“At that time, a grandfathering period was established, which gave carriers nearly a decade to comply — this is an exceptional amount of time.”
They have had ten years to update their out dated trucks but refused to and are now protesting instead.
These are the same truck drivers protesting about the Indian Farmers, and who shut down the highways last year because of rising insurance for commercial truckers.
"In order to be compliant under the new rules, trucks older that 15 years old must be retrofitted with new SPIF-approved axles, or be restricted in the maximum loads they’re permitted to haul."
Some one want to explain what the fuck new axles has to do with road wear?
It is a steerable lift axle. It helps disperse road sheering force when the loaded trucks take turns, instead of just having the front steer axle plow through the turn.
The Indian truck driver rarely fixes something until it completely fails. So an upgrade to something that isn’t broken is something they simply can’t wrap their heads around.
They have had ten years to update their out dated trucks but refused to and are now protesting instead.
These are the same truck drivers protesting about the Indian Farmers, and who shut down the highways last year because of rising insurance for commercial truckers.
They only have themselves to blame.
"In order to be compliant under the new rules, trucks older that 15 years old must be retrofitted with new SPIF-approved axles, or be restricted in the maximum loads they’re permitted to haul."
Some one want to explain what the fuck new axles has to do with road wear?
It is a steerable lift axle. It helps disperse road sheering force when the loaded trucks take turns, instead of just having the front steer axle plow through the turn.
The Indian truck driver rarely fixes something until it completely fails. So an upgrade to something that isn’t broken is something they simply can’t wrap their heads around.