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| Talk about literally letting the load fall out of the rear doors: I delivered a load of oil in 55-gal drums to a consignee with no loading dock. I could not believe what they told me to do. They stacked about eight old tires near the back of the trailer, and told me to roll the drums out. The truck was parked on a slight upgrade, so the only physical part for me was tipping them over and aiming them toward the tailgate. I managed to keep my toes away from each drum when it hit the floor. A moment later, it would bounce on the tires and the employees would try to set it upright before it bounced again. They had to adjust the stack of tires frequently.  |
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| When I first started driving (not semi) back in something like 83, I used to deliver 55 gal drums of oil in a stake bed with no lift gate. One tire on the bed to tip it over and then four tires stacked on the ground to roll the drum onto then tip it upright. For the most part it worked ok but there was a couple of times things went haywire. As far as opening doors, sometimes you can keep the dogs still latched, or at least the outside one, and get it cracked enough to see whats behind that door. When opening I got into the habit of standing behind the door and opening it as opposed to standing off to the left, I figure its better to get knocked back by a big flat door than have something come crashing down on top of you. |
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