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InterceptorV8 posted:http://cdllife.com/2014/top-trucking-news/high-rate-bridge-strikes-prompts-new-york-officials-take-action/ Hey, the sign SAYS it's 13'6"!
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InterceptorV8 posted:http://cdllife.com/2014/top-trucking-news/high-rate-bridge-strikes-prompts-new-york-officials-take-action/ They're just using the dick principle to measure bridge height. They don't know any better. 
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Tax season soon. I wonder how much in deductions I'm going to pull off this year.
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Ragnarok the Red posted:Is this the place that was featured on Diners Driveins and Dives years ago? I always told myself the next time I'm back in Dallas to visit family I'd hit them up. Yup. Honestly, the tacos are good, and it's a 24 hour place (which is nice for drunk runs, aside from being just down the street from the county jail), but I know of far better places. Unfortunately none of them are near Fuel City. CannonFodder posted:I'm gonna mark out for New Mexico Green Chile cuisine as represented by the Petro in Milan NM and you can't stop me.  I grew up on both Mexican and New Mexican cuisine. Green chiles are a part of drat near everything I cook. You've missed out on the Hatch chile season by a few weeks, but anything with New Mexico green chiles is going to be good. And hopefully hot.
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Oct 22, 2014 07:48
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12 hour bus trip, sharing a quality inn room with another dude and their shuttle dropped us off an hour before the terminal opens. Score.
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Oct 22, 2014 12:01
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Honsy16 posted:Having also done this, all I can say is "You poor, poor bastard." I hope that you get a better trainer there than I did. Had someone I went to driving school with start out there. Two weeks into it the trainer went in the bunk to sleep during the middle of a snowstorm as they went across 70 in the rockies. A week later the trainer left his laptop open with child porn playing. It did not end well for the trainer.
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Oct 22, 2014 18:46
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Trainer stories? OK. Mine was pretty cool. He was pretty up front about what the manual says vs. how the world actually works. Told me how to cook the logbook effectively. Actually taught instead of just having me hold the steering wheel half the time. He also managed to get us home every weekend instead of every other. On the other hand, he didn't like to stop for anything, so more than once while I was driving he'd poo poo in a grocery bag in the sleeper and fling it out the window.
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Here's my trainer story. "here's your truck, here's directions to the jobsite. If the wheels leave the ground you're done. Good luck!"
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Oct 22, 2014 22:11
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Mine decided to come into the bunk and try to give me a "massage" and it was totally cool he did it with all the trainees and it totally wasn't gay! When I refused he then offered to pay for my shower later that day which I again refused. Very next day he claimed he had a family emergency and I never saw him again.
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I see you've met Nutcup.
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Oct 22, 2014 22:42
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So that's why he hasn't been around for a while. 
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The trainer story that got passed around my bus garage (so your bets on the authenticity are as good as mine) was about a new guy who apparently didn't know much about the state of Ohio or the interstate system in general. The trainer's usual route was to head out to Columbus from Cleveland along I-71, head to the company's regional garage there and do some maneuverability drills at their obstacle course, stop to grab a sandwich at a diner he knew about then head back to Cleveland. Halfway to Columbus, the trainer sees his trainee is going down the road OK, so he pops in the back across the seats for a quick snooze. "Holler when we get close to the city, alright?" Three hours later, the trainer wakes up and he can't believe that they're still on the road. Is he reading the time wrong? Had they been stopped in traffic? Why hadn't he woken up? "Where the hell are we?" the trainer asks, "I told you to holler when we got close to Columbus." "We've gotta be gettin close, I keep seeing the signs" the trainee replies, "but I was gonna wait til I saw downtown before I woke you up." As it turns out, they'd gotten onto I-270 and had been spinning laps around the city for hours.
