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Powershift posted:Anybody without flashing lights is doing more harm than good being on the road at that point. if he got out to do anything, he'd just be another obstacle. That's a valid perspective.. I guess my thought was if he's going to put himself in danger sitting on the shoulder recording he could have been doing something more productive.
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I generally agree with getting off the road in situations like that, while staying in your vehicle for safety. That one is a bit different, though: guardrails on both sides, icy conditions, road totally blocked. The guy with the camera didn't cause the double-trailer truck to slide, the two other trucks already pinned did. He did the safest thing he could, stay in his vehicle and pay attention to what is about to slam into his rear end.
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EightBit posted:I generally agree with getting off the road in situations like that, while staying in your vehicle for safety. That one is a bit different, though: guardrails on both sides, icy conditions, road totally blocked. The guy with the camera didn't cause the double-trailer truck to slide, the two other trucks already pinned did. He did the safest thing he could, stay in his vehicle and pay attention to what is about to slam into his rear end. Watch to the end of the video though, the road wasn't completely blocked the whole time, it cleared up while he was looking backwards to get that wicked awesome crash on camera so his facebook friends will acknowledge his existence for 15 minutes. He didn't even attempt to move out of the way in the large amount of space he had when a truck was headed towards him. He stopped moving altogether to stabilize his camera. Trucks don't get moving very quickly, especially not on ice, but in the 50 seconds he's looking backwards, the truck that was in front of him at the start is completely gone. He endangered lives to film an accident. He's a rubbernecker with a camera. He didn't cause that accident, but could have quite easily caused the next one.
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Powershift posted:Watch to the end of the video though, the road wasn't completely blocked the whole time, it cleared up while he was looking backwards to get that wicked awesome crash on camera so his facebook friends will acknowledge his existence for 15 minutes. He didn't even attempt to move out of the way in the large amount of space he had when a truck was headed towards him. He stopped moving altogether to stabilize his camera. Except when he started filming, there WAS a jacknife blocking the road, and he nearly got plowed into by a sliding double trailer semi. I doubt he planned the camera shot knowing that the trailer behind him was about to come plowing through...
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CommieGIR posted:Except when he started filming, there WAS a jacknife blocking the road, and he nearly got plowed into by a sliding double trailer semi. I doubt he planned the camera shot knowing that the trailer behind him was about to come plowing through... And within the next 10 seconds, the truck in front of him started moving and he became the thing blocking the road. It didn't cause further problems this time, but this is the kind of behavior that makes a bad situation that much worse. Powershift fucked around with this message at 17:20 on Jan 20, 2015 |
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Powershift posted:Trucks don't get moving very quickly, especially not on ice, but in the 50 seconds he's looking backwards, the truck that was in front of him at the start is completely gone. He endangered lives to film an accident. He's a rubbernecker with a camera. He didn't cause that accident, but could have quite easily caused the next one. I'm wondering if there was another accident, the back trailer seems to take a severe jolt near the end like it's taken a hit from something.
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He posted the aftermath: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Xh0wP1R2eY
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Easy day.. Pick up two trailers arriving at 4am and drive them to a customer 15 minutes up the road. Then return and pick up a third trailer arriving at 6am and drive it up the road. Then some loads of empty pallets. What a nice day this will be - finally a day without stress... I knew it was too good to be true - first train three hours delayed and now the whole day will be a struggle trying to catch up.. on a day with snowy roads where there will be 4-wheelers crashing everywhere.. 
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AllPraiseToAllah posted:Welp guys, I hosed up. You're actually in luck. Swift has been so hard up for flatbed drivers to haul new expediter vans out of Laredo that I've seen a Chevy single axle (non-cdl) pulling a roll on car trailer picking up the slack. Enjoy that extended frame Cascadia though, looks like a bitch to turn.
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truls posted:Easy day.. Pick up two trailers arriving at 4am and drive them to a customer 15 minutes up the road. Then return and pick up a third trailer arriving at 6am and drive it up the road. Then some loads of empty pallets. What a nice day this will be - finally a day without stress... I worked for a few years at CP Rail's inter model container yard. There are so many things going on that are way out of the truckers control. Like unionised toploader drivers, Train derailments, truckers who get chatty with the girls at the check in and check outs. Eventually I just said gently caress it and went at my own pace. I was paid by the hour so I'd just plod along at 5 under the speed limit until I didn't feel like working anymore and park my truck.
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 Well, tomorrow morning this will be my first official truck I will be driving for the next 4 weeks. 2015. Every grind is going to make my butt hole pucker. AllPraiseToAllah fucked around with this message at 03:19 on Jan 26, 2015 |
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Jan 26, 2015 03:17
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AllPraiseToAllah posted:Every grind is going to make my butt hole pucker. Meh, It's not a Mack. Eatons are fairly tolerant to grinding. Honestly most of the tranny failures I see are milkshakes from a failed cooler, range collar/air system failures and shock loading failures (in that order). I see maybe one or two collar grind-outs on a main box per year.
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I passed a truck yesterday (don't remember what company) that had a steer wheel either flat out bent or so out of balance (there was a visible wobble) that it made the whole tractor shake like a washing machine with a brick in it. Needless to say, I passed him as quickly as I could, and I hope he got that fixed ASAP because 
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AllPraiseToAllah posted:
Good luck. If you end up doing flatbeds I'd be interested in hearing about your experiences. Not many doing flatbeds here.
