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How To Articles

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4 articles in this category. How To, written from job files rather than from a keyword list.

This section of the OCRV Center journal holds 4 articles on how to. Every piece is written by the estimators and technicians who did the work, and priced against our posted 2026 labor rates.

Updated 2026-07-29 by OCRV Center Editorial Team

Plenty of this you can do yourself. These pieces tell you which parts those are, and where the line sits before you need a bay and a lift.

How To

  • After a Curb Strike

    A curb strike at a gas station can bend a spindle. Here are eight checks, in order, before you decide the trailer is safe to keep towing.

    12 minute read

  • Generator Load Test

    A generator that starts is not a generator that works. Here is how to load it to 80 percent and what voltage and frequency should read.

    12 minute read

  • Slide Seal or Window

    Both leaks wet the same wall in the same place. Here are five tests that separate a slide seal from a window frame in under an hour.

    12 minute read

  • Reading an Estimate

    Every estimate line has an operation code, a labor type and a time. Here is how to read one, and which four abbreviations actually matter.

    12 minute read