Do you ever return to your truck and discover it aint the same anymore

Discussion in 'Experienced Truckers' Advice' started by Lab work, Feb 17, 2020.

  1. bzinger

    bzinger Road Train Member

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    Helps explain the reckless way I see some of these low grades drive these days .
    No accountability and no regard for anybody else .
    Another of a few reasons insurance is going thru the roof.
     
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    I just read the last part of that after I replied. So did you find out who did it and leave a note for their insurance. Thank you
     
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    Not just rookies ;)
     
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    Yeah we caught up with them. Fortunately they did have good insurance, they made it right. Supposedly the owner of the car that hit us had a son who was driving and left the note. On the camera footage he did look pretty young. But all is well. I hope yours ends well
     
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    I just don't understand how hard it is to glance in the mirror and say "oh ####! I took the turn too tight and I'm not gonna make it! Better stop, backup and try this again!"

    Nah, they'll just #### over someone else cause they're too stupid and lazy to do their job with any kind of pride.
     
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    Worst I've had was finding a mouse nest in my truck after hometime (I live around a lot of farms) and once when running reefer I put the truck in the shop for a week after delivering a load and ants made home in the dirty trailer.
     
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    How’s that Walmart’s fault? Just park away from everyone and where there’s sufficient lighting, and you’ll also get some exercise.
     
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    Their trainer said: GOAL? What's GOAL? Forget that ####, real trucker's do it all by feel.
     
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    Exactly what I just said.
     
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    Um, I don't think I ever said it was Walmart's fault..... We don't go to Walmart anymore for a totally unrelated reason, which had nothing to do with our car being hit.

    Apparently you've never lived in Central PA, where you can park a new car in the middle of a cornfield, and someone will still park next to you and ding your ####. It's like a game for the scumbags around here. But take an old beat up F150, and nothing ever hits it.

    Oh yeah, we get plenty of exercise too. With two very active kids, an active lifestyle, you need not worry over the state of my exercise regimen.
     
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