You had to remind me of that day...............thank you very much.
Broke Down 69...The Adventure Continues
Discussion in 'Flatbed Trucking Forum' started by Broke Down 69, Dec 17, 2016.
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This cannot be beaten, providing you get a dispatcher that has something between the ears, other than fluff.
I hated that crap of having to work with different dispatchers in other areas. I also hated that BS of, "I can't give you a road load, unless you make a local for me." Blatant BuLL cRAp.
Of course a person can't always get what they want. Should you get the short end of the straw, just try to get along as best you can. You might be able to switch dispatchers after a period of time. But often times, requesting a different dispatcher may hang a jacket of being a trouble maker.
It's all trucking! I got real lucky with that! Never had a breakdown in a desert area in the summer.
Well, you are there, and it's your decision. YOUR decision. I hope you haven't been pushed into this by dispatch, when your common sense is telling you to stay put.
Other than that, though, you are most likely making the right decision. Just take it slow, and if it gets too bad, pull off for a few hours.
Er I mean pull off the ROAD for a few hours.
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Well according to my clock it took just short of 8 hours but I'm 6 miles out at a Pilot.
Wanna see what it was like?
That, friends, is US20. Stayed like that all the way to Bend, where, by some miracle, the roads suddenly become clear and dry.
Whew, finally out of this mess, right? Eh, not so much. In Bend you go through town on your way to 97s. Hit 97...BLAM, ice rink again. Now this brings us to another point and I'm going to have to call out someone specifically...
Hey, @Scooter Jones...what the hell are y'all putting on the roads anyway? Have you ever heard of salt?
OK, for those of you who haven't had the pleasure of an Oregon snow dump let me explain. Apparently there's not a lot to do here in the spring and summer, so being the industrious folk they are, the all seem to head for, oh, the Nevada desert I guess, and everybody brings back red desert dirt to use on the roads when it snows.
Ok, here's a couple issues with that. Dirt+water=mud. Sticky, gooey mud...Pretty slick as well. Then you get behind a snowplow that you can't pass and he sprays your windshield with that glop. Then, because you're in the middle of BFE and there's nowhere to stop, of course you run out of washer fluid. We won't discuss what I had to resort to to clean my windshield, I'll just say that it did a surprisingly good job and leave it at that.
So, about the snow here...End Of Days. So many buried cars and collapsed roofs. I have seen as much as 7 feet of snow on roofs and one tractor on the Northbound side with his nose completely torn off and his trailer pretty much unrecognizable. Calling for a few more inches tonight as well. I've never even imagined anything like it.
Well, I'm here. I survived. And perhaps I've learned a lesson or two as well. I'm exhausted but won't be able to sleep for awhile yet so I'll keep my eye on TTR and see what y'all have to say...after I go piss out all the Red Bull I put down today. -
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