Things we get used to in trucking are crazy, feel free to add

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  1. Nahbrown

    Nahbrown Medium Load Member

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    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 :cool: )
     
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  3. ducnut

    ducnut Road Train Member

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    All the time.

    Hope you guys are doing well.
     
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  4. tscottme

    tscottme Road Train Member

    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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    buzzarddriver Road Train Member

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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.
     
  6. Nahbrown

    Nahbrown Medium Load Member

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    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.
     
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  7. North Pole Nightmare

    North Pole Nightmare Road Train Member

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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.
     
  8. Trucker61016

    Trucker61016 Road Train Member

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    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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  9. Nahbrown

    Nahbrown Medium Load Member

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    exactly! I now sleep better with earplugs even when at the house
     
  10. panty snacher

    panty snacher Light Load Member

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    You don’t have to duck unless the bridge is 10 feet or less
     
  11. 77fib77

    77fib77 Road Train Member

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    I lived in H town too. League City Texas. Yeah it's crazy how bad they drive.
     
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