The Newby and the Super Driver

I used to haul chickens ...... actually, swingin' chickens <yep, like swingin' beef> .

Swingin' chickens - can you picture THAT load?

How'd we hang 'em up, you ask?

Well, by their little peckers, of course!

 

....good old thread........

 

I agree, its a good old topic.

I had nearly the same thing happen to me in the late 70's running to the West Coast out west of Fort Worth. I was driving along on solid ice & here comes a hand that I knew driving quite fast. As he passes me he says, "Flintstone, come on, lets go, we've got to get to LA.'

I was going along about 30 to 40 MPH, steady making a few miles, & I picked up my mike & says, "Go ahead, think I will take it easy & stay on the the roadway, why not slow down & run with me?"

He says, "Oh come on, don't be chicken XXXX, your just like me & you've got to get there on time or else."

I replied, "Your right, I've got to get there on time or else, yet if I slide off the road I want get there, have fun, if I see you in the ditch a few mile up the road I will give you a friendly wave & stop at the next truck stop letting them know your in need of help."

I knew it would not be long before I saw him setting in the ditch, maybe even upside down or even involved with other vehicles, maybe even on the other side of I-30, for he was running the other side of 70 MPH. Thank goodness when I say him his truck was upright, jack-knifed in the median, it looked like the trailer nearly took off the sleeper, yet he was not harmed.

By the way I made my dock appointment right on time, & I have no idea when he made his, yet I feel safe in saying I believe he was very late.

And those kind of drivers that makes it unsafe for us who drives at a safe speed on solid ice.

 

Gets me all these super truckers. Would I like to fly 75 plus heck yesm but my slow butt is stuck at 66 mps. I still make my appointments on time and some.cause a day early. If flying up on my tanker I be in right lane and leave yall all the room plus tell you we your clear to come back.

As for chicken crap on cb what is up with these I not have any panties on saying like anyone cares what u are or are not wearing. Or my favorite is some gay guy I think in high pitch voice wants someone to lick his balls among outher thinfs
No respect. Sick of hearing crap. F this group or that group. We are all grown men and need to work to help each other. Exakple in fuel stop I dad in LA at loves on I 20 guy was having trouboe sliding this tandems. I went or and offered help. Took whole 5 mins of my day but helped him and on llmy way.

Lets join together for in a brotherhood and sisterhood.

 

A while back I offered my help to a noob from Werner. I was polite and nice, even offered to buy him lunch after we finished getting his tandems right. Got flipped off for my trouble. I can I pay it forward if everyone is a #### expert?

I have had many similar experiences, hell I'm just trying to help out like I was taught to do. It seems like the next guy I offered to help might blow my head off!!

Why do we even bother...

 

All of us noobs aren't like that, it's unfortunate that folks act like jerks when others help out or try to help out.

 

When I started hauling DDG's , I was sent out with another driver for a day to learn the ropes. He spent the day telling me all about his 30 years of driving in all kinds of weather, traffic, terrain, etc..... Finished out the day and went back to the shop. He had pulled the tractor up beside his car to unload his gear, then pulled the tractor ahead to park it for the night.............AND SIDESWIPED HIS OWN CAR !!!!! It took everything I had to keep from LMAO ! He had just bought the car the week before.

 

A super trucker!

Back at my first job driving a trailer truck one evening my truck was setting on the scales while I was waiting for another truck to load. 99% of the drivers would go forward & drive around instead of backing up to the scales because it rather crooked path to the scales.

I was walking out of the scale house fixing to get in my truck & he slammed into the front of my truck. I saw it coming fast, I was stunned & just stood there & watched him hit my truck, & it went BOOM!

He gets out walking back towards my truck asking me why I did not blow my horn & warn him. I said as you can see I was not in my truck I had just opened the door & fixing to get in & there you were backing up very fast & I was totally stunned that you would do such a thing.

Thankfully the bumpers met & only left a couple of scratches on my bumper.

I still have not figured out how he kept from seeing my truck setting on the scales in his rear-view mirrors!