"can ya get 'er a little more sideways?"

Glad to have a place to post these stories. The nanny posters on twuck nut would suffer heart failure here! I think my "donuts" thread made it five posts before I was told how irresponsible I was for suggesting such a thing. . .

So here goes:

Headed for yard with an empty tanker. About 30000#, maybe 7000 # on trailer tandems. Texas had the highway tore up , all the traffic in the oncoming lanes. Not a real problem, pavement's 60 foot wide or better. They just striped the northbound lane and shoulder as two lane road. Our side had been ground up and packed back down. No barricades or cones, just 30' of hardpack for a right shoulder.

We're just gabbing away, and I toss the trailer into the gravel a bit. Co-driver says, "ya think ya can get it really sideways?" Sure. Toss it a little harder, trailer steps out 3 or 4 feet, he's laughing at the dust cloud, having a big time. "I thought you said you could get it sideways?", he says. Ok. I dive for the gravel and being 'er back hard enough that I've got everything sliding, steers included, and keep it sliding as long I could. Back on the pavement, I look over, and he's so white I should call him Casper! "I think that was far enough out that time," he says. Now this was a Texas Panhandle oilfield trash "I'm so tough I #### glass" redneck! This guy who never shut up could only manage a quiet 'quit' and a nervous laugh everytime the truck "accidentally" drifted towards the shoulder! I really thought he wet himself!

This is the same guy who asked me to get him up in time for Limbaugh. This truck had a swinging bunk, so his head was shoulder level when he poked it out to say good morning. His breath could stumble a mule so I figured on getting even. Off with the seat belt, air out of the seat, out on the step... Tap tap tap. He'd only been asleep a few hours after the back half of a graveyard, and let me tell you, the look on his face was priceless! It took him a good ten seconds to realize my hand was on the wheel and I was laughing through the glass at him.

 

Careful what you wish for!!!!

 

we signed our truck on with FFE several years ago, and there was an O/O who had moved into the office and did recruiting, well we were all telling stories during break at orientation. this guys name was Don. Ok so dons co driver was driving, don had the curtains shut and was sup. to be asleep, well he got a wire hanger out and undid it... slipped it thru the curtain near the wall on the drivers side, and had a little hook on the end of it he shaped, well co driver was going along ...dark out, no traffic...and don got that hanger hook on the air horn pull, co driver had no clue don was even up, gave it a good yank and blasted the air horn.....scared the daylights out of his co driver... don fell on the bed hysterical.....now it doesnt sound that funny readin it...but to see him tell it was hilarious...and i could see it in my mind...LOL

 

Next we read were driver has heart attack and wrecks truck killing driver and co-driver...Or driver runs off road killing both drivers. Reason for lose of control? Not sure.

 

Hammer I sure hope NO ONE was behind you while you were having your fun...throwing dirt dust and rock up like that sure could break SOMEONE elses windshield...
If I had of been behind hind you...I would have followed you all night if I had too..so we could "discuss" your fun activities..

 

No, extracurricular activities like that are best performed while no other vehicles are in sight! I'm sitting here laughing... that last dust plume was spectacular!

 

I would wait 'till you've had about three hours of good, deep sleep.... then I'de sneak around to the open air vent near your head...... and give you a five second blast from the canned, highly pressurized marine emergency survival horn (the 115 decibel one)..

 

LOL
Just be careful my man..I cant remember how many times my doing wild things just to have fun....earned me a trip to the hospital

LOOK ma no hands....crash bang boom ......look ma NO TEETH

 

They did a survey awhile back, the most common words spoken just before a required visit to the emergency room were, "Hey y'all! Watch this!"

 

i am sure hammer performed all of his stunts with the proper protective gear and no audience....LOL