My Tenure is Over

Discussion in 'Experienced Truckers' Advice' started by MGE Dawn, Sep 18, 2019.

  1. loudtom

    loudtom Road Train Member

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    I'm guessing the ABS, DPF, ELD, SCR, or a BBQ did it.
     
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  3. FlaSwampRat

    FlaSwampRat Road Train Member

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    I was thinking STD, OPP, WTF, OMG might have had something to do with it also.
     
  4. MACK E-6

    MACK E-6 Moderator Staff Member

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    They want their several thousand bucks to send you to THEIR school to learn how to drive THEIR way.
     
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  5. MACK E-6

    MACK E-6 Moderator Staff Member

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    Sorry. You’re untrainable, therefore unhireable.

    You’ve simply been driving too long to accept the imposition of the level of micromanagement you’d be forced to tolerate with Swift, and the young wieners in the office would find someone like that too intimidating.
     
  6. rank

    rank Road Train Member

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    That's about right. It's kind of amusing actually
     
  7. striker

    striker Road Train Member

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    DEER!!!!!!
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    Put this lovely creature in the median after Bambi x4 ran out in front of me, I was bobtail, jammed on the brakes, truck/tires had about 800 miles on everything, basically like having slicks, drives locked and I went in the median, still hit number 4, $10K in damage to the hood/bumper. I was almost able to back out under my own power, but it was too sandy, wrecker hooked to me and we both idled backwards to get me out. Supposedly, I've been barred from driving demo trucks for awhile.
     
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  8. Cat sdp

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    Back off the throttle and nail Bambi..... don’t even touch the brakes or steering wheel........ that’s all you can do . :(
     
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  9. PE_T

    PE_T Road Train Member

    If you’re getting brake checked is because you are following people too closely. You need to leave plenty of space in front of you (following distance) and especially the faster you’re traveling. The following distance comes in handy if the traffic ahead of you is slowing down rapidly or is fully stopped. Without proper following distance, you will either collide into vehicles or go off the road. It’s disappointing when so many truck drivers have one car of following distance on the freeway.
     
  10. MGE Dawn

    MGE Dawn Road Train Member

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    Kinda hard to leave proper following distance behind a vehicle that isn't in front of you until an instant before they smack the brake pedal, y'know? I'm many things, but psychic is not one of them
     
  11. mitmaks

    mitmaks Road Train Member

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    Swift did you a favor. Go on now and find a better place to work at.
     
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