An old man's career goes flat, Snackbar moves to open deck

That tire was fine, still had 450,000 miles left in it.

 

Well Friday I delivered this pain in my ### safe and sound. That last 40 miles into Plano was brutal. Low wires, low lights, low intelligence drivers.

bounced up to Wichita to grab this preload trailer going to LA.

Now I’m heading to Portland with 14’ wide tank heads. No tarp so I’ll take it.

 

I’m an “old” glass hauler that went to hauling air craft parts. I use rope more then bungees.

Plus I saw how COTC does their ends and it basically folds the extra tarp for you. Now if only our trailers had hooks. Fumbling around with loose hooks in the dark was pretty frustrating.

 

We haul a lot of them...

 

Question in 1st pic is the grey tube/pipe going over the top to aid in helping lines and branches slide over the top?

 

Correct. That load was 17’ tall. The pipes help prevent the lines getting snagged on the tarp/ load. Only had one snag in 4200 miles. As soon as I stopped, the wire got it’s actually together and slid off.