secured they're not cracked been broken they're all present there's no rust around any of them that would indicate i got loose lug nuts behind this hub right here you have your hub assembly oil it's properly mounted secure it's not cracked been or broken it's not missing nuts and bolts it's at the proper level it's not leaking on top of it there's a hub assembly oil seal you want to check it to make sure it's probably mounted secured there's no brazes bulges or cuts it's not leaking either you got two tire stems two tires two tire stems you want to take out your tire gauge you want to check both your tire stems and make sure that you got 100 105 psi of air pressure in both these tires you also want to go back here and check your mud flap bracket make sure your bracket is properly mounted secure it's not cracked down broken it's not missing nuts and bolts your mud flap itself it's not cracked or it's off the ground it's safe off the ground check our rear tail lights four-way brake light blinkers um you want to make sure they're properly mounted secured they're not cracked been or broken they're proper color red right here you got this clear light that's your backup light probably now secured not cracked been or broken uh it's proper color clear all right so we're going to do the pre-trip inspection on the coupling system now you want to check you want to start up here you want to check your air lines first you have your red is your emergency your blue is your service so the red one we're going to check this airline make sure that it's properly mounted secured to the trailer and up here to the tractor we're going to make sure it has no abrasion bulges or cuts we don't hear any air leaks we're going to check the blue your service make sure it's probably mounted secured to the trailer into the tractor you're going to check make sure it has no braces bulges or cuts we don't hear any leaks you also want to take these off you want to check this is your glad hand you want to check your glad hand make sure it's proper mounted secure it's not cracked been broken it's not missing nuts and bolts this is a grommet seal everyone here and here you want to check those and make sure that they're present there's no abrasive bulges or cuts next thing we check is your electric line your electric line is right here it's black sometimes it's green um it's probably mounted secured to the trailer into the tractor you want to check it make sure you don't see any exposed wires or illegal tape you also want to check up here on the trailer it's connected to your electric box you want to check the electric box make sure it's properly mounted secure it's not cracked been or broken not missing nuts and bolts you don't see any hanging wires exposed wires or illegal tape on that it's also held in with a safety latch here and a safety latch there at the tractor you want to make sure that when your tractor and your trailer are connected that you have your safe space between the tractor and the landing gear so when the tractor turns you don't want it to catch the side of your landing gear and cause damage so you gotta have that safe space this is your apron your apron is probably mounted secure it's not cracked down broken there's no illegal welds this is your fifth wheel and your skid plate your fifth wheel and your and your skid plate are both properly mounted secured they're not cracked been or broken your skid plate has to be properly greased you shouldn't be able to see any sunlight between your skid plate and the apron if you do that means it's not properly connected this is your pivot pin safety pin you just want to make sure it's present that is your fifth wheel release handle it's probably now secured it's not cracked bent or broken right now it's in the lock position this whole assembly right here is your fifth wheel mounting platform it's probably mount secure it's not cracked been broken and all your mounting bolts are present this up here there's a kingpin that's coming off the trailer your trailer uh your kingpin is properly mounted secured it's not cracked bent or broken this is your locking jaws you can see them locked around the shank of the kingpin you'll make sure they're properly mounted and secure the apron and the kingpin are right here they're connected to the trailer so apron and kingpin this is your fifth wheel and your skid plate you want to make sure your fifth wheel and skid plate are properly mounted secured they're not cracked been broken they're they're properly greased and this skid plate when connected to the trailer against the apron right here there should be no space in between also when you connect to that trailer that king pin slides up in here into your locking jaws and when it locks locking jaws will walk around the shank of the kingpin right here and right now this is your fifth wheel release handle and it is in the release position so once that kingpin comes in there and locks and i lock jaws around it this will go into a locking position okay this is your safety pin pivot pin you make sure it's present this right here this whole assembly right here is your fifth wheel mounting platform properly mount secured not cracked been or broken and your mounting nuts are all present all right so we're going to do the pre-trip inspection on our trailer we're going to start with the front of the trailer we're going to make sure it's properly mount secured it's not cracked been or broken there's no intrusions or hose there's no more than three consecutive rivets missing in a row we're going to check the lower frame of the trailer the top frame of the trailer all the way down you want to make sure it's properly mounted secured it's not cracked been or broken you're not missing any rivets we're going to check the side of the trailer now we're going to make sure that it's properly mounted secure it's not cracked bent or broken there's no intrusions or