Old age is catching up

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  1. Nov 30, 2017 #1
    cool7035

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    What do you do when your back can't keep up anymore? This whole week has been a bugger, down in my back, every load a tarp load. Can't say much or they'll let me go, liability and all that. Van? Tank?
     
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  3. Nov 30, 2017 #2
    A5¢

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    Before I got heated seat, I would plug a heating pad into the inverter and lean up against it. It made many trips more bearable. I will also take an ibuprofen before the start of a long day.
     
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    spyder7723

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    Ibuprofen by the fist full.
     
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    Just passing by

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    Tankers. I haul mostly chemical waste now. 99% drop n hook. Out and back. Home every weekend. Love it.
     
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    G13Tomcat

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    At my age, don't think I could tarp, either. Tanks, for sure. Only thing stresses the back a tad bit is dragging hoses, but nowhere near as bad on a back as tarping.

    Best of luck to ya. Til then, Ibuprofen, and a heating pad, for sure.
     
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    G13Tomcat

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    ??? I'm following just to hear it. Always one to learn something new.
     
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    spyder7723

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    Slam your hand in the door so you forget about how much your back hurts?
     
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    spyder7723

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    Tarping isn't bad on the back. It's just unrolling then hooking bunjees or rope up. I don't actually lift the tarp, that's why god invented fork lifts.
     
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    G13Tomcat

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    Is that what really happened?!!? Bet that's why he's not been on much; can't type, LoL~! ;)
     
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