Swift in the woods

Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by newbietrucker91, Dec 23, 2019.

  1. D.Tibbitt

    D.Tibbitt Road Train Member

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    Pulling flatbed maybe. I have been down some trails that even a donkey would look at and say " what the ####?" Lol always call the customer if ur not sure. And if u are pulling a reefer. I cant imagine there is gonna be a freezer warehouse down a road like that. Flatbed going to a jobsite lots of dirt roads n mudholes. But the phone comes in very handy, preferebly before u have to call the wrecker to come pull u out
     
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  3. AModelCat

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    You should see some of the bush roads my buddy hauls construction equipment on. Even tighter than the one Swift got stuck on and he's dragging 7 axles lol.
     
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  4. Axe217

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    Gotcha sadly i dont got any real world scenarios to compare to aside from driving school.

    Been waiting a month for fmcsa to issue my spe certification test so i can start driving.
     
  5. newbietrucker91

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    With a muddy road like that you best be empty cause if he was fully loaded that truck would of been sunkin down to the bumper.
     
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    40°05'33.4"N 80°21'49.3"W
    279-179 Chapel Hill Rd, Claysville, PA 15323
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    I was sent to a mine.... I checked the company GPS, my GPS and Google maps. My atlas doesn't have that level of detail.
    S.W. Pennsylvania is horrible. All the roads are posted 10k lbs.
    If you look at the map you can't tell half that road is washed downhill and it only gets better...
    I seriously barely made it out. I thought I might die falling off the hill, frontwards backwards or sideways. It was truly terrifying.
    I also had to back up around a curve to not push a school bus full of kids off said hill.
    Some things are not apparent on any maps... Sometimes you get part way along and obviously have no way to turn around... maybe that's what happened here?
     
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  8. newbietrucker91

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    Reminds me when I had a pickup at a copper mine Iin Arizona. Road went straight down curving left and right with no guard rail that also were barely wide enough for my trailer to stay on the road.
     
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  10. MACK E-6

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    Following a GPS landed some poor idiot on the beach, and another across a pedestrian bridge in Milwaukee that MIGHT have been a road once upon a time. :confused:
     
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  11. Moosetek13

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    That is just TOO funny.

    And it brings back memories of my high school days.
    There was a road that some of us would use for a make out spot.
    That was in the Bay Area, CA.
    We called it 'D but P' because there was sign at the entrance turn that read 'Dangerous but Passable'.
    The turn I got my car stranded in the mud looks exactly like that turn.

    That is a long story to tell, but I will only tell this part.
    Cut to... Several rich kids with rich kids cars came to help out one of their own early that morning.
    They said if we helped out, they would help get us out too.
    We went with them to a different back road where I saw something I have yet to see again.
    As we go up and along this road, twisting and turning in the mud in a 4WD Range Rover, there is a set of tire tracks 4 inches deep into the mud and all over the road.
    The car we came to 1/2 mile in that was stuck, was a Lotus Elan.
    https://i.ytimg.com/vi/M0sYKzEVUGg/maxresdefault.jpg
     
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