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Put in the big hole and gouge on it (truck driver check in)

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40 minutes ago, BearMace said:

That stinks. You wonder to what Degree this was preventable? Hopefully they'll have the Right Guard in place next time. 

These pun tropes are really getting old, spice it up a little bit.

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1 hour ago, Clackles said:

These pun tropes are really getting old, spice it up a little bit.

You want something a bit more suave?

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6 hours ago, Covri said:

How much you getting per mile these days on average?

I’m averaging $2.41 a mile for the year so far. 

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On 7/10/2021 at 6:01 PM, slorch said:

DEF systems are a pain in the ass, and trouble shooting them always seems to cost extra time.

We've had that issue on our fleet more than a handful of times.  It sucks.  Glad it was( only) 2 days for you.

 

Right now the def tank sensors are on back order. A driver I know is being told 7-8 weeks for the part to get in. What the fuck do you do in a situation like that? 
I try to be smart with my money and can afford quite a bit of down time but 8 weeks with no money coming in would be really hard.. I would say 90% of guys out here would go under. 
 

talking a friend we figure the only way to keep running would be doing the weight loss program. ( trucker speak for deletion of the DEF system)

These pun tropes are really getting old, spice it up a little bit.

Sure.
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Car missed its exit and did a u-turn on the interstate. Hard to see with the camera but they were in my lane going the wrong way before they took the median. 
 

 

People don't understand how fucking weird that is for oncoming drivers.

Hopefully it ended well?

On 8/10/2021 at 5:38 AM, drifter379 said:

Right now the def tank sensors are on back order. A driver I know is being told 7-8 weeks for the part to get in. What the fuck do you do in a situation like that? 
I try to be smart with my money and can afford quite a bit of down time but 8 weeks with no money coming in would be really hard.. I would say 90% of guys out here would go under. 
 

talking a friend we figure the only way to keep running would be doing the weight loss program. ( trucker speak for deletion of the DEF system)

I think that if I were in your situation, I'd order some of them mofos and keep them with you, just in case you run into a problem.   Are they super-expensive?

22 hours ago, slorch said:

People don't understand how fucking weird that is for oncoming drivers.

Hopefully it ended well?

I was driving back from Colorado a little over a week ago coming down I-25 south between Trinidad and Raton, and some dipshit in a jeep was driving 50+ mph against traffic on the interstate on the shoulder.  Scared the shit out of us.  I just kept going straight because any evasive action could have resulted in a collision.

Right now the def tank sensors are on back order. A driver I know is being told 7-8 weeks for the part to get in. What the fuck do you do in a situation like that? 
I try to be smart with my money and can afford quite a bit of down time but 8 weeks with no money coming in would be really hard.. I would say 90% of guys out here would go under. 
 
talking a friend we figure the only way to keep running would be doing the weight loss program. ( trucker speak for deletion of the DEF system)

$20 is $20.
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Motherfuckers got me out here doing door swinger shit. 
 

 

11 hours ago, drifter379 said:

Motherfuckers got me out here doing door swinger shit. 
 

 

OMG - what is that orange trailer doing at at the far end of the terminal?

I wanna see you haul cattle. I think you have enough straps.

Xpost from the Holy Shit thread

Fuck the escort. Floor it!

Besides overhead clearance, that seems like a prime responsibility of those escort teams.

Never done it and don't know their regs, but would seem to be some of the most fundamental shit there.

Driver should have never stopped on the tracks. If there's a problem, stop before or power through. But never stop on the track. Pos rep to the structural integrity of the blade.

7 hours ago, RPM said:

Xpost from the Holy Shit thread

Fuck the escort. Floor it!

When renewables meet fossil fuels head up!!!

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That's awesome.  I'm stealing that to circulate.  Assuming the driver of the tractor survived.  Looked bad, but not fatal. 

Diesel locomotive.  Diesel powered tractor-trailer.  Unleaded fuel convoy pickup.  Electronic train crossing, powered by coal.  

In the middle of it all, a blade to harness the power of the wind for green energy. 

The loser?  Everybody involved.  

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On 8/30/2021 at 6:02 AM, RPM said:

Xpost from the Holy Shit thread

Fuck the escort. Floor it!

I'd like to see the crane and rotator wreckers that it takes to clear up that mess.

On 8/30/2021 at 6:15 AM, slorch said:

Besides overhead clearance, that seems like a prime responsibility of those escort teams.

Never done it and don't know their regs, but would seem to be some of the most fundamental shit there.

Someone screwed up on the route.  They never come 183 and make the turn.  They always come up Hwy 80 from I-10 and have a straight shot over the tracks.

On 8/26/2021 at 8:10 AM, Wally Fairway said:

OMG - what is that orange trailer doing at at the far end of the terminal?

Probably failing to get picked up and delivered on time.

