Random LTL Rants (all are welcomed)

Someguywithquestions · Nov 9, 2025 at 2:16 AM

hotrod1653 said: ↑

Been awhile since I had a rant, so tonight is good as any to have one I suppose.

Got to our Grand Forks terminal this morning at about 0500, broke my set and got my lead in a door. Went to pull my southbound lead out and it didn’t want to go.

Pounded on some drums while singing I’ve Been Working On The Railroad. Got 3 released, and had the 4th released…. For 20 feet. Yeah. Got back under and pounded some more, while the dock worker (nice kid btw), was wondering about all the noise.

It. Did. Not. Want. To. Release. At. All. So tried a backwards push to see if that helped, nope. Took it forward a few feet and yanked on the Johnny bar, and the back end went air born. Lucky for me it didn’t break anything.

Did it release then? Nope. So I dropped it in the driveway and got my back box in the door and got that done. Did my one AG drop and got back to the barn. Hooked back up hoping it would’ve released itself while gone, nope. Put a little heat on it, still no go. Sigh.

Shoved it back into the dock door, cussing up a storm. Off loaded EVERYTHING in there and put it in another trailer, the trailer where the door didn’t stay open on its own. Left the other in the dock door, and got back to Fargo.

Said the heck with today, had a beer at noon and got a good nap in. Over it. Done. Yep.

TLDR:
Hotrod couldn’t get a brake to release and cussed about it.
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Did you try telling it that it looked really nice that day? Compliment it's shoes. Being nice will get you further in life than being salty. Or maybe salt would have worked. Idk.

hotrod1653 · Nov 9, 2025 at 10:36 AM

Someguywithquestions said: ↑

Did you try telling it that it looked really nice that day? Compliment it's shoes. Being nice will get you further in life than being salty. Or maybe salt would have worked. Idk.
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Yeah I told it that it was an awesome trailer, but sometimes we all need a visit to the doctor. It told me thanks youngster. The trailer is almost 15yrs old now, which in human years is around 45-50 years old.

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