I Wouldn't Haul This....

Yes I did, that was back in April of 2012. The guy came out drunk as a skunk, and was using a rock to break into his truck. I asked if he needed help and he said he would get it and he needed to get to his delivery.... so I called the local authorities to at least help him NOT break his own window. I did what i felt was right, and don't feel bad about it at all. If he had jumped into his truck and decided to drive, I would have felt terrible and it would have been to late to stop him from poss making a terrible mistake. I did what i did, and that's all.

As far as this CRST driver goes, I would have spoke to him as well. Depending on his attitude about the load would have determined what I would have done. i was not there for this situation, so i can't judge.

And I highly doubt your load was hanging so low that it was dragging the ground when you pulled out and your tail lights were not visible. You are more professional than that i believe.

I have never proclaimed to be an expert at this job. But common sense is something I am pretty good at, and common sense would tell you that this was a bad idea all around.

I was raised in trucking, by 2 generations of truckers, of which 1 of them started in 1934 and drove till he retired in 1988. I was rasied properly and know how to help someone out. I help people all the time, and try to help drivers as much as I can. And you can even ask Cluck, every driver I walk past in a parking lot I say "hello" too and 99% of the time they just look at the ground or phone and keep walking. I have my gripes as well, but it is what it is....

 

I didn't remember it being under the circumstances with the driver that had some drinks. 4

I still wonder where the guy is going with that flat steel, since he hasn't left , must be the place close by.

and u would be surprised sometimes how little it takes to stop a low boy from moving hint , a 12 inch piece of 2x4 used to raise up an outside left, left on the concrete that wedged against a crack in the concrete. stopped it dead. 1988 or so at the old truckstop on exit 9, Princeton wv I-77

 

Blind Driver said the CRST truck was headed to Canada with the load.... if that is the case, and he makes it to the border, the Canucks will politely tell him what he did wrong lol

 

Nah. Id roast Mercer Landstar Admiral Merchants all the same. Things like that are proof that inter family reproduction is bad

 

Uh, I think you mean Intra as inter is what most likely produced you, unless you are from KY maybe

 

I typed intra but these #### phones are ridiculous

 

Do you know for sure you can not see the lights from behind. Did you drive behind him and not see the lights. You very well from a normal following distance be able to see the lights. I was not there and do not know for sure. Maybe he has a light bar or a strobe he puts up when he start to roll but takes it off when he is parked so it does not get stolen. Thats why i say talk to the driver first and find out the real story before you rate him out. If you really can not see his lights and he puts no light bar or strobe up then yes there is a problem, but the overhang is not.

 

Usually the easiest way to get unhung is to adjust the air suspension higher. When you bottom like that, it unloads the suspension and it sets you down even firmer as it dumps some air. On carhaulers we actually have two sets of leveling valves so we can raise our skirts about 6 inches or so.

 

so, Oscar kw was right. so leave the guy the heck alone 2 miles from delivery. lol, all this and the guy is just sitting there waiting to deliver. another lesson learned , keep yer snout in yer own trough.