What if it Snows?

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

  1. lovesthedrive

    lovesthedrive R.I.P.

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    I woulldnt have turned down any job offering $28 an AND driving legal. Tho there is plenty of work here if your willing to not keep logs...............

    Well the kid showed up with 15 mins to spare. Tire is now at the shop.
     
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  2. JolliRoger

    JolliRoger Road Train Member

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    All he said and plus... Did one in 1954 in Henderson, TN. Passing an old straight truck in town with a mule. aboard. As I passed, he turned left, his left front bumper stuck in lower right of saddle. Pushed me left. Fine except the gas company had recently put in a city gas line, trenched 24" down. I veered left, off pavement, OOP's, every thing dropped 24 inches in the trench as soon as all wheels had cleared pavement,, and I am lying on my side in the real ditch, looking up at an S&K tool box caught on the park brake lever. Old IH gas L185.
    To enhance the situation, I had just filled up with gas in Jackson, TN, (40 miles back) and had 75 Hi Density bales of cotton going New Orleans. Alongside the ditch I'm in; on my left, was the local cotton compress/warehouse, 20 feet away. Gas was slowly trickling from the hole and down into the ditch and running south. Filler cap on down side was seeping.
    I remember like you, once I am driving and passing, clunk, bam, and am looking up at sky thru passenger window.
    Bales loaded longways on trailer, 4 down, then 3 above, the two above, then one. Front stack chained down and rear stack chained down, full sized tarp over it. Crawled out, met with the law, and asked him to call Markel insurance, it was theirs now.
    All this at 25 MPH, in town, city streets. I should not have been passing, he should have seen my hood and cab in front of him before he turned.. Police thought enough/equal fault on each of us and no penalty's. 2 wreckers from Jackson, TN came down and turned me back up, boss brought a spare tractor, swapped it in looked over all and continued on to New Orleans.
    Trailer OK as ground and ditch side were soft from recent rains. Tractor had damaged fender and broken mirror caused door damage. Never adjusted tarp or chains. We loaded tight. Boss said be more careful. Don't know what the mule thought of it.
     
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  3. Dave_in_AZ

    Dave_in_AZ Road Train Member

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    Same as ATM without the fee. Fees are bad. They are un-American. That's why Landstar has so many of them.
     
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    Dave_in_AZ Road Train Member

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    So my new trailer has a tire off the rim at the DC.

    Ooo rah Masterchief. I'm full of joy.
     
  5. InTooDeep

    InTooDeep Donner party survivor

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    So Bride and I parked in Redding last night, had to wait till this morning to load and head out. We called a Lyft to go get dinner. While eating she got a call you never want her sister passed. Took her to Redding airport and she was fly back to Sac then got her stuff and off to Las Vegas. I'll meet up with her there this weekend. Fun times
     
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    You're doing it again.
     
  7. Dave_in_AZ

    Dave_in_AZ Road Train Member

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    Sorry for your loss.
     
  8. JolliRoger

    JolliRoger Road Train Member

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    Sympathy for the situation. You just never know when the call comes, just get on with what needs doing.
     
  9. JolliRoger

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    ###### mule could have told him to "Watch it "...
     
  10. kemosabi49

    kemosabi49 Trucker Forum STAFF Staff Member

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    I graduated high school in the Bay Area in 1967, the summer of love, and let me tell ya. It was all kinds of fun!