I was delivering to a Store DC in the Portland Area. I had just got my door assignment, pulled up just past my door and got out to open the trailer doors. Like usual I tend to fling my doors open the walk around to meet and secure them to the side of the trailer. This time when I flung the right side door open in came back at me in a hurry, knocking me out cold.

I later learned that a Foster's Farms truck had hit the door at a speed best described as insane for a yard.

[quote=coastie;577750] I followed the signs to the city, but never saw it. I ended up at a dead end into a Lake. Had to back out 2 miles on a curvy road in the dark.

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LOL............thats a sweat jerker.....atleast it was night so traffice was prob low to none.

I saw a tractor drop a trailer during hookup...He wound the gear up before checking that the lockjaw was closed. 80,000 lb load too, GP Paper

Worst thing I've seen was at Central Bag Company in KC, MO as part of a three stop drop for Werner. Most definitely setup for pups or straight trucks. The easy way in was blocked by a trailer so they told us to go down a block, make a left, then another left, a right and then back down the street to set up. So the trainer did all that and I stood outside to spot him and stay out of the way. As he was angling the truck back we had to get the people across the street to move their pick up. There were two huge yellow concrete poles on either side of the dock and the left door ended up catching one of them. One of their guys came out and stood on the dock wondering what was going on not knowing that it was a PITA to back in. When it was all said and done he had to ell shape the truck to get the trailer in the hole because there wasn't enough room to get in the hole without hitting the building across the street.
Things were kinda tense and a day later we got into it at a Barnes and Noble DC in Jamesburg, NJ when I let the tandems go over a curb instead of swinging wider and hitting an O/O truck that was coming out. Ugh. Fun days.

Funny thing is, if it's where I think it is, there's no place there really to deliver freight to. Port Republic is one of those places where there is really no actual "town" to speak of. You'd never know you went through it, even on the old 2-lane that parallels the 4 lane that's there now.

I suspect it was a tobacco port or something many years ago though.

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