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Ozmiander posted:12 hour bus trip, sharing a quality inn room with another dude and their shuttle dropped us off an hour before the terminal opens. Score. Welcome to the hurry up and wait. I have a "When Dispatchers Attack" story that is new and exciting! Hauled four loads for this guy last week, every one of them was wrong. Worst part? He didn't listen to me and hosed the dog like a tard. First load, was told it was from X to Y. Planned out my day for this, showed up, and it was from K to Y. No big deal, after all, I can pull numbers and miles out of my rear end, even if the route is almost 200 miles different and needs to be done a couple hours early. I get to Y, finish, get my back haul. Oh yeah, this is good, my back haul was ready last week and due two days before I was to even be there. Somehow Mr Peabody forgot my wayback machine so yeah, it's my fault. Get told it's another X to Y load, yeah sure...well that turns out to be correct, except that, well, nobody knows where the load was because I guess I stole the load and delivered it without anyone figuring it out.. Yeah, hey, it's only $250,000, who the gently caress cares right? So I had told him to get load A for back haul two days before hand. Show up to get A with all my numbers. Nope. A is gone, so is B and C and D isn't even called in yet and won't be ready for about 36 hours. gently caress this, I call and say "WTF" and deadhead back. 140 miles on my way home, get a text at 4:55 to turn around go back to Y grab something else, and deliver it at 9am the next day. Not gonna loving happen troopers, adding 250 miles on a 650 mile day = a big loving number, and of course they run out and don't loving answer the phone. I deadhead back, get good fuel mileage for once and start looking for a new company in the morning.
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Sitting in a terminal, finished with CBTs, waiting to get shipped off somewhere for a sleep study.
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I slapped a CB radio in my Jeep because sometimes I get a hardon for old fashioned outdated technology. I see antennas on nearly every 18wheeler, but nobody seems to be saying much. Is CB a thing anymore with truckers these days, or do they only get switched on for sudden local traffic information/etc? 19 is dead as hell, although I occasionally find an active Spanish channel I assume is trucking. I read somewhere that truckers in California (where I am) use two different channels for North/South and East/West highways, but scanning around turns up zilch. The strongest channel in my area is some wackjob constantly broadcasting what sounds like an African-American preacher screaming gibberish at all hours on ch6. I turn it on sometimes when I want to pretend the apocalypse happened.
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The Royal Nonesuch posted:I slapped a CB radio in my Jeep because sometimes I get a hardon for old fashioned outdated technology. I see antennas on nearly every 18wheeler, but nobody seems to be saying much. Is CB a thing anymore with truckers these days, or do they only get switched on for sudden local traffic information/etc? 19 is dead as hell, although I occasionally find an active Spanish channel I assume is trucking. I read somewhere that truckers in California (where I am) use two different channels for North/South and East/West highways, but scanning around turns up zilch. It depends, I haven't used a CB in awhile. I might mount one of my units in my pickup.
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The Royal Nonesuch posted:I slapped a CB radio in my Jeep because sometimes I get a hardon for old fashioned outdated technology. I see antennas on nearly every 18wheeler, but nobody seems to be saying much. Is CB a thing anymore with truckers these days, or do they only get switched on for sudden local traffic information/etc? 19 is dead as hell, although I occasionally find an active Spanish channel I assume is trucking. I read somewhere that truckers in California (where I am) use two different channels for North/South and East/West highways, but scanning around turns up zilch. They're pretty useful on group trail runs.
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Ozmiander posted:Sitting in a terminal, finished with CBTs, waiting to get shipped off somewhere for a sleep study. Why the gently caress are you getting a sleep study?
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InterceptorV8 posted:Why the gently caress are you getting a sleep study? Because he passed the drug test, but they're still something "off"
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Powershift posted:Because he passed the drug test, but they're still something "off" (sorry) nmfree fucked around with this message at 06:49 on Oct 24, 2014 |
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Powershift posted:Because he passed the drug test, but they're still something "off" I thought that was a requirement for the job.
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Maybe they're trying to find out how long he can stay awake. If he can make it 36 hours without a loss of co-ordination, he gets a 35 hour run.
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Powershift posted:Maybe they're trying to find out how long he can stay awake. If he can make it 36 hours without a loss of co-ordination, he gets a 35 hour run. 36 hours @ 62mph. NOW WE ARE TRUCKIN'
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I don't even know how to use a CB. Its all VHF up here.
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The Royal Nonesuch posted:I slapped a CB radio in my Jeep because sometimes I get a hardon for old fashioned outdated technology. I see antennas on nearly every 18wheeler, but nobody seems to be saying much. Is CB a thing anymore with truckers these days... I bought a CB and antenna when I went from southern Virginia to DC almost every weekend for six months. Channel 19 was very active. The speed trap and traffic warnings are the only useful part of it. The rest of it is people complaining about Obama or getting into racist shouting matches or someone with an illegal amplifier drowning everyone else out playing some crappy music or making fart noises just to make everyone angry.