hose there's also there's no more than three consecutive rivets missing in one row we're gonna check your d.o.t tape you're gonna check it all the way down you'll make sure that it's present it's not cracked or peeling or missing um we've got right here where you see these rivets there's four of them in a row right here all the way down when you see those that's where you've got a cross member so if you get underneath your trailer and you check you check your cross members you make sure they're properly mounted secured they're not cracked been broken there's no illegal welds check your floor it's wooden we'll make sure it's properly mounted secured there's no hose all right this is your landing gear and your landing gear brackets probably now secured not cracked been or broken not missing nuts and bolts this is the foot of your landing gear it's probably now secure it's not cracked bent or broke it's not missing nuts and bolts it's currently in the stowaway position you have your landing gear crank handle properly now secured not cracked bent or broken it's also in the stowaway position this is your side trailer marker blinker lock properly now secured not cracked been or broken proper color amber all right so we're going to check our air lines you want to make sure they're properly mounted secured uh there's no braces bulges cuts we don't hear any air leaks then you have your tandem release handle your tanning release handle is properly mounted secured it's not cracked been or broken right now it's in a lock position if we were to unlock it it would move these pivot locks and it would allow the tandem of the trailer to move all right so you have your spring hangers right here you have one here and one over there they're a little bit bigger than on the trailer than they are on the tractor but they're probably not obscure they're not cracked been or broken they're not missing nuts and bolts these are your leaf springs you want to make sure they're probably amount of secure they're not cracked down broken they're not scissors they're on top of each other there's none missing you've got your u-bolts one there and one right beside go make sure they're properly mainly secured they're not cracked been or broken they got four washers or four nuts on the bottom you have your brake chamber and your c-clamp your brake chamber c-clamp are properly mounted secure not cracked bent or broken not missing nuts and bolts on the back of it there's a slack adjuster and a push rod um they're probably not secured they're not crack bent or broken they're within 90 degrees of each other and when the brakes are released there's no more than one inch of play all right so your brake pad you want to check it make sure it's properly mounted secure it's not cracked bent or broken uh there's no grease or debris in the way and there has to be at least a minimum half inch of pad this is your brake drum properly mount secured not cracked bent or broken there's no grease or debris you check it make sure you don't see any kind of blue on it because that means there's excessive heat this is the inside of your bud wheel your bug wheel is properly mounted secure it's not cracked bent or broken there's no illegal welds you would check the uh inside of your tire you've got two tires here so you check the inside and outside of both these tires you make sure that you don't have any razors bolts or cuts bulges would indicate you've got a broken belt you'd also look inside the middle of your bud wheel and you check make sure there's no space right here between the rims and you would also make sure you have no debris in there to cause an accident so you also want to check the top of your tires both of them all the way around make sure there's no flat spots make sure you got 230 seconds of tire tread and also these tires can be re-treads they just can't be mixed matched in size this is the outside of your bud wheel property mounted secured not cracked been broken no illegal welds you want to check all your lug nuts you want to make sure they're all present properly mound secured there's no rust around any of them that would indicate you got a loose one this is your hub assembly oil properly mounted secured not cracked been or broken not missing nuts and bolts proper level not leaking this is your hub assembly seal properly amount of secured no abrasives bulges or cuts it's not leaking either you want to check two tire stems got two tires two tire stems you pull out your tire gauge check both tire stems to make sure you got 100 to 105 psi of air pressure at both tires you would also check both these tires the same way you just did those you want to check your mud flap bracket and make sure it's properly mounted secure it's not cracked bent or broken not missing nuts and bolts you want to check your mud flap make sure it's properly mounted secure it's not cracked or it's safely off the ground if it had d.o.t tape on it this one doesn't but if it does you want to make sure that the dot tape is properly mounted secured it's not cracked or peeled it's not missing you want to check your abs label make sure it's probably mount secure it's not crack band broken it's not missing any nuts and bolts proper color amber this is your rear trailer blinker um you want to make sure it's properly mounted secure not cracking or broken uh not missing nuts and bolts proper color red we're going to check the back of the trailer now we're going to start at the top and work our way down the bottom the top of the very top you want to check your marker light so make sure they're properly mounted secure they're not cracked in or broken they're proper color red you want to check your door um you want to make sure it's probably mountain secure it's not cracked down broken you're not missing any panels there's no intrusions or holes you want to check your door cables you got one on each side you want to make sure that