Hey SHMIV, watch out for this dog at the truck stop

[OakRidgeStars]

Poor doggie, now he'll never get his CDL.

http://pilotonline.com/dog-gets-behind- ... 5d739.html

[SHMIV]

Lmao. I reckon that whoever owns that dog and truck is feeling pretty dumb.

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[jdonovan]

releases the air brake, gets it into gear without a clutch. perhaps I'm in my old school manual with 2 speed rear.

I suppose this trick is a bit easier with an automatic.

[SHMIV]

Even with an automatic, you still have to release the air brakes. That's two valves to push in; one for the tractor, one for the trailer. And, those buttons are a bit tough to push in by accident.

My guess is that whoever owns that truck had to pee really bad, and forgot to set the brakes. Most dogs hop into the drivers seat when their master exits the truck, so that's what this dog did. Then the truck started rolling off, giving the impression that the dog popped it into gear, and rolled out.

If that dog figured out how to release the air brakes and put the truck in gear, he's a down right clever puppy.

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[jdonovan]

Too much time in B rigs, with a single brake. But yes it takes a bit of force to get the button to release. We used to have trouble with new drivers who who would 'pop' the button, and then take off only to have it pop back out 20' later.

[grumpyMSG]

Even with an automatic, you still have to release the air brakes. That's two valves to push in; one for the tractor, one for the trailer. And, those buttons are a bit tough to push in by accident.

My guess is that whoever owns that truck had to pee really bad, and forgot to set the brakes. Most dogs hop into the drivers seat when their master exits the truck, so that's what this dog did. Then the truck started rolling off, giving the impression that the dog popped it into gear, and rolled out.

If that dog figured out how to release the air brakes and put the truck in gear, he's a down right clever puppy.

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I don't believe that truck rolled off. If it did, please explain tree under front of truck, which would be the uphill side of the truck. I don't know about big rig Allison automatic transmission controls, but on a M923 it would be possible for a big dog or a gunner's foot to kick the transmission into gear and the truck take off, especially on close to level ground.

Maybe it was quick "gotta go" stop and only one brake was set, but it didn't really get set and the dog hopped in the driver's seat knocking the truck into gear. Most accidents don't take one thing going wrong but several things to occur to set the wheels in motion. Blame the dog, but the driver left the truck running with the dog in it, that is error on in the chain of events, any one of which probably would have prevented this accident from happening.