stupidest thing u have done or seen a rookie do?

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  1. Freebird135

    Freebird135 Road Train Member

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    to add on to my turning left in the inner left turn lane thread...what is the stupidest thing u have seen a rookie do?


    mine is definitely once when i was workin the yard.....backed a 44,000 lb 53 foot trailer full of books into the dock.....set tractor brake, set trailer brake, put in neutral....unhook the glad hands release tractor brakes hold 5th wheel release button and pull out


    what did i forget????????????


    to lower the hydraulic 5th wheel


    that trailer went BOOM and i went oh ####....lucky the landing gear held, no visible damage done

    i just had to do it on a heavy loaded trailer...why not an empty? :(
     
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  3. bigcountry30

    bigcountry30 Light Load Member

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    Had a spotter pulling my trailer out of a door just as was getting there to pick it up. 46000# of steel beams in a van trailer. well it was mid august and roughly 100* deg out and this guy decides to drop it on a little patch of blacktop about 2 foot deep 10 feet wide. well he dropped it alright as soon as he pull out from under it it sank about 1 1/2 ft into the ground below the concrete. this guy worked there for 10 yrs, no rookie, and they have signs posted all over not to drop loaded trailers in this area. well needless to say my sunday start took about 4 hrs longer than should've cause they had to call a wrecker to come pull it out of the ground.:biggrin_25510:
     
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  4. Louise

    Louise Bobtail Member

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    Last trucking job. For got to put down the landing gear on a empty trailer in front of the safety manger.
     
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  5. newlife

    newlife Light Load Member

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    ddddooooohhhhhh!!!!!!!!
     
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  6. 48Packard

    48Packard Ol' Two-stop Shag!

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    Which day do you mean?

    I just can't pin my stupidity down to a single 24-hour period!
     
  7. newlife

    newlife Light Load Member

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    That is true,you can go for weeks and not have a problem then all of a sudden,one brain fart after another.lol
     
  8. 48Packard

    48Packard Ol' Two-stop Shag!

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    Well, I toss this one in...

    Some years ago, I had stopped at the Wal-Mart on I-81, exit 273 in VA (when trucks were still allowed there). Load was about 40K, and the truck was riding a bit firmly, shall we say. So, I figured I'd slide the tandems a bit just to even things out (we frequently loaded at this shipper).

    Well, just after I pulled the pins, another driver approaches and asks how this company is to work for. We chat, exchange pleasantries, and I leave.

    Yup. Without finishing the slide job.

    I get about a mile down the road when all of a sudden I say "darn!" (I'm paraphrasing here). I ease on the brakes, pull off on the next ramp, and finish the job. The tandems hadn't moved an inch, thank goodness.
     
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  9. dancnoone

    dancnoone "Village Idiot"

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    Hell, it would take me 24 hours to type it all.
     
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  10. king81

    king81 Bobtail Member

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    I was loaded with 44k of copper coils on my first load ever, the engine light came on, dispatch directed me to the Volvo dealer. The techs told me to pull around the building, it had rained the night before and they had a dirt lot, as i pulled into the lot the truck sinked like an anchor. I some how I worked my way out after building some momentum rocking the truck back and forth. Got to rolling in reverse a couple feet I said what the he!! I could probaly make it out going forward. That wasn't a smart idea, once again I got stuck. The volvo dealer and techs were dying laughing. They called a tow truck out for ten minutes of work he charged $250.00. I paid it out of pocket in fear that my company would fire me.
     
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  11. Working Class Patriot

    Working Class Patriot Road Train Member

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    That would apply to most of us here.....
     
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