Solution for trucks sitting at the fuel island

Discussion in 'Ask An Owner Operator' started by Dino soar, Aug 25, 2020.

  1. Grumppy

    Grumppy Trucker Forum STAFF Staff Member

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    I'm good with them booting these trucks. And to provide my thoughts to your comments, If I was in a fuel island & the truck ahead of me hadnt moved by the time I fueled, I would begin to become impatient. From that point forward, the longer that truck sat there, the more impatient I will become. Now, lets say that I seen an employee come out with a boot & put on his truck & I know that its going to be costly for him holding others up. At that point, it turns from impatience to entertainment, I'll be happy to watch this unfold for another 30 minutes. It'll be worth being 30 minutes late to the receiver. I'll take a cut in pay to see that, no problem. Sometimes, some things are just worth it.
     
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  3. Eldiablo

    Eldiablo Heavy Load Member

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    There’s a knowledge test? Well shiver me timbers I sure can’t tell there’s much knowledge to test.
     
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  4. kemosabi49

    kemosabi49 Trucker Forum STAFF Staff Member

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    Some of the megas probably encourage their drivers to just park on the fuel island for their 30. They know that a lot of their poorly trained drivers would take too long getting into a regular parking place and their 30 minute break would end up being an hour or more.
     
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  5. SmallPackage

    SmallPackage Road Train Member

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    I noticed the correlation of fuel island blockage and horrible backing skills years ago. Drivers are afraid to backup into a spot and get ridiculed for it. Probably the number one thing to get fired for is the damage of hitting something when backing and goal is to inconvient these days for the “have no patience for anyone parking” mentality that the truck stops breed. So what do they do? Park in the way with a forward out so they don’t have to try to get in a space even if it is a wide open lot.
    It is a major problem and I hate that drivers do it but when I see most of the ones doing it I can understand why.
     
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  6. Michael H

    Michael H Medium Load Member

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    I believe all pull-through spaces are the sovereign territory of flatbed drivers. Please stay out of our sacred parking spots. As we all know, flatbed trucks do not have reverse. Those tight, close aisles with back-in parking are for door swingers. We all know you like those tight spots that give you an opportunity to show off your backing skills. After all, it's what you do all day for a living. Us flatbedders pull in and leave in a forward position.
     
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  7. dieselpowered

    dieselpowered Heavy Load Member

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    I can say swift has a bunch of bad drivers, I have seen them and seen a few I question who in there right mind would give this person a CDL, me though I have never been shy away from a challenge I welcome a tough back location. But in all seriousness my truck parks self I don't get it I look foward and back and somehow it parks self before I know it I jump out and ask how did I park this again?

    must be that auto-drive feature when decided put me in the truck. It also seems to throw water bottles and anything else at hand to cars acting like ######### on road.
     
  8. Michael H

    Michael H Medium Load Member

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    I like your truck features! I've been contemplating upgrading my truck to the "piss filled water balloon thrower" option.
     
  9. SmallPackage

    SmallPackage Road Train Member

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    Along with the water douche option ideas you guys have you need a hands free train horn option that has sensers for stupidity. Or one that plays the price is right game show music when you fail to win on outside loud speakers for every stupid move made around the truck.
     
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  10. dieselpowered

    dieselpowered Heavy Load Member

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    don't give me more ideas I'll just have upgrade mine more it's already got auto backing aside from water bottles what more I need omg I saw a fancy new seat cover from purple I need that see now the list just goes on what's worse I'll have to move all that crap to a new truck eventually my god that agony transferring all my crap over will suck I wonder if I could get a conveyor belt or something make things easier idk how work maybe have a spring or something may stuff jump over seat somehow. I already found a way get rid of bad driver managers put airbags under them they think its a cushion till they fly 10 ft in the air hitting a ceiling
     
  11. againstthewind

    againstthewind Road Train Member

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    when you have an industry over regulated by so many idiotic rules your not gonna find the smartest people to put up with it.
     
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