Hitting a wide open dock...

Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by RedRover, Mar 27, 2017.

  1. aussiejosh

    aussiejosh Road Train Member

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    yes i could see how awkward that could be especially if there's no light what i try and do if there's no lines is just simply line up with something else as a marker and back on in.
     
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  3. SpiritLink

    SpiritLink Light Load Member

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    I'd rather back in a dock with something on both sides that has painted lines than a dock with nothing around with no lines. Anytime there are no lines I end up pulling up like 4 or 5 times trying to get straight and then get out and check the dock and I'm still crooked lol.
     
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  4. Fatmando

    Fatmando Medium Load Member

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    I wonder if I can get human blood in a spray can... :p
     
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  5. scottied67

    scottied67 Road Train Member

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    4000 years ago Egypt was a plush green paradise. Not the sand swept desert we know today.
     
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  6. Fatmando

    Fatmando Medium Load Member

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    Okay. How well does human blood show up on plush green grass, through a couple of springs and maybe some flooding? :p

    Who put the human blood in a spray can? Is that like, a Behr Paints product, or do you have to get it at a pharmacy?

    I can keep up being a ####### all night... :p
     
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  7. RedRover

    RedRover Road Train Member

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    Well they took 2 and a half hours to unload me and then I had to wait 7 hours to drive to the next shipper, where I waited 2 hours for a live load, then hauled ### to my fuel stop and to take a 10, but gps and atlas failed me and didn't mention that the road was closed. Had to call the cops to back a mile up the road and turn around.

    Fortunately a former truck driver pulled up and said I wasn't the first. Not even the first that day who had to call the cops to back out and the other two got big tickets, so he blocked traffic and let me back into his yard to turn around. But waiting and setting out triangles and and, it cost me. I was .7 miles from the TA when Qualcomm started sqwawking that I was in violation.

    150 miles today

    Still better than having a real job.
     
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  8. homeskillet

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    Did the Egyptians pay per mile or percentage? Did they do hair follicle testing? Would they have hired me with a DUI and 55 in a school zone? Did they run automatics?
    Any info would be helpful....
     
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  9. KillingTime

    KillingTime Road Train Member

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    Only for huffing.
    And to gang-tag trailers.
     
  10. scottied67

    scottied67 Road Train Member

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    Evidently a lot of truckers do.

    Swift was having such a problem with drivers painting over "Best in Class" and the 1-800 number on the back of the trailers, corporate actually put out a company wide memo threatening to fire any driver painting over the signs and logos on the trailer.
     
  11. Fatmando

    Fatmando Medium Load Member

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    Wow. How wrong is it when you can't even convince your own drivers of your company's greatness? Wait... what was I thinking...? :p
     
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