Sometimes you just want to bean some fool in the head. I load in Jackson TN a lot. The last time I loaded there I pulled in the bay shut the truck off like they request. You are not allowed out of the truck while they load you. They will not put blocks between the bundles. The thing that set me off this time was the fact that after they set the bundles on me. 50.000 lbs worth I saw him scan the barcodes and approach my truck. I cranked it while he was walking up to the cab so the air could build. He gives me the load sheet and I wait a few seconds more to build the air. Some old geezer in front is waving me out. I hold up my index finger (should have held up the othere one) to let him know I need a minute. He gets all frantic and starts waving for me to move. When I get my air built I pull up and tell him I can't move till my air builds. He shoots me a smart we got trucks to load. At this point I am ticked and say I can wait an hour for you to call me in you can wait a minute for my truck to build air...

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My childhood dream of becoming a truck driver turned into a nightmare!

I would have just sat there and waited to build up more air.
It's your rig not theirs, that guy could kiss your ###

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The trouble with the world is not that people know too little, but that they know so many things that ain't so
- Mark Twain

Let's support our new president,
but Obama should remember one thing,
Gray Davis.....

Lottsa times in past. Those who "wanted" me to:
Want you to move out of the way...
Want you to get going, we need...
You want to set there all day...

I usually drug it out till he got up close and told him:
You want???
Want in one hand and s!it in the other, see which fills up fastest.

Then just stand there, or sit if in truck and see if he wanted to
up it a notch. ALWAYS LET THE OTHER GUY START IT, then finish it
for him. No need to drag out agony

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Bye Y'all

How about extending courtesy to the driver? We work longer hours than most of the dock hands. They go home to a shower and home cooking. I know it's our choice but without us, they wouldn't have a job in the first place.

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The trouble with the world is not that people know too little, but that they know so many things that ain't so
- Mark Twain

Let's support our new president,
but Obama should remember one thing,
Gray Davis.....

dummy probably didn't have a clue you couldn't have moved if you wanted too till you had enough air to release the trailer brakes.

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tip for new truckers: to err is human, to forgive is not D.O.T. policy.
"if you don't HAVE the money to buy it, YOU CAN'T AFFORD IT"- DAVE RAMSEY

Everyone wants wants wants but never gives

I had one that would not unload there one roll of paper untill i dropped my trailer and pulled tractor outside and then brought in the keys and to this day i do not understand this. not to mention the packed snow and ice that i had to knock off just to do this.just so they could shut the door. did i say one roll of paper.

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I must gather the information and study the facts before I make my opion on my point of view

On a empty flat when they set the load your truck has to build air to raise the trailer. When they take a load off you can see the trailer raise up about 3 feet.

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My childhood dream of becoming a truck driver turned into a nightmare!

You heard the song heartbeat by ray carlisle? If not you ought to. Great song about truckers.

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My childhood dream of becoming a truck driver turned into a nightmare!

Listening to it right now go here [LINK POSTED BY MEMBER] Only Members Can View This Truck Forum Link. to listen.

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The trouble with the world is not that people know too little, but that they know so many things that ain't so
- Mark Twain

Let's support our new president,
but Obama should remember one thing,
Gray Davis.....