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Totally TWISTED posted:Good luck. If you end up doing flatbeds I'd be interested in hearing about your experiences. Not many doing flatbeds here. I'll keep you updated! For now, I'm going to finish up watching smokey and the bandit for the first time with my wife.
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"Training film"
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Make sure to deduct it from your taxes.
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Trainning is going pretty good. halfway in i got got food poisoning in gallup new mexico, and had to go to the hospital, then I had to ride a greyhound home. Going back out tomorrow. Got one of these, say hello if see me out there goons 
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Feb 17, 2015 22:21
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Why do they always make
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Splizwarf posted:Why do they always make http://youtu.be/B3kngIqC1wg A good video on the subject.
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AllPraiseToAllah posted:Trainning is going pretty good. halfway in i got got food poisoning in gallup new mexico, and had to go to the hospital, then I had to ride a greyhound home. Going back out tomorrow. Got one of these, say hello if see me out there goons Lol I have to know where you ate. I lived in Gallup for years and a bunch of places there are sketchy as gently caress.
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VOR LOC posted:Lol I have to know where you ate. I lived in Gallup for years and a bunch of places there are sketchy as gently caress. It was a little hole in the wall poo poo hole. It was a fried burrito that had probably been left out under the heat lamp too long. I don't remember the name of it. Lots of native Americans in gallup though. When I was in the ER, some native american lady was screaming about being in pain, and the doctor whispered to one of the nurses, "Shes just going though withdraw, which builds character, so don't give her anything but a Tylenol.
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InterceptorV8 posted:http://youtu.be/B3kngIqC1wg 
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AllPraiseToAllah posted:gallup new mexico AllPraiseToAllah posted:a fried burrito that had probably been left out under the heat lamp too long It was an Allsup's, wasn't it? Probably the best-tasting fried burrito you can buy, but the company only pays window-licker wages and basic sanitation with window-lickers is questionable at best, so every time you buy food from an Allsup's you roll the dice on food poisoning.
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Another bright idea from ATAquote:The American Trucking Association has announced their agenda for 2015 which predictably lists HOS fixes and highway funding at the top of their priorities, but they also have one goal that’s a bit of a surprise. They want to lower the minimum driver age to 18 years old.
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InterceptorV8 posted:Another bright idea from ATA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iabC7-9YUG4 Sure, bring people out who haven't been on the road for more than just a few years in a car, that'll bump our driver numbers and fill the ranks with kids who don't know what a good paycheck is...
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0rganDonor posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iabC7-9YUG4 What IS a good paycheck anyway? 
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Oh god. I can only imagine what the starting cpm rate will be for new drivers now if that new age requirement goes into effect.
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InterceptorV8 posted:What IS a good paycheck anyway? Turk February posted:Oh god. I can only imagine what the starting cpm rate will be for new drivers now if that new age requirement goes into effect. poo poo, I started at PAM at 17.5 cpm as a team driver.
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InterceptorV8 posted:What IS a good paycheck anyway? I just surpassed my father's wage (he hauls dirt these days so he's paid hourly). He's been driving trucks for 35+ years. I've been fixing them for two. Quite a hosed up industry, this one. Turbo Fondant fucked around with this message at 05:16 on Feb 21, 2015 |
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I figure I won't want to be out on the roads much longer if the ATA comes up with any more Real Bright Ideas®
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Yup, age is definitely the thing you lot are complaining about the most, flawless plan.
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Skip to 5:48 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1JTQni5K5wM
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Jared592 posted:That trailer took it pretty well!
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I used to work on those wind turbines up the hill to the right. That intersection was always a pucker moment when trying to go straight, like the truck that smoked the trailer, as almost no one went straight. 97 is just about the only highway going north/south unless you wanted to drive 70 odd miles to the west.
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Jared592 posted:That trailer took it pretty well! Yeah no poo poo. I wonder what was going through the mind of the guy filming the whole thing (besides "What the gently caress?!")
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SouthLAnd posted:Yeah no poo poo. "This cuntbag just loving ruined my whole drive. I'm not getting out of here for an hour, and that's only if my truck didn't get so much as farted on by that trailer. Now I'm not going to be able to unload in time and I'll be stuck in BFE sleeping"
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He could've had the decency to use all the time he now had standing around to edit that loving video down a bit.
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Jared592 posted:That trailer took it pretty well! Always thought trailers were made of paper bags and dried monkey poo poo from watching Highway to Hell. But if you slow it down, you can see the rear wheels took the brunt of the impact. I'd bet that a foot or two in in either direction and that trailer would have been in pieces. I hope the driver of the truck that hit that dumbass was okay, that was a hell of a hit.  MrYenko posted:He could've had the decent to use all the time he now had standing around to edit that loving video down a bit. Kinda tempted to set my cam for at least 5 minute clips now though. Dunno about 10, since the firmware on mine won't let me FF/RW. Then again, I have my laptop with me pretty much constantly, so popping the SD card into it isn't exactly a big deal. Battery on my camera is shot enough that I can't play back video without it plugged in anyway (it'll power on for about 30 seconds without being plugged in). randomidiot fucked around with this message at 13:45 on Feb 27, 2015 |
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