Snackbar is chillin'....at Shaffer

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  1. supersnackbar

    supersnackbar Road Train Member

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    Wouldn't surprise me if you're right.
     
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  3. supersnackbar

    supersnackbar Road Train Member

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    I tbink I figured out what was jinxing me on that GM load out of Social Circle. I was putting my mega lock on BEFORE I reached the gate. This morning, drove in, picked the load up, wrote down the seal and cleared the gate without any problems. Then I put my lock on the back , sent in my load call and was on my way, no muss, no fuss.
     
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  4. Wasted Thyme

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    I typically don't throw a lock on until I get parked for the night.
     
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  5. supersnackbar

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    With all the Crete drivers around that shipper, I didn't want to run into one that is trying to earn some brownie points by ratting on anyone they can about stuff like that. I am surprised I didn't get a call from safety on that last load I delivered in Marietta because it was one of those trailers that the chrome safety handle on the left door was mounted too low and there was no way the company lock would fit. But it had a 1/4 cable seal that went thru and around both seal latches and handles....they must make or store some valuable stuff in the Independence caves. When I dropped it in Marietta that was one of the many things I wrote up to fix, but I doubt it'll get done. It was a 2 yr old trailer, and I can't believe I was the 1st one to want it fixed.
     
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    I think I picked up Pharmaceuticals from the Independence caves once. IIRC my company told me to get there ASAP since the freight needed to get on a plane right away.
     
  7. Jarhed1964

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    I was thinking the exact same thing.
     
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  8. newbietrucker91

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    Never used the crete locks. Gave them to a driver that left his at a customer and even when I left I was never charged on my final check for them like they said I would be when I picked them up.

    However I feel like they want their money now cause they put me on a cpap machine that cost me $900. Have to spend a night in the hotel for the results before they clear me to start driving.
     
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  9. supersnackbar

    supersnackbar Road Train Member

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    ####, a CPAP, and now it's on your record for life.

    The locks usually come out of your checks after a few weeks...you only get most of the money back if/when you return them, but they charge you for a new set, but only return the price of a used set because, well, they're supposed to be used on every load.
     
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  10. O.Henry

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    Had a driver tell me at a truck stop that I didn’t have my lock on back.
    I told him Gosh Darn it,that’s the third one to fall off this week.
    I was on a same day p/u and drop.
     
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  11. newbietrucker91

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    If I do have sleep apnea then I'm glad I got it. Hard to make heads or tails of the study results but what they pointed out was that my oxygen dropped as slow as 82% at one point and I was having on average 16 events an hour.

    If that's what they call a minor case of sleep apnea then I wonder what the results of someone with a severe case looks like.

    Tried laying down with it and ran it for an hour. I can already tell it will take me a bit to get use to it.
     
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