Things every driver must do once

Discussion in 'Experienced Truckers' Advice' started by kaybea, Dec 21, 2017.

  1. BUMBACLADWAR

    BUMBACLADWAR Road Train Member

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    Ya,Ive been in that condition...Seeing "the Black Dog",in the Road. Politely told,to go pack Sand in their Arse,or somesuch.Dont care ANYMore...Im tired.Do you want me to throw keys and radio?
     
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  3. bzinger

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    Molson muscle lmao ...I got one too .
     
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  4. BUMBACLADWAR

    BUMBACLADWAR Road Train Member

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    Ya,Ive been working on it for awhile.I Guess ,Since I got hometime from my 1st Run? Lol
     
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  5. x1Heavy

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    Make it to a tiny satellite dish shipper, stamped metal dinner plate sized dishes bound to pallets. In a small town deep in MN. Because there is no room to park, hurry up and dock, hop onto cabwalk to whiz. AHHH.

    Female says ahem behind me with load papers. Whatever you do you do not turn around.

    That was actually the very last time I ever loaded there and I was pretty regular too. Sheesh. lol.

    Once in a while you get to do something fun.

    Schneider pulled in. Youngster too. Pouring rain in the muddy overflow hilltop lot at the Milldale CT American Eagle 76.

    8 of us gathered around his semi and trailer, he puffed up like a peacock, surely with all these professionals backing in that thick slime mud into the hole wont hurt anyone. Well everyone he looked at gave him a slightly different and carefully conflicting direction. Had him working the steering end to end and pull up and back 3 feet a time while working the wheel some more. He gets pant tired and really eyeballs the rain soaked mirriors and works the wheel and gears some more.

    5 minutes of that he finally realized that 8+fun= laughs all around at his expense...

    Someone bought him dinner, I think. Not exactly sure. He was not too good a company after we quit laughing and put him into the dock in like 10 seconds and one move.

    Normally we did not fool around that much but there are games to be played when carefully set up just so.

    Here is another.

    Snoring trucker forehead on his wheel. Carefully remove his key (The older trucks with the key right by the door) and shut off his fuel make sure his brakes are set (Pull glad hands and open air tank below, making sure not to rock tractor too much and that he stays snoring.)

    Get your tractor pull around nose to nose with his. Check again to see if he stays snoring.

    Hit the brights and hit the air horn at the same time screeching LOOK OUT!!!

    Have drivers ready to catch him should he flop out of the cab. He he he...

    Today's snowflake generation needs a little churching up before they try to pull this one. It was totally a different time back then.

    Make sure to restore the tractor the way you found it after you are through being beaten up proper.
     
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  6. ZVar

    ZVar Road Train Member

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    Yea. I'm so glad I'm local now. I do not miss the truck stop counter bs stories the least bit.
     
  7. BUMBACLADWAR

    BUMBACLADWAR Road Train Member

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    Ya,+1 on that.I have better things to do than listen to "some Motorhead",in Flagstaff,Arizona TS...Babble ,how he pulled an overweight 60,000 lb. Trailer from Sacramento,Ca to Yonkers,Ny..in 34 hours and Never Touched A Scale.
     
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    Get in a helluva mess loadin heifers right off a new spring grass. Nothing left to do but strip down take the walk of shame to the water hose and get your bath.
     
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  9. bzinger

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    Were they a little wet Russ ? Lol
     
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    ALOT ol buddy
     
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  11. Vic Firth

    Vic Firth Road Train Member

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    Yea I know, I started carrying a spare key in my wallet!
     
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