For All The Drivers Who Love Escape Ramps

You don't have to worry about the plant at Luke anymore,closed.
131-year-old Luke paper mill in Western Maryland to close, Verso Co. announces, eliminating 675 jobs

 

Watch out boys we got a super trucker!

Anyways my way is left foot in clutch to pull it out of gear with the ball of my right foot on the brakes and my heel on the gas for rev matching. I can’t brake with my left. I’ll be flying through the windshield.

 

No...im a Coal Hauler from McDowell County WV..

 

If ya know how to to Shift a Truck Why would you try to Shift it like you suggest ???

 

Uh, what did I miss, that is how you shift a truck.

 

Read 1st post

 

I did, again what did I miss?

 

I find the easiest way to never need to use the escape ramp is to stay in Florida lol.

 

I learned from hauling ball bearings out of Richmond VA proper. Once they get the box number I brought to them Im told to camp out will be finished a few hours.

I weighed that one in the old Doswell-Ashland 76 and the cashier told me that the scales essentially rejected my weight numbers that high. Figure about 130K or so total weight. This is not a measurement contest at all. It' rather dangerous to be that heavy, poor Mac mid 60's howler that has to pull it. It was only good for about 29 mph before the front end developed what I named: "Death Wobble" once you get that you pretty much will lose your front end right quick.

Ive had wibbles all the way back to Baltimore. But not the fearsome death wobble.

I had to quit, everything about the company top to bottom is all about one little thing. Box goes on to ship in the Dockside at baltimore seagirt or Dundalk or whatever before it leaves. Otherwise you must run unlimited straight to Norfolk and catch that ship again. (Unpaid because you were late to dockside in baltimore)

I had a dock boss come out and stand just inside the trailer doors wondering how we are doing loading? I told him neither one of us care as long the doors get shut.

I care very much today. But #### those boxes ARE STRONG... aint broke one yet. And the other problem. Thermal heating on braking. To get it down to 50 or less from 85 or so its a exercise in abuse of all the drums on the truck. If I remember right, the steer axles got maybe 60% of total braking power because you can lock it up on snow or ice, rain etc and get to tell everyone all about he wreck you are fixing to carry out.