Another Company to IC Choice Thread

Stay out of Louisiana , nothing but paper mills. SNI loads are soft down there.

 

There's a refinery we pick up at. Seen alot of ic in there.

 

Ouch! Sounds like vehicle maintenance around here, too...

 

Oh man that had to hurt. Reminds me of when back when I was working on trucks, me and another mechanic got "volunteered" by the boss to downsize a massive Caterpillar loader at the shipping company next door to us so they could fit it and the different parts in a shipping container. We were using a forklift to remove the planetary drives off the axles so it would be skinny enough to fit, and after removing one of them the other mechanic left the forks up on the forklift parked next to the van... he was old and burned out and constantly did stuff like this. He was up on top removing something so we could lift the cab off and I was down working on something else and he asked me to throw him a tool from the van. As I was walking by, the forks were just at eye level and due to how straight they were they were pretty much invisible unless you were paying attention. The end of those forks was sharp as heck from the bevel of years of grinding against a flat surface. I walked straight into the forks and cut the living **** out of my head. I didn't even feel anything at first, then it hit me and I put my hand up there and when I pulled it away the entire thing was covered in blood and felt all the blood start dripping down my face. I know your pain CW, LOL. That is a good idea on the first aid kit, that's something that I haven't thought of carrying. Do you have any recommendations of a good kit, maybe one that I can order online and pick up next time I'm at home? I know a lot of them are just cheapy and don't contain much that is really useful, compared to a decent kit, but I wouldn't really know the difference.

 

I didn't bother buying a pre-made kit, I just have a bag I picked up at Walgreens that I packed with stuff like neosporin, bandaids, gauze, tape, some cleaning wipes (I forget exactly what, right now), I always have a knife or two in the truck so I didn't worry about scissors, my sinus and headache stuff, lubricating gel for eyes (mine get REALLY dry) and visine. Might be some other stuff, but I think that is about all. Oh, and Tiger Balm patches. Those things are AMAZING for those mornings I wake up and realize I slept wrong.

 

Gauze? Bandaids? Antiseptic?

I'm a REAL TRUCKER[. Paper towel and lectrical tape is all I need. Worst comes to worst I'll whip out he needle and thread