What if it Snows?

Cattleman84 · Feb 14, 2020

Judge said: ↑

What’s fun if you have fairings, fall and land in a U position between frame and fairings, hitting some boards that were tied down there, break a couple of ribs, and hit the back if your head on the headache rack.
Then you truly understand the meaning.

A few minutes later, you get enough senses to pull yourself out of this posture, to a saftey guy yelling that you need to hurry and finish tarping, he wants to go home to his family, so after you throw a fit, your bar, and hardhat, that you had to go retrieve already, at that idiot, you get to hobble over and get it picked up again.
Then in much pain, finish slowly.

Then around 6-7 months later, you go half blind in one eye suddenly, from halfway, your vision is blacked out like the widescreen movies.
Your retina seperates, eye doctor says due to severe head trama, he had never seen.
So after lasering the eye, severe pain, a weekend unable to lie down, sleeping upright in a recliner, it didnt “weld”
So they take your eye out, while you’re awake, totally weird.., and fix it and put it back in!

Welcome to the world of trucking!
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I think id rather just have a heart attack...

otherhalftw · Feb 14, 2020

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Well if you pay for reserved parking does it cover the part of the $20?
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It does in Ontario at both Petro and T/A.

Dave_in_AZ · Feb 14, 2020

otherhalftw said: ↑

It does in Ontario at both Petro and T/A.
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Those two places are where you build your spare parts kit. Since you have to spend $20, I get lamps, grease, fuses, wipers, any other what nots I see.

Dave_in_AZ · Feb 14, 2020

Shark bite fittings / couplings are prized possession life savers, but they never seem to have those.

HillbillyDeluxeTruck · Feb 14, 2020

Espressolane said: ↑

This is what some have said is the problem.
Flatbed types seem to have questionable mental health status. Some people think we’re crazy, we just don’t see the problem.
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Some people are affraid of actual work. Strapping, chaining, tarping. They might get their hands or nice clean safety vest dirty.

The Landstar guy who's in line to unload behind me seems to be doin ok with his KW and 120" sleeper combo though.

D.Tibbitt · Feb 14, 2020

Wow

HillbillyDeluxeTruck · Feb 14, 2020

Judge said: ↑

What’s fun if you have fairings, fall and land in a U position between frame and fairings, hitting some boards that were tied down there, break a couple of ribs, and hit the back if your head on the headache rack.
Then you truly understand the meaning.

A few minutes later, you get enough senses to pull yourself out of this posture, to a saftey guy yelling that you need to hurry and finish tarping, he wants to go home to his family, so after you throw a fit, your bar, and hardhat, that you had to go retrieve already, at that idiot, you get to hobble over and get it picked up again.
Then in much pain, finish slowly.

Then around 6-7 months later, you go half blind in one eye suddenly, from halfway, your vision is blacked out like the widescreen movies.
Your retina seperates, eye doctor says due to severe head trama, he had never seen.
So after lasering the eye, severe pain, a weekend unable to lie down, sleeping upright in a recliner, it didnt “weld”
So they take your eye out, while you’re awake, totally weird.., and fix it and put it back in!

Welcome to the world of trucking!
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Just another day in flatbeddin.

Linte_Loco · Feb 14, 2020

Going north on U.S 81 with a 25 mph S wind No way

Need a lotto ticket today

x1Heavy · Feb 14, 2020

Judge said: ↑

What’s fun if you have fairings, fall and land in a U position between frame and fairings, hitting some boards that were tied down there, break a couple of ribs, and hit the back if your head on the headache rack.
Then you truly understand the meaning.

A few minutes later, you get enough senses to pull yourself out of this posture, to a saftey guy yelling that you need to hurry and finish tarping, he wants to go home to his family, so after you throw a fit, your bar, and hardhat, that you had to go retrieve already, at that idiot, you get to hobble over and get it picked up again.
Then in much pain, finish slowly.

Then around 6-7 months later, you go half blind in one eye suddenly, from halfway, your vision is blacked out like the widescreen movies.
Your retina seperates, eye doctor says due to severe head trama, he had never seen.
So after lasering the eye, severe pain, a weekend unable to lie down, sleeping upright in a recliner, it didnt “weld”
So they take your eye out, while you’re awake, totally weird.., and fix it and put it back in!

Welcome to the world of trucking!
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A very long time ago during a particularly bad year of nothing but problems my vision quit greyed out fast. I figured I was finished at that point. It came back in about 20 minutes.

Surgeons climbed into everything in those days back then with rather crude tools to see whats what. With VERY strong lights.

If the retinas detach, I have about 4 hours max to get it fixed, its a genuine emergency against what damage could be done. Ive been told to put away a few things already and stop doing it. So... there is that.

Cattleman84 · Feb 14, 2020

Linte_Loco said: ↑

Going north on U.S 81 with a 25 mph S wind No way

Need a lotto ticket today
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Thats just a gentle breeze...

If an elk in WY farts it makes more wind than that... Lol

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