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

I picked up a trailer at Cost plus that was cranked so high the king pin was well above the fifth wheel. As I was cranking it down I noticed the yard jockey had parked and was watching me. I'm convinced the dbag cranked the landing gear all the way down just so he could watch the next driver struggle with it. There is no way it was left that high by a regular tractor.

 

Do the same everytime. Dropping a trailer is one of the few phobias in trucking I have.

 

Wanna bet? Those yard dogs don't touch anything they don't have to.

 

The people on the dock often request them to crank up the landing so if they are using a hand jack the pallets are rolling down hill instead trying to pick ill them.

 

Second verse same as the first?

 

Amen. When I started here, the lady in the office at BH in Groveport pointed me to a photo on the wall by the coffee pot. A photo of an Abilene reefer laying nose-down on the ground, the sheet imploring drivers to check their hooks. Didn't have to remind me twice.

We have a yard in Ohio?

 

USX terminal.

 

I'm 'Enery the Aith, I am. 'Enery the Aith, I am, I am.

 

Better to find out in the Lower 48 ...
instead of the Lands between Boarders