they're both present they're probably not secured they're not cut and frayed you got your door latch door handle make sure your door latch and handle are probably mounted secured they're not cracked been or broken they're not missing any nuts and bolts you want to check your rear tail light blinkers flashers four ways make sure that they're probably not secured not cracked been or broken they're not missing nuts and bolts proper color red this is your dot bar all the way across the bottom here probably not secured not crack been broken i'm gonna see nuts and bolts your dlt tape probably mountain secured it's not cracked peeled it's not missing it's present all right we're going to go in here and do our income inspection getting into the tractor you want to make sure you use your three points of contact to climb into the tractor so now we're going to do our in-cab inspection for the pre-trip the first thing you want to do is you want to take your seat belt you want to make sure it's not cut or frayed in any way it's probably mountain secured you want to latch it you want to make sure your latch is operational you also want to give it a tug you want to make sure that it's probably not secured to the floor and it is you want to check your mirror brackets make sure they're probably now secured they're not cracked being or broken uh they're not missing nuts and bolts your mirrors themselves are probably mounted secured they're not cracked chipped they're properly aligned for driving you're gonna check your windshield you'll make sure your windshield is properly mounted secured it's not cracked or chipped there's no illegal decals or stickers on the windshield that will obstruct my view we're going to check our city horn our air horn we're also going to look in our glove box and make sure that we got spare fuses and circuit breakers we're going to check the fire extinguisher to make sure it's probably mounted secures and it's also a 10 bc fire extinguisher charged in the green you want to make sure you have three reflective triangles present in your truck so i'm going to take the key out of my pocket and i'm going to perform a safe start with my foot on the brake when i turn the ignition with my foot on the brake the abs light yellow abs light should come on and go off if it comes on and stays on that means i have an abs issue so it came on and it went back off okay so now we've performed our safe start we're now going to check all of our gauges so we'll start with the oil pressure oil pressure is at 30 and climbing normal is 60. the primary air is a 110 normal is 110 to 120 secondary air is 110 almost 110 to 120 coolant level is about 160 170 and 180 is your normal we're going to check our voltage [Music] voltage at 14.1 norm is 13 to 14. we're going to check our right turn indicator it's operational left turn indicator it's operational bright light indicator it's operational and four-way indicators they're operational all right so next we're going to take our heat heat over here make sure the heat will take the heat on low check the heat on high we're now gonna check our defrost we're gonna take our defrost on low defrost on high we're gonna check our windshield wipers we'll make sure they're probably now secured they're not cracked down or broken the rubber is present it's not dry rotted we're going to check them on low we're going to take them on high we're also going to check to make sure our windshield washer fluid is operational and it is all right so we're going to perform our air test there's five steps to it the first one we're going to do is the tuck test you got your yellow protection valve here and your red one this is your tractor this is your trailer so first thing we're going to do to do the tuck test we're going to disengage our tractor brakes put in drive we're going to make sure our trailer brakes will hold okay they held we're now going to disengage the trailer brakes and we're gonna make sure the tractor brakes hold they did so now we're gonna do the second step and this is going to be the five miles per hour step you're going to disengage both brakes make sure you're in drive we're gonna get up to five miles per hour and we're gonna put our foot on the brake if the steering wheel turns from one direction to the other that means our brakes are out of adjustment need to be readjusted so so for step three we're going to do our air loss test we're going to disengage both brakes nice and neutral we're going to turn the truck off and we're going to turn back over to auxiliary just to make sure our gauges are operational when i put my foot on the brake and hold it i shouldn't lose more than four psi in one minute i'm going to time myself and i'm also going to have the window down so i can hear any air leaks are happening so so we're timing we're looking for that one minute i'm listening to make sure that i don't hear any leaks okay we didn't lose more than four psi in one minute all right so now we're going to do the fourth step we're going to do our alarm test with the brakes disengaged i'm gonna feather the break and when i do the primary and secondary air both when they get below 60 psi i should have a red light that comes on letting us know [Music] there's your primary air there's your secondary air so now we're going to do the fifth step which is your protection valve test we're going to feather the brake again and we're going to make sure when it gets down between 25 and 40 psi on primary and secondary your protection valve should pop out so let's go to break and see [Music] there you go they both popped out you know that concludes our pre-trip inspection on the truck tractor engine coupling system and trailer

Channel: Jason Graham

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Keywords: CDL, Pre-Trip Inspection, Class A License, Walk around, 2022

Id: MOQPUppdrUo

Length: 30min 10sec (1810 seconds)

Published: Sun May 01 2022