Only time I had someone knocking on my door was the Wilmington dairy workers at 3am telling me they could get me in for my past 9pm appointment
One other time playing Leap Frog at some god awful dairy that you had to move in line every 30 minutes and I had fell asleep at 430 am after doing it all night
How to deal with people knocking on your truck in the middle of the night
Discussion in 'Experienced Truckers' Advice' started by freightwipper, Sep 25, 2015.
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HillbillyDeluxeTruck Thanks this.
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magoo68, Redtwin, InTooDeep and 1 other person Thank this.
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well, what you do is simply pull your shotgun out make sure it's not a woman just my standards and ask them what the hell you want. I find the pump shotgun most effective. Now I don't point it at them best make sure they aren't some cop while your at it or it will get ugly fast.
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Best thing to do is don't, drivers have lost their lives doing that.
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was at the Petro in Atlanta last summer, idling the truck, in the sleeper on the phone. Middle of the afternoon. Got a knock on the door. Come out of the sleeper. Some dude wants me to roll down the window. I motion him to go away. he is pissed but IDGAF. I watch him walk away. I go back to the sleeper. Suddenly, I hear yelling outside. Some Russian driver comes out of his truck in his underwear to confront the bum that knocked on my door. I hang up the phone, put my pants on, grab my gun and got out of the truck to see if I could help the Ruskie.
Bum is gone. Ruskie comes out of his truck and tells me that the bum reached into his truck and stole his wallet off the dash. Yes, Ruskie was sitting in the sleeper in his underwear with his windows down. Stupid, I know...but if a driver needs help, I will help that driver.
There are two ways out of the truck stop. I tell Ruskie to go to the truck gate and wait and I would go inside and notify security. Ruskie follows me into the truckstop. I get security's attention, Ruskie tells them what happened and they need a description of the perp. Ruskie cant remember what the guy looked like.
"5'10, 160 lbs, wearing a grey hoodie, blue dickies, black sneakers with no socks or shoestrings, approximately 60 years old."
Security combs the lot. Of course, they come up empty.
Anyway, if anyone comes and knocks on your door, get a pic. Or at least be able to remember physical traits. Don't hide in the sleeper. You want to get a good look at them.LoSt_AgAiN, 650cat425, Final Drive and 2 others Thank this. -
Picture or video would be a good idea.
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Good idea Bigtruckdrivah. For now on , I will be filming before they ever see me. Probably scare them away which is ok with me .
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