Had taken my dad along with me on a haul from Wichita to Portland Or. We were staying in hotels every night along the way. One cold snowy/rainy dark night I found a Super 8 with truck parking. Backing into a muddy parking spot with water filled pot holes and no outdoor lighting, I had a little boo boo. I found the one concrete barrier that was spun the wrong way, probably from a previous truck hit. I ended up bending the trailer bumper. The bumper was already rusted and rotted mostly through, so it only took a minor hit to fold it way back. I simply should have gotten out to look.
I did manage to learn something from this, or at least reinforce previously learned lessons out of this deal.
Number 1: I was out of my element. I was some where trucks do not belong. Trucks belong in truck stops and rest areas. Every where else in between belongs to the four wheelers.
Number 2: I was being lazy, and didnt want to get my boots or the inside of my truck muddy.
Since I had already violated rule number 1, I should have doubled my efforts with rule number 2. GOAL would have prevented this entirely. I have nobody to blame but myself on this deal.
Yet another trucking lesson learned the hard way
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What are you doing? Taking responsibility for your own actions? You know that is not what you are supposed to do. You need to blame somebody else. Here is a list of some of the usual suspects. Liberals, conservatives, republicans, democrats, tea partiers, illegals, Mexicans, gays, Muslims, rookies, super truckers, police, dot, 4 wheelers, big evil trucking companies, office people etc etc etc. Remember nothing is your fault.
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why is someone a suspect because they are a gay muslim
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