Why is trucking so stressful?

And by the way if trucking is to stressful for you move into your mothers basement and play video games.

 

Me personally, I wouldn't quit unless their truck is on their property. Sometimes there's some not so good advice on these threads.

 

Here this dude just pulled in next to me. Have his manuvering skills developed since then?

 

If you can get there.

A few weeks ago I picked up a D&H trailer that had 4, yes 4 BAD TIRES. I pulled it 2 miles to the nearest truck stop and called my company. I told them the situation. I told TA what to do. I sat for 5 hours with my trailer backed into that hole and nothing happened. I go inside and TA tells me that Ozark is only approving changing the flat tire, not any of the damaged tires. I then called my company and my shop manager told me "Look man, I'm not putting tires on your ####ing trailer." (his words not mine) I said well I'm not pulling this "####ing trailer". He said I'll call the fleet manager, I told him do that I'll tell him the same thing. I never got a call, so I had to call. I spoke with the fleet manager and he replaced the two bad tires. When I finally got it to our yard the tire guy immediately replaced another one and said it was dangerous and about to come apart.

I told my company that I will leave the truck at the truck stop if I have to. I wasn't going to pull it down the road with the dangerous tires. So I couldn't get it to our terminal to abandon it. I would have had to abandon it in the TA parking lot.

 

I have a similar mark on my truck, getting it back to Memphis to be repaired tomorrow.

Chances are he didn't do that. Just like I didn't do mine. I got backed into in the Loves parking lot in Minden LA. Those look like the hinge marks from the rear doors on a trailer. Chances are that truck was backed into.

 

Thats a left side pop. I would be more inclined to say that was hit. Generally drivers don't scratch a left side because it is the sight side.

 

I don't think so. That is a carrier thing. If your fired because of too many it might be there in the remarks,

 

I think you did right to take a picture. I do the same when I see damage on a truck beside me, so I have a time stamp. First thing I think, is that mf'er will try to blame that on me.

 

Not to mention the time away from home.

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