Random LTL Rants (all are welcomed)

Too right. I am feeling a bit "Lite" headed myself. Beer... so much more than a breakfast drink

Some admin is gonna read all of this in the morning and will be going: WTF have these LTL guys been doing with all their spare time?

 

So here is my actual rant:

I was coming back from my turn-point terminal last night... or the night before, I don't remember.

It was snowing like crazy. The temp was -33 C. I took my coworkers advice about shutting off my defrosters and letting my windshield freeze, that way the snow bounces off, and I don't have to use my wipers. It worked like magic. No kidding! Even with floor heaters running on low I was smooth sailing.

With the roads snow packed and me running a heavy rocky set, The only way I knew I was still on the roadway was the deliniators on my left and right, and the occasional thumps of the rumble strip to remind me I was moving too far right. The other thing that kept me on track was a narrow path created by another truck infront of me.

Eventually this track became more "fresh". I saw changes in the snow patterns on the ground and knew someone had been there recently. I saw I big cloud of dust ahead of my view (which was already covered in dense falling snow).

Only after some curves did I see the side marker lights of a truck that was ahead of me. His/her trailer lights were indistinguishable due to them being covered in this white powdery crap that fell out of the sky. I was coming up behind the truck pretty fast. I started to slow down and waited to make my pass... then a straight shot in the roadway. I saw the trailer markings and got on the 19 and said: Walmart, coming around you!

As I made my pass I noted he was waaaay too far to the left. He was almost straddling the zipper line. I had to push hard left... I felt the rumble strips on my left side until they too disappeared. He kept pushing me further left. I was almost taking out the deliniators on my left. I have no idea how (or IF) I missed any of them. I was pushing about 58 MPH. He was going 35. I thought for sure I would end up in the median, or a good portion of his mirrors ending up embedded on the side of one of my trailers.

I am sure this was not a Walmart company driver. It had to be a Swifty pulling one of their trailers. I got back to the terminal and told my coworker about it. He told me I was far more generous than him. "I will ride the rumble strip and that's it". No idea how I got out of that situation without a wreck.

 

I work Saturdays....

 

I think I will have another beer to toast that rant ACH!

As for POF... might work great in you side of the globe... But in my state where the cows outnumber us 20/1... not so much.