Howell's Motor Freight

Ok just curious how do you get hurt cranking dollies on a trl.

 

It can happen. Throw your back out,rupture a disc,hernia etc. If the gearboxes for the landing gear get condensation/moisture inside it can seize up those gears and make it difficult or impossible to crank the landing gear. I've had it happen on a couple of WE's trailers.

 

OK, I can see--maybe--sustaining some type of injury trying to crank stuck landing gear. But THREE times??

Reminds me of the old saying "There's not much to be learned from the second kick of a mule."

Or the third.

 

I had a short employment with Howell's some years back. I think I lasted about a month or maybe 6 weeks. Every Friday I would be up in Mechanicsburg, Pa at Hershey' warehouse and there I would sit for 10 to 15 hours, no pay. Along about the last time, I was picking up a load going to Roanoke, Va and living along 1-81, I just called the wife and she followed me down to Roanoke and the rest is history. No way that I could recommend Howell's Motor Freight to another driver.

 

I was offered a job with them before I found the place I am at now..
I think it was 16 bucks an hour...some loads had to be fingerprinted or driver unload...NO extra pay for that and the trucks looked pretty rough.
The guy called me several times wanting me to hire on....I told him 16 an hour was just not doable for me.

 

Is this Thurston Howell's company?

I can see getting hurt a few times on defective landing gear. You're told to grab trailer 12345, and the gear is defective, complain, and they give you 54321 to take, and it's screwed up too. Sounds like Central Transport.

 

Third times the charm. You may be skeptical of it now but when you get older, that's when people start having issues

 

Gotcha, cause there's nothing I value more than my safety and my curls.