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Hummer Driving human being posted:I bought a CB and antenna when I went from southern Virginia to DC almost every weekend for six months. Channel 19 was very active. The speed trap and traffic warnings are the only useful part of it. The rest of it is people complaining about Obama or getting into racist shouting matches or someone with an illegal amplifier drowning everyone else out playing some crappy music or making fart noises just to make everyone angry. That actually sounds pretty entertaining to me.
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Powershift posted:
I love how everything is mission critical, yet gently caress the $4/day lease mats. Clean coverall consultant cunts.
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Is there a reason they dont run the big 6x6 or 8x8 euro trucks up in that slop? A big 6x6 MAN or Iveco or Kamaz on lumpy super singles would have to be easier than dragging 6x4's on road tyres out with a bulldozer day in day out.
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In other news, the trim just fell off my sleeper windows, at 15,000 miles more poo poo has fallen off my new truck than my old truck. I'm impressed. In the states, the EPA would poo poo about trucks playing in the mud like that.
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InterceptorV8 posted:In the states, the EPA would poo poo about trucks playing in the mud like that. Why's that?
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Ferremit posted:Is there a reason they dont run the big 6x6 or 8x8 euro trucks up in that slop? A big 6x6 MAN or Iveco or Kamaz on lumpy super singles would have to be easier than dragging 6x4's on road tyres out with a bulldozer day in day out. Because it doesn't help, and weighs a lot, and breaks a lot. The mud out here is nasty slippery poo poo, if your front wheels aren't matching the road speed, they're not steering. Sometimes if your back wheels aren't spinning, you're not getting out of anything. The benefit of 8x8/6x6 is when the weight is entirely on the truck. What we do here won't fit on the back of a truck.
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Powershift posted:Because it doesn't help, and weighs a lot, and breaks a lot. You just need a bigger tractor. 
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The benefit of 4x4 (or 6x6, or 8x8, or 10x10, or HEMTTxHEMTT, or whatever) is that you can get buried up to the axles on both ends instead of only the rears.
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Mr. Wiggles posted:You just need a bigger tractor. Yeah, but bigger tractor means more vehicle weight which means less load weight. That means you would need 3 trucks to do the job instead of 1, which means you'd have 3 trucks stuck instead of 1. It also means you need a bigger cat to pull you out. They had a mack titan at the dealer when i was picking up parts, what a god drat truck. I'm 6'9 and couldn't see in the side windows, and the bulldog on the hood was above my head. You can see the god drat valve cover from under the cab.  
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Mr. Wiggles posted:You just need a bigger tractor.
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CannonFodder posted:Alabama National Guard had one of those rolling around during the ice storm last year that shut down Birmingham. Rolling, or sliding? The tires on those things aren't worth a gently caress of a lot on ice. Unless they have the worlds largest set of tire chains. (Those tires are only like 46" or 53" diameter, so not truly the largest set of chains)
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kastein posted:The benefit of 4x4 (or 6x6, or 8x8, or 10x10, or HEMTTxHEMTT, or whatever) is that you can get buried up to the axles on both ends instead of only the rears. Also, that much further away from whatever is going to rescue you.
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Ferremit posted:Is there a reason they dont run the big 6x6 or 8x8 euro trucks up in that slop? A big 6x6 MAN or Iveco or Kamaz on lumpy super singles would have to be easier than dragging 6x4's on road tyres out with a bulldozer day in day out. My company actually does use them in it's Siberian and Russian operations. The 6x6 super single cab-over variety. Not sure if its Kamaz, Iveco, MAN. I know it's not Tatra because if it was I would be applying for a transfer. Siberian mud is not like Alberta mud though. Siberian mud tends to be deep, but stays watery and has a ground that you can reach. Alberta mud is too thick and heavy. Even if it's only 2" thick it packs up, turns your tires into slicks and becomes more slippery than ice. While we don't have any (we have 1), most heavy oil field hauling off road can be accomplished with bed trucks which can do a lot better in the mud than a normal tractor trailer setup. They can be set up with Jin Poles (A-frame with a turnbuckle) as a half assed crane also. It's basically a twin steer cement mixer truck chassis with a lift kit, a flat deck with end roller, and a hydraulic 50,000lb winch. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sVhj7MQPIfE This video is pretty cool... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31Ne26IitXc Shows a commander/intruder which is basically a bed truck, 6x6, articulated steering and monster truck tires. They have a lot of nice equipment on what looks like Alberta's nicest lease.
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