Random LTL Rants (all are welcomed)

I pulled a 35' trailer today

first time ever (tandem axles, super singles in fact)

with a huge ### (very comfortable) sleeper KW T680

No, that doesn't make much sense to me either, but I'm just a dumb truck driver.

 

used to do that, never thought it was all that hard. (freightliner cascadia, 5' sleeper)

the pup makes it easy

the other guys would ##### about hooking sets, "oh, this thing is as big as a house, there's no room here (in a terminal, puhleeze)

ummmmmm, maybe you guys better not do food service, cuz this is EASY.

 

Backing pups period is tough when you're not used to that.

 

A long box would make me look like a rookie backing into a dock nowadays. Don’t remember the last time I’ve pulled a 53’ trailer. Would definetly put a post note on my windshield if I ever pull one that reminds me I don’t have a set lol.

 

I pull 53 footers once on a while. My barn is near Wabash, so new trailers go there for distribution. They're mostly pups, but sometimes I'll pull a long box out on its way to assignment at a specific yard.

Lately I've been getting new Hyundai 53's headed east out of California at my meet and turn. A lot of those are transfers for other carriers and done up in their livery. I saw one of our guys pulling an Estes trailer the other day. I wish I had gotten a picture. I would have totally started a rumor about a merger.

 

ODFL linehaul drivers don't work the dock.