my o.t.r. career may be over

you find the right finger foods.

Like corn dogs....

I have a hell of a time eating raviolli

 

i useda stop at the wall marts get that bucket of pop corn chicken good stuff

 

Ok have you never ever driven a vehical with you knee, it is simple actually. You know where the food is it is in your hand you know where your mouth is it is the lower center of your face, dont need to look at
the food to eat it. The trick is eating while drinking your coffee before it gets cold, for that trick see the first sentance of this post. Next week we will teach you how to pour coffee while driving and not spill it all over.

 

I just put all my food into a dog dish and just grab a handful and stuff it into my mouth as I can.

When I can, I try to take a hose to the drivers seat and steering wheel on occasion.

Otherwise I just pick up the scraps when I want a snack.

 

My truck don't have tilt wheel and my knee(s) are too far away from the wheel. The WHEEL that is. I have banged it on the column shroud several times. Hurts.

I've practiced a couple of times eating and drivin. I'm gettin better

 

Well sorry to hear about your 4 little fender benders. I wouldnt worry too much azbout them, just tell them up front. We have all had our share of mishaps and accidents. Way back when I started I took out a street light in Brooklyn making a left turn and dragged the #### thing for a half block before it fell off the trailer! I was too embarrased to even stop so I kept on trucking! WE all have our horror stories but thats what makes you a better driver, realize what mistake you did and move on. If your heart is really in trucking then get back in the seat and get on with your career. best of luck to ya kid, keep safe!

 

yup the split bucket with pop corn chicken and strips' thems good eats

 

I did this everytime I pre-tripped when I was OTR. On hook-up, I'd do a tug test and then during my walk around would go under and look inside the fifth wheel. Same when I'd come off a break in the truckstop. Even now, being a local driver, we slip seat our day and night shifts, so I always look in there to make sure everything is OK before I go out for the night.

 

checking for the gap between trailer and 5th wheel is sensible. It should be done. I have had more than one trailer that was unhooked from someone else riding so high that it would have over-rode my 5th wheel had I just backed under it.

But even if you physically go in and look after a tug test DOESN'T mean that your 5th wheel can't have a mechanical failure later.

And it seems here a lot of drivers don't want to admit that their machine is just that, a machine subject to mechanical failure.

In this business, it's not a matter of IF you will have an accident, it's just a matter of WHEN.

You can call it non-chargeable, it's still an accident. I have had 3 of them. A 40 ton taylor forklift drove on top of my truck sitting at a stop sign, a pheasant flew into my grill and a cow standing on the interstate at 2 am on I70 outside colorado springs. The guy behind me rear-ended my truck.

You can do everything correctly. An accident can still happen. Insurance, safety and legal are all so quick to blame and hang someone.