Swift manages to do it again..

Discussion in 'Trucking Accidents' started by drvrtech77, May 8, 2021.

  1. skallagrime

    skallagrime Road Train Member

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    Eh fine, i fully agree with point 1, point 2 is a lot more open to debate

    Ive had plenty of loads that the turns in the plant were not designed for a regular truck and trailer much less a stretched truck and long trailer. But they still initially expected me to put their crane in the building.

    One that sticks in my mind was a crane i delivered that i got into the building, they lifted it off then to leave i had to back down the way i came and they had to lift my trailer and move it at each turn a good 5 feet left or right.

    And just because i CAN and HAVE backed off a 2 lane road on a steep hill around a building corner into some dock in the northeast designed for a cabover with a 40 foot trailer doesnt mean it was any fun or that i have any desire to repeat the experience
     
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  3. Val_Caldera

    Val_Caldera Road Train Member

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    >I don't know about recent times, but it used to be standard Practice for a local P&G (Rt. 29, Browns Summit, NC) to state:
    >NO MOVING TANDEMS TILL OUT OF GATE, after having travelled over the LONG scale at EXIT Gate.
    >Same "Going In" - SLIDE TANDEMS TO REAR, LOCK B4 ENTERING. For "those Trailers" that defied Sliding Tandems, possibly NO ENTRY ALLOWED, yet possibility of Entry usually depended upon Driver Attitude. No One Could Back Up.
    >YARD offered EXCESSIVE ROOM FOR MANEUVERING EVEN FOR NEWBIES, at night, while Raining.
    >>Every Driver WAS a NEWBIE. Some seem to never get past NEWBIE.
    >No big deal, out gate, to the right side or middle of In/Out area on pavement, slide Tandems maybe three times depending upon weight, can't look at Load because of SEAL, Weight on B.O.L. Weight on Scale Ticket if Purchased.
    >Get down road a few miles, re-adjust push/pull action = No Big Deal.
    S. O. P. = Standard Operating Procedure or Simpleton Obfuscating Program.
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  4. MACK E-6

    MACK E-6 Moderator Staff Member

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    I have a few regulars that a 53' and a sleeper won't get into.
     
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  5. Bud A.

    Bud A. Road Train Member

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    Except when the wind is blowing in Wyoming and you're empty. Or have a 16,000 pound load. Then you want them all the way back.

    This guy said it was his first week. Hopefully now he'll remember to watch his tandems in his blind side mirrors when he makes a right-hand turn.
     
  6. Flat Earth Trucker

    Flat Earth Trucker Road Train Member

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    Better park it if the southerly winds are a blowin' in Wyoming light or heavy.

    It would cost billions of dollars, but my fantasy is to cover I-80 through Wyoming end to end.
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    Imagine these sheds being larger and having two lanes running through them.

    Don't ask me about exits or bridges or railroad crossings because I haven't thought that part through.

    Baby steps.
     
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