ICE on Truck Roof
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The hot water at a truck wash should solve the problem.
nightcreacher
Veteran Expediter
If you want a truck wash to clean the roof,thats an extra charge,as they dont wash the roof of your truck during a truck wash.On a van or sprinter,yes thats easy,but a straight truck or TT,good luck
NJ has a law against the snow and ice on your roof,but there really isnt away to get it off
NJ has a law against the snow and ice on your roof,but there really isnt away to get it off
bluejaybee
Veteran Expediter
Here is a thread on this subject from 2009.
http://www.expeditersonline.com/for...4-new-jersey-mandates-snow-free-vehicles.html
http://www.expeditersonline.com/for...4-new-jersey-mandates-snow-free-vehicles.html
It is sad that the state legislators who are passing these snow laws do so without a second thought to worker safety, yet they are the same people who pass worker safety laws all the time.
I wonder how many violations an employer would be charged with if an OSHA inspector observed a big-rig driver trying to clear the snow off his or her truck roof. Getting up there is a challenge in itself. Working up there with no safety equipment whatsoever is also nuts.
We carry a nice ladder, shovel and broom in our truck, but under a sealed load they are not accessible. Maybe they should pass a law that outlaws snow storms.
I wonder how many violations an employer would be charged with if an OSHA inspector observed a big-rig driver trying to clear the snow off his or her truck roof. Getting up there is a challenge in itself. Working up there with no safety equipment whatsoever is also nuts.
We carry a nice ladder, shovel and broom in our truck, but under a sealed load they are not accessible. Maybe they should pass a law that outlaws snow storms.
I wonder what OSHA would say about climbing a ladder, in the winter, on what could be snowy or icy conditions, with no kind of restraints on your person or any way to insure that the ladder stays attached to the truck.
Maybe what we need to pass a law against is legislators!! They seem to be the biggest problem here.
AMonger
Veteran Expediter
Pennsylvania has that law, too, I think. I forget which state it was in this article, but I read an article a couple years ago about the effort to get that law passed. The article quoted the lawmaker (shouldn't be any such thing; human legislators are to be law discoverers) as saying he "didn't want to hear" about how it would be impossible for truckers to clear their roofs of ice and snow. I emailed him about that. Never got an answer, of course.
I've now seen two contraptions at FedEx facilities (one Express, one at the Freight one I'm at now) that are basically a pickup truck plow blade mounted at trailer roof level atop two vertical I-beams. The first one looked commercially made, the other kind of not so much. Both looked effective.
Just thought I'd share.
Putting my pompoms away now.
Snort.
Just thought I'd share.
Putting my pompoms away now.
Snort.
zero3nine
Veteran Expediter
If you keep moving, very little ice will collect on the roof...
However, for those of us who have awakened to find several inches of snow/ice on the roof, I've found that running over speed bumps at about 15-20mph a few times will loosen most of it, and then follow up with some rapid pumping of the brakes will send a lot of it sliding forward.
FYI: if the ice is very thick, you might want to try BACKING up and hitting the brakes to dislodge it, because heavy ice sheets coming down on your wiper arms can possibly bend them.
However, for those of us who have awakened to find several inches of snow/ice on the roof, I've found that running over speed bumps at about 15-20mph a few times will loosen most of it, and then follow up with some rapid pumping of the brakes will send a lot of it sliding forward.
FYI: if the ice is very thick, you might want to try BACKING up and hitting the brakes to dislodge it, because heavy ice sheets coming down on your wiper arms can possibly bend them.
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Going through the toll both yesterday remined me of and idea I had before. Have a hard rubber scraper at normal roof height which would be under spring load and a truck would drive slowly through, the snow would be scraped off and fall through the grates in the pavement placed in that location for that purpose. The tension would allow the scraper to go higher or lower as the height of the track varies. (if you pantent this idea and make a million dollars, please send me pittance)
Great idea except it would probably rip a hole in my translucent roof. But since I do have a translucent roof I don't get as much ice or snow build up.
EnglishLady
Veteran Expediter
Saw this video on the Weather Channel this morning ... (scroll up a bit for the video)
It will be even colder in coming week
It will be even colder in coming week
nightcreacher
Veteran Expediter
ood thing that was only snow,if it had been ice,that could have neen a terrible accident.I'm looking to havew a trailer fool of snow when I finally get back to work.Tomorrow I hope.truck was suppose to be firjished Sat,monday mmorning I'll find out
Streakn1
Veteran Expediter
Complying with the no snow and ice laws on the trailer is no problem for us and we are happy to comply for the safety of others on the road around us.
I simply grab my special 4' 2x4 snow remover, stand along side the deck and begin scrapping. No need for a ladder, and if I fall, I aint go'n very far to the ground! LOL
I simply grab my special 4' 2x4 snow remover, stand along side the deck and begin scrapping. No need for a ladder, and if I fall, I aint go'n very far to the ground! LOL
