IMPORTANT: The sleeper doors are two-stage
latching. When closing the doors, ensure that
they are completely latched to prevent wind
noise and water intrusion.
Sleeper Luggage Door
To open the sleeper luggage door, pull out on the
lower T-handle lever located inside the driver’s side
or passenger’s side cab door opening. To close the
door, push it closed until it latches.
Back-of-Cab Access
WARNING
External surfaces of the exhaust system remain
hot after the engine has been shut down. When
accessing the back of the cab or sleeper, do not
touch any part of the exhaust system, or severe
burns could occur.
When trailer air and electrical connections cannot be
reached conveniently from the ground, Federal Motor
Carrier Safety Regulations require commercial carri-
ers to provide back-of-cab (BOC) access.
Optional grab handles are mounted either on both
cab sidewalls, or on the left sidewall only. See
Fig.
2.6
. Steps are mounted either on the fuel tank(s) or
on metal brackets. When a deck plate is necessary,
it is mounted across the top of the frame rails.
IMPORTANT: Climb onto, and down from, back-
of-cab access facing in toward the vehicle, as
you would on a ladder. Do not climb up or down
facing out away from the vehicle.
WARNING
Wet or dirty shoe soles greatly increase the
chance of slipping or falling. If your soles are wet
or dirty, be especially careful when climbing
onto, or leaving, the back-of-cab area.
Always maintain three-point contact with the
back-of-cab access supports while entering and
exiting the back-of-cab area. Three-point contact
means both feet and one hand, or both hands
and one foot, on the grab handles, steps, and
deck plates. Other areas are not meant to sup-
port back-of-cab access, and grabbing or step-
ping in the wrong place could lead to a fall, and
personal injury.
Be careful not to get hands or feet tangled in
hoses or other back-of-cab equipment. Careless-
ness could cause a person to trip and fall, with
possible injury.
Climbing Up to Back-of-Cab
When climbing onto the deck plate, do the following:
1.
Grasp the BOC grab handle with both hands.
Reach up as far as is comfortable.
2.
Place one foot on the bottom step and pull your-
self up.
3.
Place your other foot on the top step.
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2
3
4
5
1. Lower Step
2. Upper Step
3. Left-Hand BOC Grab
Handle
4. Right-Hand BOC Grab
Handle
5. Deck Plate
Fig. 2.6, Back-of-Cab (BOC) Access
Vehicle Access
2.4
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