Suspicious trailers

Discussion in 'Experienced Truckers' Advice' started by spinpsychle, Apr 26, 2010.

  1. GasHauler

    GasHauler Master FMCSA Interpreter

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    You're right those pictures go to that site from different time eras. In fact the top photos of the happy crew has me in with the gang and I was omly 18. The trucks did change but alot of the procedures stayed the same.

    I asked them once if they ever pulled into a scale. They said they don't have to but they do just to keep any confusion or attention down. When they do cross the scale, there has been a couple of new people at the house that wanted to look inside. They were directed that they will never see whats inside and the direction came form their boss. You would not believe the communication they have onboard.
     
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  3. MacGyver.

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    Hey spinpsychle I live in Windom and I believe Ive seen the same trailer parked at the Cenex along side of 3 straight trucks that were all mail trucks. so Id guess its a mail truck to.

     
  4. phroziac

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    How bout this? The trailer im pulling has a solar panel on the front tilted towards the sky. A trailer i pulled a while back had an ANTENNA on it!


    Even better, saw a plain white single screw tractor pulling a plain white drop deck trailer that seemed to be converted into an RV. Trailer said FHWA on the side in big letters, no other markings. The hell?
     
  5. phroziac

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    i love how we have no rights..
     
  6. ironpony

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    You have plenty of rights phroziac... do you KNOW what was in that compound? The government would be negligent (and the righties around here howling about it! - rightly so!!) if they hadn't have done what they did in this case... you'd be ill-served by your government (no matter who occupies the White House) without that sort of security.
     
  7. phroziac

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    then why the flying hell would you put it right next to a major US route?

    I also got hassled by CBP today coming back into the US without a load. Asked me if i bought anything multiple times, made me go inside the office, asked me the same things repeatedly again....i wish i wouldve told em i bought porn!
     
  8. ironpony

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    Access... it's a little heavy to put on a dirt farm road.
     
  9. striker

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    those silo's are all over NE Colo., SE Wyo., SW Nebraska. They put them along major roads for access, but here's the rub. Back in the oldern days when they built those silo's, most of these roads weren't major access roads like they are now.
     
  10. ironpony

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    Things change. What're they supposed to do? Get the ol' rotorooter out and move em'? Not likely.

    What ya' need to do is, "Stop worrying and learn to love the bomb!"
    Dr. Strangelove
     
  11. phroziac

    phroziac Road Train Member

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    well i guess things do change.
    but hassling people just because they drive past it...thats ########.

    wonder what'd happen if i stopped and took a piss in front of it.
     
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