Tips for routine maintenance schedules
LLN (6/26/18) – Different factors can change the standard maintenance interval for your truck. We’ll have that, plus: Pennsylvania possibly allowing local police to use speed radar; bonds to pay for roads in North Carolina; and an FMCSA claim that the ELD mandate is working.
0:00 – 10:10 – Newscast
10:10 – 25:29 – How often you should change oil, lube and filter
25:29 – 40:20 – Pa. local speed radar; N.C. road bonds
40:20 – 50:32 – FMCSA says ELD mandate working. Is it?
Segment 1
Newscast
Segment 2
We’ve all been told about standard intervals for changing the oil and filters, or for any other maintenance item. However, a lot of factors can change that interval. Mark Reddig gets some advice from Jerry Sims of Gulf Coast Filters.
- Visit the Gulf Coast Filters website;
- You can also contact them at 800-398-8114.
Segment 3
Authorization for speed radar use by some local police in Pennsylvania has taken one step closer to becoming reality. Also, North Carolina is one step away from moving forward with plans to borrow $3 billion to get transportation work done. Terry Scruton finds out the details from Land Line Magazine’s Keith Goble. To read about legislation in a particular state, visit the OOIDA Legislative page.
Segment 4
The FMCSA says the electronic logging device mandate is working. So what do the facts and figures say? Mark Reddig talks with Jay Grimes of OOIDA’s Washington, D.C., office.
- It’s never too late to share your views with lawmakers. You can do that at FightingForTruckers.com.
- To call members of Congress, dial 202-224-3121;
- Read OOIDA’s Guide to Contacting Lawmakers.