What was your worst rookie mistake?

First couple of weeks on the job, I weighed all of my loads wrong. Once I got my truck on the truck scale, I listed the total weight instead of the total weight of the full truck minus the weight of the empty truck to see the weight of the load. Needless to say, I sent in completely wrong numbers, but I was able to fix the situation with a little math.

I wonder what's harder to weigh: a truck, a plane, or an elephant...?

 

I take it that this was not the high watermark of your long career??

 

my stupidest mistake was riding the drop lot looking for my trailer
finding it hooking it all up started pretrip and realized i had backed into trailer beside mine
wouldn't have been too bad but the name national on the side was a dead giveaway....sigh

 

Truckers are a proud bunch, I wouldn't try to embarass them while they struggle... I will watch though to make sure they don't drive off after crushing the mirrors of their neighbor.

 

Reminds on something I saw yesterday.

New guy comes in, empty flat bed. Now, there is a truck parked in the driveway where it says no parking. I watch has he makes the corner, and crushes the front of the other guy. Now, mind you the other truck in is a no parking zone. Who's at fault? I'd say the illegally parked one. Another O/O comes over has I'm getting out, "Just drive off, he shouldn't be parked there anyways." Advice taken. The CB was full of that, just a bunch. "Dang skateboard, tore him him up."

 

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I'm not surprised by the mentality of some drivers. Sounds like it would be a hit and run, instead of just a hit. . It is the responsibility of other drivers to make their way around the vehicle, no matter how annoyed or distracted they may be.

 

I want to know the no parking guy will explain that to his boss.

 

That tree shouldn't have been planted there, so I ran over it...................

 

That made my day.

 

40 years ago those telephone poles use to get out in the middle of the road late at night. nothing to do with a kid a fast car and drinkin