Central Refrigerated Truck Stop

**Bootlegger66** · 02.01.2010

Amazing what 1 ASSumption can cause.

I was on a ship one time where the captain assumed that he could make the same maneuver a previous ship of a different class had done pulling alongside a refueling ship. That assumption caused a collision at sea, loss of a captain's career, 2 destroyed boilers, 1 lost sonar dome, 10 injuries and 4 months in drydock.

I was on another mission in an interesting location where the driver towing our surveillance equipment failed to do a pre-trip. The towing hardware failed on an uphill turn and the brakes failed to engage so the trailer went freewheeling then tumbling down the hill. $500K loss in equipment and a failed mission.

Was sitting in a bar with a buddy who was not known for keeping his mouth shut, he inserted a comment into a conversation which he was not a part of. He ended up with a broken nose and a cracked rib.

Assumptions are bad.

On the lighter side....
did my good deed for the day. While planning the trip I am now on I noticed a driver walking his dog as he passed by my truck. About 30 minutes later I see the driver again without his dog and he approaches my truck, I roll down the window and he asks me if I've seen his dog, he was letting the dog run free in a field behind the t/s and it disappeared. So I said I would keep an eye out for it while he searched around. About 10 minutes later I see the dog running around the other side of the t/s, so I get out and don't see the owner, so I approach the dog slowly and call it's name, and it eventually came over to me, shivering and scared. So I pick it up and comfort it and search for the owner. After a few minutes we see him and reunite them. The poor guy was in tears thinking he had lost his companion of 5 years and that something terrible may had happened to it.

Well, off to Liberal KS and then WI.

**smadronia** · 02.01.2010

Originally Posted by TruckingPhotographer

Today was very interesting end of day. We got our load headed out, and ended up right in the middle of a stand off.

That happened to my co-driver and I once, right out of Albuquerque. We're buzzing down the road, and suddenly something like a dozen cops in all sorts of vehicles burn past us. some of them coming the other direction and using the crossovers to switch around. They pull up ahead of us, and traffic comes to a halt. So we switch on the CB and someone up front's giving a play by play of the whole thing. Was very interesting.

**smadronia** · 02.01.2010

Originally Posted by mikley28

ugh! Multi store Freddie load coming my way for Utah. are they really driver unload like my trainer said?

They can be. If you have the reefer loads out of Oregon, you usually watch the freight come off and pick up a couple things.

If you have the dry loads out of Washington, they pack them tip to tail, floor to ceiling, and things fall everywhere. You're going to find lightbulbs under big screen televisions, dishes that fall from the ceiling to the floor, and anything else stupid you can think of. You'll probably fill 2-3 pallets full of the stuff that falls off the other pallets, or is wedged in between them.

**smadronia** · 02.02.2010

Hazmat spills are bad. Very bad. Especially when you're not the one with spilled hazmat, and you can't get in your truck.

We spent the better part of 2 hours waiting for the Hazmat team to foam down a truck hauling racing fuel in Nevada. and we spent it out of the truck, because I wasn't smart enough to crawl out of the sleeper and turn on the CB to ask what was going on. Oh no. I got dressed, we got out, and then Hazmat saw us and wouldn't let us go back except to get a couple things. Guess that's what I get for being woken up from a nap.

**smadronia** · 02.02.2010

Originally Posted by wolfden

Well enough of the face punching....Found out about the little guy who saved his trucker friend. He passed away Sunday. RIP Coco.

Dog who alerted trucker to fire has died

That just makes me cry. Poor brave puppy.

**LADYANDTHETRAMP** · 02.02.2010

Originally Posted by Jmurman

I just started a group "I want to eat your Farmville Animals" LOL

Better keep those chickens on your side of the fence LOL

Don't eat my chickens please...lol

**ronin** · 02.02.2010

Is this old news? Don't want to rehash old news, but just saw the story in OOIDA's Landline magazine (new edition), and I hadn't heard anything about it.

http://mydeathspace.com/smf/index.php?topic=19925.0

**ChromeDome** · 02.02.2010

There was thread about it a few months ago in the trucking news section.

**ronin** · 02.02.2010

Pretty danged scary...and to pick on a Walmart guy - those guys are like saints. The standards for getting hired there are astronomical.

**ronin** · 02.02.2010

Kenworth W900 operators - what realistic fuel mielage are you seeing when under load? I'm not going with Central, just signed onto a small company and a dedicated run (as a 1099 lease/owner), but I'm trying to compare fuel mileage between a W900 and a Volvo 670/680. Both trucks are wide open, so I'll have to do a little math...but a general idea would be appreciated.