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Discussion in 'Heavy Haul Trucking Forum' started by TripleSix, Apr 29, 2018.
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As I went by the Nashville incident, I saw what I think was the driver, he was the only one on the scene that wasn't in a cop uniform or TDOT vest. Looked like a fairly young guy.
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I actually feel sorry for him. He was probably "thrown to the wolves" and thought in his mind that he knew a lot more than he did (didn't we all when we were young?). It's amazing how fast you can go from thinking you own the road with your big setup and load, to being wedged under a bridge for all the world to see. Regardless, he did it, and has to pay the piper.
He will probably turn out to be a good driver some day, if he sticks with it. You can't teach those lessons. After the dust settles and if he retains his license I wouldn't necessarily blackball him just based on that incident alone, although my insurance agent would probably croak at just the thought of it.
I can show you a bridge that took a harder hit (bigger beam that didn't break, just bent) by a very well known and highly regarded outfit, with a whole crew of men that has had more superload training than most on this board combined. People screw up, it happens. On this particular load, my personal opinion is they were plagued with overconfidence. -
They call them Millenials. Young people. I don't. I call a young Man with pride in the job a Young Gun. When you started driving, my Man @Dye Guardian was being potty trained. Yeah, he was young when he joined TTR. Yeah, we would pick on him for tarping twice as much as anyone else in North America. But you really have to admire and respect that work ethic. And the clincher...he knew his job! How do you label this guy a Millenial just because of his age? I have a simple solution to protect guys like Dye from being bunched up and labeled something just because of his age...the Man Law. IF HE CARRIES HIMSELF AS A MAN, GIVE HIM THE RESPECT OF A MAN.
How do we know if he carries himself as a Man?
1. The work ethic. If a Man agrees to do a job, the Man will automatically be obligated to do his employer a good job. Regardless of the employer. Just because someone takes a job at Swift, which is a bottom feeder, doesn't mean that this guy doesn't have to bring his A Game. If you agree to do a job, do your best. PERIOD. Don't want to bring the A Game? Quit! There is no slacking allowed.
Some will argue and say that if they worked for a better company, they would do a better job. You're not a Man. A Man always, without fails, does the best job he can for his employer, regardless of pay. That's work ethic. An old timer once said, "Good drivers make money. Money doesn't make good drivers."
Every year, in the other forums, they have the big tire chain discussions in the other forum. And you hear people who refuse to throw tire chains call people who will, "Supertrucker." You're calling this guy a name because he is willing to throw chains when you are afraid? And then they hide behind the Safety Card. "Oh, well...it's not safe out there to drive." You're calling this guy Supertrucker because you deem it not safe...who are you to decide for him what's safe?
The Man Law : If he carries himself as a Man, give him the respect of a Man. IF YOU CANNOT GIVE HIM THE RESPECT OF A MAN, YOU ARE NOT A MAN.
If I am driving along in the rain, and some driver passes me, who am I to decide if he is being unsafe? If he doesn't almost wipe out and put others off the road, or slam on the brakes or whatever, is he being unsafe?
"Well, I'm running X miles per hour and I am being safe. He passed me like I was sitting still...he's driving too fast. D@nm Supertrucker...hope he wrecks! I think I'll call in to his company."
(and then, they always throw family in there, to tug at the heart strings of the bleeders)
"But there could be someone's family out there...what if it was your family that guy went by?"
The issue is that you can't drive. You're afraid, he's not. He came by you. You're pissed off. You thought that elogs would level the playing field, but that guy went howling past you. Speed limit is 70, you're running 45 in the rain, and he's in a 65 mph truck. It is not your place to determine what another should be doing. If you cannot respect a Man, it is because you are not a Man. The problem is yours, not his.
"But Six, WHAT IF he wrecks?"
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This whole thread should be madatory reading for anybody even thinking of driving for a living. But then some politicians would say it's too harsh, and mandate that all trucking companies install crying closets and safe spaces for those offended
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There is also a line between pride and hubris. The reason that "supertrucker" and " Billy big riggger" get thrown around is the number of drivers who let pride override discrestion, or their ego create undue conflict. It's a line we all need to be cognizant of, just as you said in your first post.
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You’re still gonna post on here if you retire right?
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