Who can tell me ?

[eagle19952]

What's the point of having highly polished glare producing dry van rear doors/ends that irritate the crap out of me ?

Following one in a coach or car makes me want to throw hand grenades ...  

[Oonrahnjay]

What's the point of having highly polished glare producing dry van rear doors/ends that irritate the crap out of me ?

Following one in a coach or car makes me want to throw hand grenades ...    

       Dunno about hand grenades but if you're locked and loaded ...  If your steering wheel was on the right side of your bus (or your car), you could easily crook your elbow out the window and take aim very efficiently.  Not that I ever tried it, of course.  Or even thought about it.  Or you could be left-handed with a N. American bus or car.  I never thought about that, either.  No, never.

[bevans6]

I always thought truckers did that so you didn't tailgate them at night with your headlights aimed too high, you get the glare as bad as they do in their rear view mirror.  I back off a couple hundred yards and it doesn't bother me any more.

Brian

[Purplewillie]

I have the same take on it as Brian
Mark

[digesterman]

They look nice in the daytime, no ulterior motive.

[TomC]

At one point in my trucking career, I owned a Great Dane 45ft beverage trailer. Dry van with aluminum floor. I had polished stainless rear doors. If you're an owner/operator trucker, it's just one of the many ways to differentiate you from the company truck drivers. Along with lots of lights, polished wheels, polished fuel tanks, big sleepers, etc. Aluminum wise, I had 4-fuel tanks, 2-buddy boxes, 6-polished aluminum wheels. With an electric buffer, it would take 2 days to polish everything up-or paying someone around $300.00. Was it worth it-you bet! Especially when you're driving a cabover truck.

I had 12 years of trucking/RVing in my truck. My sleeper had shower, toilet, refer, microwave, sink, could sleep 4, Onan 6.5 commercial gas genset with my sleeper A/C belt driven off the generator. Carried 75gal of gasoline, 75gal of water, 300gal fuel, 25 gal gray water, 20 gal black water tank (would last a week). Once your able to have a toilet, shower, shave and eat in the truck, all the tension and anxiety of being on the road goes away. No more hunting for a shower, or place to eat, or even to park. I don't understand why more truckers don't equip their trucks this way (course it adds about 5,000lb to the truck).

Be a little more tolerant to truckers. They are away from home sometimes weeks at a time (my longest was 11 weeks). They have a hard job to do. Good Luck, TomC

[Rick 74 MC-8]

I never paid any attention but are they older drivers just proud of the fact they don't have a slobbering 2 stroke anymore. Not that I have anything against my 8v71. But nice 500 horsepower 4 stroke would be nice. I might even chrome the back of the bus to show I could keep it clean.
Lol
Rick

[eagle19952]

I get the pride in your ride, what i don't get is the get back a few hundred yards bit... that can't be why truckers want one...really ?

[luvrbus]

Must be a reason besides the truckers point of looking good I see a lot of the Great Dane refers trailers with the polished doors from the factory

[TedCalvert]

Not knowing any better, I always took it as benign encouragement to either fall back or pass and acted accordingly.  Didn't really like it,  but I surely didn't like being followed too closely or by high-beams or wrongly-aimed lights in my mirror.  

[eagle19952]

Not knowing any better, I always took it as benign encouragement to either fall back or pass and acted accordingly.  Didn't really like it,  but I surely didn't like being followed too closely or by high-beams or wrongly-aimed lights in my mirror.  

There aren't many coaches capable of passing 

[B_K]

Well like it or not that's why I had a polished "shiney hiney" on all my trailers! To keep the morons with improperly aimed head lights or brights from following too close!
I was once stopped in CA and told that my smooth doors were illegal and I'd better be getting them "quilted" before returning to CA! 
"I told that officer with a few explicit words were he could shove it and to either write a ticket or let me go. But if you write that ticket you better be able to back it up, because I'll fight that sucker all the way to the Supreme Court!"
He finally admitted there wasn't a law against it on the books, "but if I had my way, there would be and I'd be writing all you guys tickets!"
Most of the ones you see these days are the "quilted version" with the lines running at angles making diamond shapes in them.
  BK 

[eagle19952]

problem is that even with properly adjusted lights they are a major safety hazard for anyone behind you...now that i know i'll drive with sun glasses on and lane split 

Well like it or not that's why I had a polished "shiney hiney" on all my trailers! To keep the morons with improperly aimed head lights or brights from following too close!
I was once stopped in CA and told that my smooth doors were illegal and I'd better be getting them "quilted" before returning to CA! 
"I told that officer with a few explicit words were he could shove it and to either write a ticket or let me go. But if you write that ticket you better be able to back it up, because I'll fight that sucker all the way to the Supreme Court!"
He finally admitted there wasn't a law against it on the books, "but if I had my way, there would be and I'd be writing all you guys tickets!"
Most of the ones you see these days are the "quilted version" with the lines running at angles making diamond shapes in them.
  BK 

[TedCalvert]

You could do that.  Or, if you don't have the HP to pass then drop back a furlong or so.  You'll still get there, only 1/8 mile after the truck.  HTH.

[johnjem]

Its pride and safety!!! When I drove cross country I had the shinny chrome pieces on the bottom of mud flaps,and when they moved It flashed at u   ( 4 wheeler)  !! It got your  attention !!!   Just back off and u will be fine!!