how can a 4 wheeler best help an 18 wheeler?

Cool gun,its size would allow for tail gun positioning but it has a real bad habit of puking to much brass

50cal,One Shot,One Kill!

 

They have a Suburban with a .50 caliber on Youtube but it wouldn't allow embedding .

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eo0IAWR4PMY

The sure cure for E D ...... 1:54
Just think 285 Atl rush hour 2:48

 

Having been a truck driver, and now back to a permanent 4-wheeler, I have a few personal rules that have always served me well on the road.

1. Big truck. Need space. Don't crowd the big truck. For you are small, and squeeky, and will only serve as a speed bump.

2. Patience, young jedi. You will get to your destination all the better if you show some patience around the big truck. Do not force your way around the big truck where the driver of the big truck cannot see you, for you are small and squeeky, and will only serve as a speed bump.

3. If you are in a position to pass the big truck (open highway, little traffic) do not mess around. You may be small and squeeky, but your little engine will generally out-accelerate the big truck. DO NOT MOVE OUT TO THE HAMMER LANE, AND SIT BY THE TRAILER AXLES!!! For once again, you are small and squeeky.

4. Once you have passed the big truck, wait until you can see the driver in your rear-view mirror! This will provide enough space between your small and squeeky vehicle, and the big truck behind you.

5. Your vehicle has turn signals. They have a specific purpose. Learn the purpose, and use them wisely.

6. Just because there are no yeild signs at the end of onramps does not mean you get to leap out into oncoming traffic and expect it to allow you entrance. Oncoming traffic is traveling at 65 mph or better. You, generally, are not. We are not required to stop, or move overto allow you entrance. We do, when it is safe to do so, as a courtesy. If we can't, refer to rule 2.

There are more, but I feel you should be getting the general idea by now. Just remember, you are small and squeeky. We are big and heavy. In a collision between your vehicle, and ours, you have a much higher chance of getting killed than we do. Which in one way makes you lucky, since you will not then have to live with the guilt of having killed somebody due to their own stupidity.

 

Now where have I heard this before????? Oh yeah in the Wizard Of Oz!!!!!

 

Think of it this way. We are carrying that food going to your local grocery store. We are carrying that new washer and dryer you ordered. We are carrying the medical supplies needed for your sick friend. None of this will do you any good if its scattered across the highway from the car that pulled out in front of us, or the truck pulling a camper that rear ended us. The stuff we are hauling is for YOU! Help us get it to where it needs to go by giving us the space we need. That is the most important thing a 4wheeler can do.

 

Great post, Brsims. A little bit of humor goes a lot further than a lot of contempt. One question though - I know I'm small, but am I really all that squeeky?

 

THANK YOU!!! You're the only person who saw the joke.

 

I truly do want to show my respect for the drivers out here, so please don't take this question the wrong way.

I recall being told that if I can't see your mirrors when I'm behind you, I'm too close. I've been paying more attention to this and trying to abide. My question is, why is it when a driver passes me, they pull back in front of me, and I can't see their mirrors at all. Are they pulling back in too soon? Yesterday, I was passed by a big truck, and when he pulled back in front of me, I couldn't see his mirrors; I slowed down a bit to see how far back I would be when I could see them, but for over a mile, I never could see his mirrors. The speed limit was 70 and I had my cruise set at 65, I lowered it to 63, but that didn't help.

Also, due to a speeding ticket in March, I now set my cruise 5 miles below the posted speed limit. I watch my mirrors at all times to see what is around me. If I see a big truck coming up on me, I can tell he is traveling faster than me, I look to see if he has room in the passing lane to get around me. If I am unsure, I bump my speed up a couple MPH, especially if we are about to go uphill. Should I change my speed, or continue at the speed I have set? I don't want to slow them down, but at the same time, I don't want it to seem I'm playing a game with them.