Picking operating hours (not HOS)

Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by finsternis, Jul 30, 2017.

  1. dryside

    dryside Light Load Member

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    Nobody wants you driving when you are not alert, i would just maintain contact with dispatch and make them aware of your situation, they know you can't run 24/7 and that you don't just fall asleep when time is available and run any distance proposed at a moments notice. If you feel their response is innappropriate go over dispatch's head, or seek new employers, with a little research next time.
     
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    That would be Highway 83 near Canelo az.

    What is in the world in that area? You sure come up with intriguing posts...
     
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    If I remember correctly it was a 14' wide motor. Picked it up in long beach, CA going to San Antonio, TX. The routing was nuts trying to keep us out if major cities in AZ.
     
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    Pretty sure this was it. 14'3 tall and 14' wide. Super light though. 20170908_151611.jpg
     
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    A motor 14 feet by 14 feet. What is that? A B29 Radial engine or something? The biggest engine i think of is the ones used by the Spruce Goose plane. That must have been a awesome engine once unpacked... From the thicknesses of those timbers you got some weight on there too.
     
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    Isn't it something how the powers that be put you on narrow two lane roads with a load like that? Blind curves and oncoming trucks are forced to test the limits of how far off the pavement they can get?
     
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    Not an engine. A motor. Big industrial thing. Don't remember the weight.
     
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    Welcome to my life.
     
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    OH those motors. I gotcha.
     
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