Post flatbed load photos here V2.0

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  1. Hurst

    Hurst Registered Member

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    Rear tarp looks like its over the front??

    Is that to air out any brain tumors that often accumulate in dispatcher heads?

    Also looks like you pulled into a space and left your trailer wadded out in the lot. You should ignore the crunching noises from your front bumper and pull the front wheels up in the grass.

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  3. Chewy352

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    Ya well I'm lazy when I'm working for free. Rollin it out that way ment less distance I had to carry the tarp. On 34s if I can nose in and have a better view then the other trucks I'll do it. Just very carefully and depending on how high the curb is. I actually stick out the same this way with my last axle all the way to the dot bar. Plus I figure if your buddy that took out your hood parks beside me he can't possibly do as much damage to my trailer as he can my hood and fender.
     
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  4. passingthru69

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    I should start parking like that now seeing how I got hit last Wed morning on the right by the tail swing of a container hauler.. He clipped my mirror ext. and kept on booking. Of course I was in bed trying to snuggle up to the wife.....
     
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    I don't do it very often. Only when I'm going to be somewhere for awhile and there's a easy out. Behind me was the fuel islands. So besides all the megas taking their breaks I shouldn't get blocked in.
     
  6. passingthru69

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    Are taking odds on this? Guys pull up off the fuel islands, go in and take a shower, get something to eat, play video games during their 30 min. break.. etc etc....
     
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  7. Hurst

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    LOL

    Anytime you park with empty spaces on either side of you,.. you leave the option open to have new drivers practice parking next to you. They'll drag your trailer over into the guy next to you and leave,.. when the guy comes out of the shower and sees your trailer on top of his hood,.. guess who's going to get blamed. LOL

    Koch might settle this out in May,.. that or the judge is going to end it and order them an amount to pay. Either way they are out of continuances. I cant wait,.. its only 1 year since their idiot driver bind sided into me. And to think,.. I have an over excited Werner rookie to thank for making such a scene that the Koch driver couldnt sneak away while I was in the shower. I still have his name and phone number. If his number is still the same I'll send him $1000 after this settles.

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  8. Hurst

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    I had a guy fold up my passenger side mirror not even 1 week after I got mine fixed. I was sitting in the driver seat,.. he was back in from the other side as the spots were either/or depending what side of the lot you backed in from. I came unglued,.. he kept telling me to calm down,.. it was no big deal. No big deal for who? Had my wife been 1 min longer coming back from getting her coffee that guy would have been laid out.

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    I was getting fuel in PA and watched a guy go back in his sleeper while I was fueling. Never saw him ceom back out,.. parked my truck,.. went in and got a shower and he was still there. On my way back to my truck,.. I jumped up and down on his steps.. then continued on to my truck. Looked like an Arabic guy poke his head out. Normally I leave guys alone when they park in stupid spots. But parking in the middle of the fuel island,.. with other open spots,.. thats ignorant.

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  10. passingthru69

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    Yea, I know it.. They seem clue less about stuff.
    Good luck with settling. Mine came down to the Fri. before we all had to be in Md. for court that Monday.
    I was getting ready to book plane tickets Sat. morning to fly there. But the other side contacted my lawyer that afternoon and agreed to settle on a certain amount... They were playing chicken and I didn't swerve....
    Took 2 years.....
     
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    Some spots have been so tight I just folded up my own mirrors to keep them safe.
     
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