Strange or bizarre tips for drivers

Discussion in 'Experienced Truckers' Advice' started by jlkklj777, Oct 25, 2007.

  1. thestoryteller

    thestoryteller Medium Load Member

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    This is true....... I don't think most people realize how much cleaning goes on 24 hours a day at a large commerical dairy............. :biggrin_25514:
     
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  3. AfterShock

    AfterShock Road Train Member

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    I wonder how many folks realize that SOMEone has to physically climb INto those milk tankers --
    and scrub 'em out and rinse them completely after every load?
    Claustrophobic? :biggrin_25512:
    Hot? :yes2557:
    Steamy? :yes2557:
    Slippery? :yes2557:
     
  4. thestoryteller

    thestoryteller Medium Load Member

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    Sour milk......... yuk.......:biggrin_25521:
     
  5. bullhaulerswife

    bullhaulerswife Forum Leader/Admin Staff Member Administrator

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    I'd take that over a cattle pot, any day. :biggrin_25525::yes2557:
     
  6. AfterShock

    AfterShock Road Train Member

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    On real hot daze
    it'd be a toss-up. :smt078:pukeleft:

    Besides, I think they only prod ya if y'all
    pass out inside the tanker. :biggrin_25524:
    Might owe 'em a thanx for doin' that. :biggrin_25525:
    (I wonder how it feels when y'all are wet?) :biggrin_2551:
     
  7. bullhaulerswife

    bullhaulerswife Forum Leader/Admin Staff Member Administrator

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    True that! :biggrin_25525::biggrin_2559:
     
  8. Baack

    Baack Road Train Member

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    I am picturing thats where all the drippings go???
    I am always surprised that them bull wagons don't have stuff coming out of them
    And why is it a dairy farm can smell kinda good, country like
    You all know what I mean right???
    But a bull wagon stinks something terrible!!!!!

    [​IMG]
     
  9. thestoryteller

    thestoryteller Medium Load Member

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    :biggrin_2559:

    A lot of those dairy cows also get some really good quality feed........ probably helps with the odor....:yes2557:
    Not to mention........ I think most of the beef being hauled around is feed lot quality......... talk about nasty, dirty and stinky!!! :biggrin_2551:


    Kids Joke:
    What do you call a cow with no legs?
    :biggrin_2556:



    ground beef
     
  10. ITSec

    ITSec Bobtail Member

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    Descending hills; I like to descend long mountain grades in a gear low enough to descend the hill without using the brakes, or at least slow enough to only use the brakes to check my speed, about ten seconds of brake every thirty seconds. While some drivers would think this is too slow, the more you use your brakes, the less braking power you will have as the brake become hot. It’s better to reach the bottom of a hill and say, “I could have come down faster.” Than not reach the bottom and say, “I should have come down slower.” It’s better to error on the side of caution. By descending the hill slow enough to not use the brakes, or use the brakes a little, you have your full braking capability if you need to stop. In 31 years of driving truck, I’ve never smoked my brakes on a long mountain grade, I’ve been passed by a lot of guys who have.
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    I totally agree with that statement.

    My trainer told me that you can go down a mountain grade too slow as many times as you want, but only once going too fast.
     
  11. thestoryteller

    thestoryteller Medium Load Member

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    Very good advice!! :biggrin_25514:


    Btw...... Welcome! :biggrin_25525:
     
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