Hopper, Dump O/O's & Drivers

Yes, I had just come from the truck show, and won first prize for the dirtiest ride. The secret is to unload midds in the rain, and let them blow all over your truck, and dry into a crust.

In all seriousness, you can't go a half mile in north-central Oklahoma lately without meeting a belly dump. That blue and white T-800 is the cleanest one of them all, not to mention it doesn't have any parts falling off of it.

Last Wednesday, I passed one east of Waynoka that was pulling a trailer that looked like they pulled it out of the hedge row, put some air in the tires, and went trucking. He even had gravel leaking out of the bottom as I passed. When I hollered at him about the sandblasting I had just gotten, I just got some spanish jibberish back. Needless to say, I wasn't surprised.

 

Yes, the guys from Arizona and Nevada. One or two showed up then a couple more then the whole fleet appeared most of them pulling old trailers with no boards and loading 25 ton with no side boards is just asking for trouble. The Arizona fleet is called Eagle, I had one of their black 379's pass me on Hwy 11 in a no passing zone with traffic coming. I chased his ### all the way to the quarry and we had a visit when we got their and after I got down out of the truck he changed his attitude. Every time I run into these guys I hear some spanish BS on the radio, I figure they are bad mouthing the big white boy. LOL. Their is another mexican outfit from Las Vegas with junk Freightliners and old trailers that are always having breakdowns and then you have the Martinez trucks one is a International 9200 white with red stripes and it was broke down south of Cherokee Friday after two wheels and tires came off the front drive axle.

 

Glad to know that we are not the only one that has them .What is sad is we have a local co out of Ark and they have junk .Sad when you had rather meet a Mexican instead of one of the local guys . This co that has junk is living proof that you can not kill ####roaches . But just wait it is going to get better I saw where the first trucking company from Mexico had made it across the boarder and was heading to Garland ,TX with some kind of load. Do not mind it as long as we all are on the same playing field WELL it is a good idea but sad that it will never happen . Have a Great day and keep the dirty side down .

 

Well, I was at Horizon yesterday, around noon. But I was loading midds. It sounds like i've got a twinn out there! I don't blame you for wanting to keep your boots clean. That lot can get pretty sloppy.

 

Put some FS590 Firestone steers on this week,really nice riding tires. $450/tire. Anybody else running these?

 

Will do. You staying busy?

 

I've had those on my truck the last 3 sets I think, I like them. I try to keep them rotated, what I usually run into is an outside shoulder wearing first. Truck needs a good alignment, but I haven't found a good shop around here.

We've got FS 507's on the other truck, they're supposed to be more for local or regional work. Except dad blew one today, not exactly a great endorsement for them, huh? He's ok, the truck needs a new bumper, signal and marker lights, but it could have been a lot worse.