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Mr.Shifter · Jan 5, 2014

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Don't let the age of 50 stop you from doing what ever you need to do. I ran flat car for a lot of years, about 25 to be exact. then I switched over to a specalized haul. Light loads, good bucks. Still have to work at loading and unloading, and do a lot of walking especially at the larger car auction yards. Only thing about flat car, use a ladder, always. I spent 6 months sitting on the end of the sofa from left knee surgerie. Hopped off the trailer, step deck mind you, hit the ground and felt just a twing in my knee, nothing to cry about. 3 days later, I could hardly walk, sitting and driving for 2 or 3 hours was horribly painful. Went to the Dr., torn the quad tendon from the knee cap. Dr. said it wasn't unheard of for a 50 year old guy. So the moral of the story is don't hop off the trailers, it will get you sooner or later!
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I'm feeling results of spending most of my 20's jumping off trailers and out of cabovers, thought I was indestructible....

Ed G · Jan 5, 2014

Ya, so did I! That six months sitting on my ###, proved that I wasn't!

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