What if it Snows?

MACK E-6 · May 24, 2020

sealevel said: ↑

They think it's a SCR issue, but I'm fairly sure she is blown at 350,000. 2 days in the shop and I just drove it home 200 hundred miles derated at 55 and now the oil pressure is 15 pounds down at idle. Blow m'fr blow. Gonna take it to another Freightliner dealer Tuesday. Apu runs like a champ. Lol. Just tired of incompetence. It's everywhere I turn. I understand this stuff is complicated but if you can't fix them don't make em. F'n had it.
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That’s by design. Why fix yours when you can sell you a new one that will blow before it’s paid off?

Reliable machinery is simply not a cost effective product.

Does that sound too cynical?

MACK E-6 · May 24, 2020

WesternPlains said: ↑

I finally found my nemesis on backing. This stinking place has me pissed! I won't go back there. Even though the boss tried to tell me maybe someday. "Now you know how".... BS! Lousy attitudes there!

First... they wouldn't let me back into a regular dock to unload. Had to be this one. Has cement walls coming out almost to end of trailer. Place was designed ok. But didn't include a #### load of shelving put out in the lot in your way! Not only that. The put pallets at the end of the shelving to cut you off more!
Then I tried to refuse that dock. Guy said you have to. I demanded a spotter. He gave me a guy. But he didn't have the common horse sense of the back of a donkey! Heck! I used to spot 18 wheelers when I worked electricity. Just common horse sense. Ask the driver what he wants me to watch. Know I'm being used to pull up extremely as close as possible. But no! They couldn't do that! They were nothing but a problem. Threatening to turn down the load. I about had it out with them. Tell them to sign it off as turned down. I pointed to all the scratch/gouges in the wall and he screamed: That was a long time ago! ... Well... ## too!

Finally a driver showed up there who goes there alot. Experience. Can't do it with tandems all the way back. No room for truck. Can't do it with tandems anywhere forward. Trailer swing hits the walls. Only way.... tandems must be about three feet forward of all the way back. Then.... you literally jacknife the trailer. Only way. Even he had trouble with experience. But he does it.

These jack offs had to put shelving in the way for a decent setup for sight side back. Then out front is extremely tight.
I don't ever want to go back there. Usually take tight as a challenge. Never had a problem. Am proud of some I've done. But this? No reason for this BS! And they got customers all over the place! F! Them!
Look at this S!
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I take it you’re facing in from the street to take this picture?

WesternPlains · May 24, 2020

And these jack offs couldn't let me unload at a regular dock!

WesternPlains · May 24, 2020

MACK E-6 said: ↑

I take it you’re facing in from the street to take this picture?
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No.... taken from the lot. Come in from all the way around the other side of the building the truck is facing. Second pic is back of that building. Where you have to drive by to get back here.

MACK E-6 · May 24, 2020

WesternPlains said: ↑

No.... taken from the lot. Come in from all the way around the other side of the building the truck is facing. Second pic is back of that building. Where you have to drive by to get back here.
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I know looks can be deceiving but it looked like sight siding in there in a #5 pattern shouldnt be too hateful. That’s the first thing I would try since it doesn’t appear to be much room to maneuver on the far side.

MACK E-6 · May 24, 2020

Rocks said: ↑

There I was... in the middle... on that picture... elementary school age...

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Behind the guy with the glasses looking to his right?

D.Tibbitt · May 24, 2020

HillbillyDeluxeTruck said: ↑

Nah, its sunday. I might go back to sleep, but definitely making a bacon and egg sammich for breakfasf at some point.
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Got 900 more miles to kill for tuesday delivery

HillbillyDeluxeTruck · May 24, 2020

WesternPlains said: ↑

I finally found my nemesis on backing. This stinking place has me pissed! I won't go back there. Even though the boss tried to tell me maybe someday. "Now you know how".... BS! Lousy attitudes there!

First... they wouldn't let me back into a regular dock to unload. Had to be this one. Has cement walls coming out almost to end of trailer. Place was designed ok. But didn't include a #### load of shelving put out in the lot in your way! Not only that. The put pallets at the end of the shelving to cut you off more!
Then I tried to refuse that dock. Guy said you have to. I demanded a spotter. He gave me a guy. But he didn't have the common horse sense of the back of a donkey! Heck! I used to spot 18 wheelers when I worked electricity. Just common horse sense. Ask the driver what he wants me to watch. Know I'm being used to pull up extremely as close as possible. But no! They couldn't do that! They were nothing but a problem. Threatening to turn down the load. I about had it out with them. Tell them to sign it off as turned down. I pointed to all the scratch/gouges in the wall and he screamed: That was a long time ago! ... Well... ## too!

A blind side back would work. But needed an intelligent life form for a spotter. None of that here.
Jack offs arguing with me. I told them to give me a day cab. I'll drop it in there in a heart beat. They got no room for the truck!

Finally a driver showed up there who goes there alot. Experience. Can't do it with tandems all the way back. No room for truck. Can't do it with tandems anywhere forward. Trailer swing hits the walls. Only way.... tandems must be about three feet forward of all the way back. Then.... you literally jacknife the trailer. Only way. Even he had trouble with experience. But he does it.

These jack offs had to put shelving in the way for a decent setup for sight side back. Then out front is extremely tight.
I don't ever want to go back there. Usually take tight as a challenge. Never had a problem. Am proud of some I've done. But this? No reason for this BS! And they got customers all over the place! F! Them!
Look at this S!
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That looks pretty open to me. Whats the receiver? I wanna see an overhead view.

D.Tibbitt · May 24, 2020

HillbillyDeluxeTruck said: ↑

That looks pretty open to me. Whats the receiver? I wanna see an overhead view.
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I was gonna say that looks like a typical flatbed shipper/reciever

HillbillyDeluxeTruck · May 24, 2020

D.Tibbitt said: ↑

Got 900 more miles to kill for tuesday delivery
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I'll think about ya while Im eating breakfast

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