This season has brought back my earliest "WTH" moment from the road

Im glad you were able to acquire good memories.

Now I would see if we can get you a wife and married off. =) //teasing.

More than likely you are going to at some point in life try to find a similar model and recreate that time in your life when you save enough resources to get it done.

I had some pretty good rigs in my time however they did not get names too much. One in particular was a pretty consistent one which was really important. Just as there have been trucks that have physically broken enough to essentially try to kill me or someone else. (B&B Concrete Little Rock, old Paystar international, floor fell out with entire cab interior to the frame and driveshaft at 70+ on I-30 one day. and I was the idiot to take the truck back out after they added 2000 more rivets to it. The employer was the IDIOT for not simply buying short pete day cab and get on down the road without breaking down so much or just breaking)

 

Why is that strange? Although an incident that happened on the road (took 3 hours to make it up an icy hill...drive 'til I'd spin out, set the brakes, chop some ice & shovel to clear a path to get moving again, repeat until I made it up) made me jump at the chance to buy some chains when a good deal came my way (8 chains...4 used, 4 new in bag...$100. A few years later i found 2 more new in bag for $20, so I've got 10 chains), I've NEVER actually chained up to drive on the road. I have chained up in my back yard to get turned around in the mud...I have chained up at a job site to get my load dumped and get out...and I have chained up at a customer's drop yard to get my trailer parked & dropped and hook up to an empty.

They are a tool, used to get the job done. I can either spend a few minutes putting them on to work safely and get the job done, or I can waste hours slipping, chopping, and shovelling to get the job done. Much easier to chain up.

 

I went with my Dad once to help unload some ladders. Afterwards he gave me a com check for $100.I was Surprised, He explained He always did it that way as the Company would only pay him half as much.This way He got the whole amount! Dishonest? Technically yes but so is ripping off Drivers. The extra cash was nice at the time. Easy money and I got a day with my Dad. He never gave me anything unless it was broken Old CB Old Mini Vac etc. I once ask him WTF? Everything you give me is broken? His answer was I figure you can fix it! Lol what a Character He was. He enjoyed seeing how far fetched a story I would believe when I was young.Sometimes not telling Me it wasn’t True. Knowing I would catch hell someday by retelling the story and finding out the hard way Lol. How many times I’ve found He was right about something years after my arguing with Him.He would just say OK you’ll see. Realizing his patience has helped Me do the same. Most things really aren’t that important in the big picture. Including my Opinion! I lost him Christmas Day 20 yrs ago. He was truly a great Dad although far from perfect. Always had my best interest in mind

 

My best memories Trucking from his teaching how to back up, double clutch enough to pass test. Taking Me in his Company Truck to 3rd party test site. He risked his Job to help Me out. Saved me about $3000. at the time I had a young family and bills to pay.4 yrs later bought my first Truck. He threw gravel on us taking off Bobtail Lol. We met up at TS and I told Him easy on the Truck!!! Later We ran into each other 3 times by chance. Although I believe he requested certain runs to make that happen. We ran together once so I could Drive his new Company Classic and He Drove my WS. All in all after trying to talk me out of Trucking He was Proud and supportive 100 %. The first Trip after getting CDL I Drove 400 miles while He slept. In order to make delivery on time. Mind you I wasn’t employed by the Company. I woke him up at around 3:00 am in Pa on I-90 in a rain storm. Asked if I should Park it as it looks dangerous hard to see the road except for when lightning strikes. He squinted out from the bunk and holler “ F it hammer down !!! Priceless he had more confidence in Me than I did!!! Enjoy the Holidays. Thanks for stirring up all the memories.