Wrong turn...

Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by Boattlebot, Jan 30, 2017.

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  1. Jan 30, 2017 #71
    Boattlebot

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    The white Volvo mafia doesn't scare me. *grabs kbar from overhead compartment*
     
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  3. Jan 30, 2017 #72
    Boattlebot

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    I was told by this company that if I'm in over my head Inca situation like I was in stop. I stoped. I've stoped before. This is just the first time I needed help like I did to get out of the mess. Most times I can figure out how to do what I need. But I'm not afraid of saying, yup, I need help.
     
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  4. Jan 30, 2017 #73
    Dumdriver

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    You can't say you weren't warned.
     
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  5. Jan 30, 2017 #74
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    Fair enought.
     
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  7. Jan 30, 2017 #75
    flyby1971

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    You wouldn't happen to be the infamous "Swift truck" would ya

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    Yes sir, I'ma bustin ya balls.


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  8. Jan 30, 2017 #76
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    I think I met that guy at every single swift terminal I went to.... you honestly wouldn't believe the amount of stupid I heard at those places....


    Or you might.guesse it depends on how much faith in humanity you have left.
     
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  9. Jan 30, 2017 #77
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    I seriously heard one guy telling a new driver that a road atlas was useless and that he shouldn't get a trucker GPS just follow the qualcomm.....

    I never trusted their qualcomm. it always ALWAYS got me lost.
     
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  10. Jan 30, 2017 #78
    Air Cooled

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    Your in a semi now? I've seen one cruising by me on 280 lately that time of night.
     
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  11. Feb 1, 2017 #79
    homeskillet

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    Delivered a load of diesel fuel to a trucking company in Fort Plain,NY once. Turned left instead of right when I left the lot. Went 15 miles on a dark,two lane state highway before I found a place where I could SEE that I could turn around. Fatigue was a factor. After that if I was tired or at an unfamiliar drop, I'd put a sticky note on the dash above the parking valves saying TURN LEFT LEAVING or TURN RIGHT LEAVING as the case may be.
    I'm glad you got out of it okay.
     
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  12. Feb 1, 2017 #80
    moloko

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    I'm in whatever my dispatcher puts me in when he/she impulsively decides to put me in the semi. I hate the semi. The off tracking is horrible. I can only load on one arm at the rack. The tractor attached to it also sucks. You're probably seeing one of my coworkers in the semi. I try to stay the hell out of it, or else I end up backing into asian restaurant parking lots, in Cupertino at 2AM off De Anza boulevard.
     
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