My conestoga trailer has been measured at 13’6” high and the Bridge ahead sign reads 13’7”. Hypothetically I only have One inch of clearance and I zoom under the bridge at 65-70 mph. (Didn’t even duck)
Things we get used to in trucking are crazy, feel free to add
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My first tanker job used new trucks with automatic emergency braking. It would randomly panic brake, sometimes due to a false radar signal and sometimes a false camera image. I put up with it doing that for 2.5 of the 3 years until I decided to start calling in each event to the company safety hotline.
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Height depends on what type/size rubber you run, and brand of 5th wheel. 22.5 low pro pulling a Utility 3000R, i measured out at 13-4.
It's not hard to measure your height and should be something every driver does when they get a new setup.Ddh77777, austinmike, Trucker61016 and 2 others Thank this. -
things are good! We dogged the Texas ice by 4 hrs last month and found place to securely store our load until we could deliver it days later. It turned a 2 day load into a 6 day load but we kept the rubber side down unlike a lot of trucks we saw on I-10 North of San Antonio a couple days later.austinmike, 77fib77, OldeSkool and 8 others Thank this.
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Driving through Houston and Dallas.I live in Houston now,it took 3 years driving around here before I got comfortable.Now anything the idiots do around me on the roads doesn't surprise me at all.
Going north through Dallas I started running 45 to 75,staying off of 635 and 35 E.75 is a lot easier than other options.silverspur, hope not dumb twucker, The_vett and 2 others Thank this. -
How I can't sleep as well at home in silence as I can at an active truck stop....?? The noise becomes white noise and the silence of home becomes disturbing...
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exactly! I now sleep better with earplugs even when at the housetscottme, austinmike, Sons Hero and 4 others Thank this.
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You don’t have to duck unless the bridge is 10 feet or lessTurkeyCreekJackJohnson, trucker-chase and Nahbrown Thank this.
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I lived in H town too. League City Texas. Yeah it's crazy how bad they drive.Oxbow, austinmike, D.Tibbitt and 2 others Thank this.
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