Where is everyone #5

Discussion in 'Flatbed Trucking Forum' started by DDlighttruck, Aug 27, 2017.

  1. TripleSix

    TripleSix God of Roads

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    As long as you're on the bigroad, you will be okay. That theory doesn't work at all on the 2 lane.
     
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  3. shawnhhllc

    shawnhhllc Medium Load Member

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    That’s a fact on the the 2 lane. I’ve had a couple up on the Canadian border where I was sweating and even eased off a little to make it to a fuel island.
     
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  4. farmerjohn64

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    Man I’m so pissed off right now, think I’m about to quit my job lol I messed up, the fuel solution they sent me I skimmed over the first stop because I thought it was to the loves that I was at which is where I fueled first, but it was to freakin Avondale, AZ and I was supposed to fuel up there; instead I went to the one in Anthony, Texas which I knew didn’t make any sense; guy calls me and basically calls me an idiot and I’m just fed up right now; sure it was my fault, but this was my first and only mistake since I’ve been here and I’ve had to deal with a hell of a lot more
     
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  5. singlescrewshaker

    singlescrewshaker Road Train Member

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    So that Maury video led me to this..
    Pretty cool story, but is this actually possible.? Seems to me one of the rigs might have jackknifed, if not both..

    Edit. The 5:45 mark is about where the excitement begins if you don't want to watch it all..

     
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  6. PoleCrusher

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    Okay, you made a stupid mistake. I'll agree with you, it was an incident of dumbness.

    The solution, learn from it, and move on. We all have episodes of stupidity, what separates the perpetually stupid from the occasionally stupid, is usually mental laziness. If you refuse to own it and let it teach you, it will keep trying to teach you, again and again until learning is achieved.
     
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  7. farmerjohn64

    farmerjohn64 Road Train Member

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    I know and I wasn’t trying to make excuses, I’m just stressed out, tired of being in the truck 24/7 and I’ve barely been home at all in 3 months, just a lot to take in
     
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  8. TripleSix

    TripleSix God of Roads

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    I'll make a bet with you.

    Bet you never do that again.

    Don't quit over a mistake you made. Own it. As long as you learn from your mistakes, then things will work out and you will improve.
     
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  9. HillbillyDeluxeTruck

    HillbillyDeluxeTruck Road Train Member

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    Look at it this way, if thats the worst mistake you make today or this week, you're doin pretty good.

    But it all circles back around to having someone in an office tell a driver when and where to fuel.
     
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  10. farmerjohn64

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    I can deliver to both places tomorrow as long as they don’t close super early in NM
     
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  11. PoleCrusher

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    Incredible skill on that flatbed driver.

    Yes if they didn't keep it perfectly straight, they both could very easily have jackknifed.
     
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