Must have a lot of experience?

Must been one of those dam spud haulers think they own the road

 

There has been times Ive slept on that red light of the truck in front, waking up just enough to record the kansas state line, then go back to sleep until Colorado, wake up again...

350 or so miles of oblivion. Following that red light on the trailer in front.

Get to Limon, get a gallon of coffee and wake up enough with a meal to make ready to do battle at sunrise in denver metro.

My worst or lowest point happened on a upgrade when she refused to stay in gear and I was too fatigued to give a Dam. Pulled up on the wide spot upgrade and went to sleep head on the wheel.

And foot holding the service brake. 14 hours. Nothing else hold that rig in place all that time rocking gently int he storm wind on that mountain.

I think God sent down Archangel Gabriel to hold that foot there and Michel to keep anyone from getting under the decap bar back there.

 

I never actually click the indicator lever into place, just kinda hold up on it to make it blink. As far as lights go, if the weather is inclement at all or if it's foggy mine are on.

 

I once drove 350 miles, untarped, unloaded, drove 200 miles, reloaded & retarped, drove another couple hundred and was driving and around 2 in the morning, I looked around and didnt have any idea where I was.. stopped at a fuel stop, asked the guy behind the counter, “Whats the name of this town?”
“Batesville.” He said.
“What state?” I replied
“Mississippi, why?”
“Oh no reason..”

 

Was probably a Yooper.

 

I had trouble with that too.

I pulled into this dirt truckstop in some bum#### west state somewhere god only knows where to get away from that ice storm.

Cashier looked at me the next morning, I asked her where in hell is this place? Popped her gum and said no where really St Georges is that way. Salt Lake this way.

On this road? Then she gives me a looking over like I am a nut. It's time to go and make my leave of that place.

Maybe I was a nut for taking a big rig up that one road. I have since then scoured google earth and cannot find it. Maybe it;'s out of business.

Fast forward to today. I refuse to live my life that way anymore. I'll pull the wagon, but when I get tired or the ex gets tired we go home thats that. We had too much of that BS being tired over the years on the road.

 

Maybe he was busy scrolling through trucker report looking at your posts lol.

 

I once walked from my bedroom to the kitchen without putting my house slippers on. I'm still traumatized.