Dodge them scales supertrucker!

Discussion in 'Experienced Truckers' Advice' started by PackRatTDI, Apr 7, 2014.

  1. Derailed

    Derailed Road Train Member

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    Haha, all I had to do was read up to here and I knew you were a fellow New Yorker :) I am sure if mattnbr operated out here on a regular basis he wouldnt be so gung ho about DOT for very long or until his sphincter cant take anymore
     
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  3. mattbnr

    mattbnr Road Train Member

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    There's a reason I don't operate anywhere near New York- I hate the east. Anything further then Pennsylvania is too far and I won't do it. Nothing appeals to me about those cities.
     
  4. PackRatTDI

    PackRatTDI Licensed to Ill

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    Driver, I don't know why it's so hard for you to grasp the fact that in the situation I was in, I was unable to see into the nose of the trailer from the back past the load.
     
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  5. EZX1100

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    he is an EX driver

    and yes, pack, you should have those pallets at the nose of the trailer, havent you heard of xray vision?
     
  6. mattbnr

    mattbnr Road Train Member

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    Could of maybe asked the guy loading you if they removed them? Or maybe told the office and forklift driver when you arrived that they were to remove the pallets before loading you.
     
  7. fortycalglock

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    DOT at the cashbox has been going on for a long time in PA and NY. Why do you think so many trucks use the US22 bridge and deal with the traffic instead of i78? Those PUC vans can be sneaky as well. PA has portables and if they have a good idea your over, they'll call someone that has a set if that trooper doesn't. I really don't miss running up there every day.
     
  8. JPenn

    JPenn Road Train Member

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    Guilty as charged. I was actually running through your neck of the woods yesterday, taking the scenic route from Burlington VT to Johnstown. Naturally, avoiding rest areas and all that...
     
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  9. PackRatTDI

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    Never talked to the loader. I backed into the dock. Waited for a green light. Went in got my bills. Pulled out. Shut and sealed the doors.

    Drivers weren't allowed on the dock. I couldn't even see the dock area from the office.

    And I did tell the office I had pallets for the exchange.
     
  10. PackRatTDI

    PackRatTDI Licensed to Ill

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    The trailer was loaded almost to the back but it was a 48' trailer. Still had quite a few of those at Stevens back then lol.
     
  11. Saddletramp1200

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    A trailer needs 4 things for me to pull it. 1. Funds agreed. 2. Of legal stature, (lights, mud flaps, plates, tires). 3. Pickup point. 4. A check when I get there. Cash is better. 1/2 on pick up. Questions are extra.
    Legal is a moral issue, I'm not In the moral realm. I haul freight.
     
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