Things every driver must do once

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  1. Dec 21, 2017 #1
    kaybea

    kaybea Light Load Member

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    I once locked myself out of the truck. Um... yea never doing that again.

    I once spilled coffee on the steering wheel, which made the horn honk at random intervals and duration s until I disconnected it. Learned my lesson there too.

    Changing jobs without thinking it through is another thing all drivers have to do once. I recently changed jobs. I figured the small place I worked for on paper logs was going to suck on elogs. So I decided to take a job in food service. I might end up liking this job if my body can take it, but it might wreck me.
     
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  3. Dec 21, 2017 #2
    Allow Me.

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    Chain up over Donner pass, deliver to Brooklyn on a mon morning, and run a hot load from Fresno-Atlanta in 54 hrs .....Solo !
     
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  4. Dec 21, 2017 #3
    Opus

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    peeing uphill
     
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  5. Dec 21, 2017 #4
    Oldironfan

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    Get an overweight TICKET. Be stranded in your truck for 3 days. Go without eating for 36 hours. End up paying taxes in at least once.
     
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  7. Dec 21, 2017 #5
    RDBG

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    Lay on the air horn going by a golf course with people playing.
     
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  8. Dec 21, 2017 #6
    RoadRooster

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    Climb Wolf Creek Pass, empty, dry roads, roaring up there, having a good old time... started feeling jittery, started getting tunnel vision... I pulled off in a wide spot, drank some water, ate an orange.. felt better, but my brain wouldn't let my hand release the brakes. Diagnosed with altitude sickness. Climbed too fast. They took me down in an ambulance. I hitched a ride back with a coal carrier.

    I now take big climbs like I have 45000 in the box (nice and slow) and drink a ton of water before hand.
     
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  9. Dec 21, 2017 #7
    pmdriver

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    in the wind while standing on the running board driving 65 mph
     
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  10. Dec 21, 2017 #8
    Jazz1

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    We had a series of Intl's that had a tendency for doors to lock on their own as they were closed. You would close the door and hear CLICK! :(
     
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  11. Dec 21, 2017 #9
    shogun

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    Deliver somewhere that actually wants to do their job and unload you. The odds are long, but I am hopeful. Oh, and maybe have someone that’s parked on the fuel island and nowhere to be seen towed out of there. That would awesome.
     
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  12. Dec 21, 2017 #10
    W9onTime

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    Have a conversation with another driver and he actually agrees with you , lol
     
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