Abilene Motor Express....A New Place To Call Home

Kentucky DOT got nothing better to do, apparently. Just got pulled in for a random Level 2.

Been a couple years since my last one, and only my third ever, so I guess I was due.

 

Oh man, Oh man, Oh man.

 

Oh my... that breaks my heart...
that certainly is not the way I want to go.

prayers to the family

 

Ga DOT sure was working it today on I20 pulling trucks over left and right for inspection.

 

My level 2 the other day turned into a level 3 once it started raining. Officer told me he was gonna do a level 2, took my license and registration, said he'd be back and we'd do a walk-around.

By the time he came back, it was raining pretty solid, and it was 35F besides. He handed me my stuff, said "It's a level 3 now because of the rain. Drive safe."

Righty-o my dude. Sayonara, and God bless.

 

Dropped at the Walmart crossdock place in Memphis this morning. Go see if any empties to bring back to the yard with me since my next load is a live load in the morning going to Seattle. Got stuck sitting watching a Schneider trainer helping his trainee back into a spot in the empty lot which is mud of course and she gets stuck. Trainer told her to flip the interaxle switch and try to rock it out. She gets frustrated and starts jamming on the accelerator and starts to jack knife it and her trainer waves his arms frantically and she stops then puts it in drive and slams the accelerator again jumping forward almost slamming into the row of trailers in front of her and her trainer starts waving his arms again and she stops and gets out of the driver seat and goes into the sleeper yelling and screaming with the truck still in gear and the brakes released. Trainer ran and jumped into the truck to stop it. Gets the truck unstuck and told her to drive around and set up again so I could drive by. Amazingly the trainer was calm the whole time. I gave him a thumbs up and told him good luck when I drove by.

 

Sounds like me when I was in training and had to back into Door #1 at BH Brooklyn.

 

Oh sure, they give the guy with 40 years experience the easy door while giving the white-knuckle door to the dude who's still in training.