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Old 09.26.2008
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Trailer The Biggest Lies in Trucking

Everyone I'm sure will have enough to fill a book and then some.
I'll start:
  1. If you tug a flat, you'll never have to bump a dock
  2. If you tug a flat, you'll never load early in the morning or at night.

Well I would say that bumping docks accounts for 40% of my loads so far and I have loaded at night too, while bumping a dock.
Not that I can't bump a dock and if I could get my loads at 4 Am and beat traffic that would be cool.
But none-the-less, some people had told me some whoppers....no one here on the board though.
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Old 09.27.2008
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Oh, yeah, when you have a load of steel pipe and you are told that the contractor will off-load you in the yard, you get there, and they want you to run down the right-of-way so they can string-out the pipe, one-at-a-time mind you...with no stringing pay as well.
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Oh, yeah, when you have a load of steel pipe and you are told that the contractor will off-load you in the yard, you get there, and they want you to run down the right-of-way so they can string-out the pipe, one-at-a-time mind you...with no stringing pay as well.

That is as soon as the equipment operator has time to do it. (1) It's while he does his other stuff as well. (2) cause they usual won't stop production just for you cause your not on his payroll.


Id still rather flatbed than pull a box.
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My late Uncle Ira used to believe that a good story was better than a true one and he has a lot of disciples to this day, most of them in the trucking industry.
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How about on the back of the trailer it says, We got your miles. or We can get you the miles.
Are you getting the miles you deserve ?
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Pipe going to drilling rig.This is a Hot Load it will be unloaded when you get there tonite.Rig still stacked Tool Pusher only one there.Good thing was trailer had extra bed and morning coffee
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