What if it Snows?

Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by Dave_in_AZ, Mar 19, 2018.

  1. lovesthedrive

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    I have said it before and it still holds true. If drivers want a good spot to park. Your 14 has to end sooner in the day. Because later is when everyone else is coming in and there is no place to park
     
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  3. otterinthewater

    otterinthewater Road Train Member

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    I had a couple of days where my backing turned into an absolute dumpster fire. I called a buddy and he said “happens to everybody. Just go back to the basics.”

    Not a judgement on you. We all have those spots that don’t mesh with how we park. Your plight reminded me of that story.
     
  4. stuckinthemud

    stuckinthemud Medium Load Member

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    Now now no need for that level of desperation. Perhaps counseling.
     
  5. Cattleman84

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    Yep... This week I have been running nights... So my 11/14 have been ending just about the time most drivers are starting thier day. So nice to not worry about parking, and be able to run my 11 down to 5 mins or so, to maximize miles.
     
  6. D.Tibbitt

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    i got so tired about 1 year ago after running all night to a jobsite up to albaquerque . took me 10 hours and 50 minutes of drive time to get there . my 14 was shot by the time they unloaded me . i PCD all the way back to the flying j on west side of town. i lined up to the parking spot all the way in the back of the lot and my brain shutdown. i couldnt figure out which way to turn the wheel .and took me a good 20 minutes to hit the spot and there was 15 open spots on either side of it . couldnt hit any of them LOL
     
  7. Cattleman84

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    Lol... Dumpster fire... Yeah that was me a little while ago... And I think exhaustion was pissing fuel onto the flames... Lol
     
  8. stuckinthemud

    stuckinthemud Medium Load Member

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    Maybe take a short walk?
     
  9. FlaSwampRat

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    Just sprayed for wasps under my house since I have seen a bunch coming and going. Holy crap! There must have been hundreds of them under there.
     
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  10. Cattleman84

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    Probably a good thing I didnt get into that first spot... Some dink just pulled in and parked in a "build-a-spot," effectively blocking at least 3 or 4 trucks in that face the side of said dink. SMH
     
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  11. otterinthewater

    otterinthewater Road Train Member

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    Absolutely.

    Trainees would practice around lunchtime. They’d get the hang of it. And then they’d have to park in the middle of the night after they exhausted driver hours and you could literally smell the panic. Hahahahaha!
     
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