16 hours ago, Wally Fairway said:

I'd like to see the crane and rotator wreckers that it takes to clear up that mess.

I have no idea where my fascination with heavy wreckers came from, but this channel is a good follow. And of course Highway Thru Hell.

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Speaking of oversize

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A truck hauling a large concrete beam got wedged under a Rockwall overpass Thursday, blocking traffic on a major road during the evening rush hour.

Officials said about 6:30 p.m. that the 70-ton beam was stuck on State Highway 205 beneath Interstate 30.

It was not clear how, exactly, the truck came to be in such a predicament.

https://www.dallasnews.com/news/2021/09/02/70-ton-concrete-beam-gets-stuck-under-rockwall-overpass-blocking-major-road/

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On 9/3/2021 at 9:37 AM, RPM said:

Speaking of oversize

JNHUVSH2IBHQFCFVJDV22WWWT4.jpeg

A truck hauling a large concrete beam got wedged under a Rockwall overpass Thursday, blocking traffic on a major road during the evening rush hour.

Officials said about 6:30 p.m. that the 70-ton beam was stuck on State Highway 205 beneath Interstate 30.

It was not clear how, exactly, the truck came to be in such a predicament.

https://www.dallasnews.com/news/2021/09/02/70-ton-concrete-beam-gets-stuck-under-rockwall-overpass-blocking-major-road/

 

Serious question: when a trucker fucks up like this (no injuries, no damage to the road or bridge that I can see, only traffic jams), does he face any legal or financial repercussions?

 

1 hour ago, High Plains Drifter said:

 

Serious question: when a trucker fucks up like this (no injuries, no damage to the road or bridge that I can see, only traffic jams), does he face any legal or financial repercussions?

 

State gonna be all up in his shit with a wire brush. Come to think of it 635 is Fed property. They going to bring the power tools.

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On 9/3/2021 at 9:37 AM, RPM said:

Speaking of oversize

JNHUVSH2IBHQFCFVJDV22WWWT4.jpeg

A truck hauling a large concrete beam got wedged under a Rockwall overpass Thursday, blocking traffic on a major road during the evening rush hour.

Officials said about 6:30 p.m. that the 70-ton beam was stuck on State Highway 205 beneath Interstate 30.

It was not clear how, exactly, the truck came to be in such a predicament.

https://www.dallasnews.com/news/2021/09/02/70-ton-concrete-beam-gets-stuck-under-rockwall-overpass-blocking-major-road/

That intersection is such a hellhole as it is.   Good Lord   

On 9/3/2021 at 9:37 AM, RPM said:

Speaking of oversize

JNHUVSH2IBHQFCFVJDV22WWWT4.jpeg

A truck hauling a large concrete beam got wedged under a Rockwall overpass Thursday, blocking traffic on a major road during the evening rush hour.

Officials said about 6:30 p.m. that the 70-ton beam was stuck on State Highway 205 beneath Interstate 30.

It was not clear how, exactly, the truck came to be in such a predicament.

https://www.dallasnews.com/news/2021/09/02/70-ton-concrete-beam-gets-stuck-under-rockwall-overpass-blocking-major-road/

Cannot figure out how driver man got in this spot.  help?

34 minutes ago, MontereyMX said:

Cannot figure out how driver man got in this spot.  help?

The beam sits on dollys that can turn. He had to shoot the gap between the pole and bridge. Looks to me like he waited just a bit too long to start his turn and ran into problems with the pole. When he tried to back up it all went to hell. Or I could be completely wrong. Haven't hauled oversize since '96.

1 hour ago, RPM said:

The beam sits on dollys that can turn. He had to shoot the gap between the pole and bridge. Looks to me like he waited just a bit too long to start his turn and ran into problems with the pole. When he tried to back up it all went to hell. Or I could be completely wrong. Haven't hauled oversize since '96.

Thanks I can see that

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Choo, choo, mother fucker

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Top right hand corner. NowThis. Lol. Greatness.

That driver is lucky he wasn’t killed.

Goofing around on Reddit and found this. Holy shit I could be the last truck, well at least I drove a Freightliner just like that one for Harold Ives.

On 10/19/2021 at 10:55 AM, You don't know me said:

Where is @drifter379?  I need more of this thread.

@drifter379 wasnt paged properly on your request.  

This guy knows his shit.

 

  • 5 weeks later...

I know the proper bait to get @drifter379 attention. Twin sticks!

 

  • 1 month later...

Let's hope so.  I like the guy and I hope he's OK. 

Told ya'll my Dad owned a '66 Diamond T. It was a tough son of a bitch. Stumbled across this. The same truck ran the Safari Rally. Just noticed in the credits they ran a Hendrickson suspension. Ouch!

 

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I'm hoping he's found some new tail and is too busy taking care of that to post on the internets.

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