"WTF" Things Wheel Holders Do

[Duck]

We had to pull an OC off a hill.

Orange Cabover?
Overweight Cascadia?
Occupy Communist?
Outside Carrier?
Overturned Cactus?
Octopus Club?
Outlaw Chinchilla?
Omnivorous Chipmunk?



You seem to have so many acronyms there, one might think Walnut World was a government operation.

 

[8978]

You seem to have so many acronyms there, one might think Walnut World was a government operation.

We need an LOA

 

[Duck]

We need an LOA

Letter of Apology? We sure do.


Or were you talking about a linear optical amplifier? 'cause that would work too. Um.. I think?

 

[8978]

Letter of Apology? We sure do.

List Of Acronyms

 

[Duck]

List Of Acronyms

We won't need a list if they'd just knock it the fuck off & say the freakin' words so people don't need a degree in acronymology to know what the fuck they're talking about.

@Tazz drives for Pink Floyd.
That's what the PF stands for..

He hauls cheap chinese junk around for Pink Floyd.

 

[Southern Fried]

Orange Cabover?
Overweight Cascadia?
Occupy Communist?
Outside Carrier?
Overturned Cactus?
Octopus Club?
Outlaw Chinchilla?
Omnivorous Chipmunk?



You seem to have so many acronyms there, one might think Walnut World was a government operation.

Aww, you left us Canadians out of your list.

 

[Uncle Birchy]

Orange Cabover?
Overweight Cascadia?
Occupy Communist?
Outside Carrier?
Overturned Cactus?
Octopus Club?
Outlaw Chinchilla?
Omnivorous Chipmunk?



You seem to have so many acronyms there, one might think Walnut World was a government operation.

.

Some big corporations have such rigid structrue and layers of "bureaucracy" that it would make those hardened "career" politicans on Capital HILL "blush" even

 

[Uncle Birchy]

Or it expedites conversations and is in common use in fast paced environments.

I quit working Fast Food back in High School and I ain't been back since

 

[Uncle Birchy]

Letter of Apology? We sure do.


Or were you talking about a linear optical amplifier? 'cause that would work too. Um.. I think?

Damn what are you and @Skateboard "smoking"...

Can ya score me a DimeBag

 

[Tazz]

I was not gonna share this but with the intent of @Injun for this thread I suppose it fits. I want to make it clear this was no steering wheel holder. Farmer Dan was a Two Million Mile Accident free driver. He got lax in his safety and paid the ultimate price for that decision.

Trucker killed in accident at Paragould Walmart

Williams said the driver “exited his truck to check the rear doors when the truck rolled backward over him.”


Dan was backed into the pit and went back to place his bills in the handle and get his lock off. Freightliners have a brake lag on the trailer service brakes. This held the truck just long enough for him to get between the dock and the truck before it crushed him between the two.

His wife sat in her seat ten minutes before going to see why he was taking so long. She is the one that found him.

We have protocols to prevent this, and now if you exit the cab without the parking brake set the horn starts blowing until the door closes, or you set the brake.

RIP Dan Farmer

 

[hatchettxx]

I think Ducky's been driving a sissy autoshift. In my truck, you have to push the clutch pedal to the floor or it won't start.

 

[AK7]

Sorry about your buddy,Tazz.

 

[Uncle Birchy]

Here @Injun this is at the TA in Laredo Texas......



Not sure if some DOOFUS backed into the puump or someone hit it straight on from the parking row in front of fuel island ...

Anyhow thought I'd contribute

 

[Injun]

Aww, you left us Canadians out of your list.

Obnoxious Canuck?
Odoriferous Canadian?
Ornery Coot?

(actually, that last one is purely in your honor..)

 

[Injun]

I was not gonna share this but with the intent of @Injun for this thread I suppose it fits. I want to make it clear this was no steering wheel holder. Farmer Dan was a Two Million Mile Accident free driver. He got lax in his safety and paid the ultimate price for that decision.

Trucker killed in accident at Paragould Walmart

Williams said the driver “exited his truck to check the rear doors when the truck rolled backward over him.”


Dan was backed into the pit and went back to place his bills in the handle and get his lock off. Freightliners have a brake lag on the trailer service brakes. This held the truck just long enough for him to get between the dock and the truck before it crushed him between the two.

His wife sat in her seat ten minutes before going to see why he was taking so long. She is the one that found him.

We have protocols to prevent this, and now if you exit the cab without the parking brake set the horn starts blowing until the door closes, or you set the brake.

RIP Dan Farmer

When I'm droppin' and hookin' without going inside, I usually stop with my tractor up on the flat before the pit break. I keep my tractor maintained and brakes are at the top of my list of stuff, but that doesn't mean I won't have a brain fart. I have about 30 feet to move my ass before the trailer hits the dock. I just don't like that creepy feeling of being between the trailer and dock door.

Typically, though, I go up on the dock and have the manager open the empty trailer so I can verify it's empty, then seal and lock it while they're watching. That means I have to get the lock off the drop trailer...which I do when they open the door.

There are a few reasons for this: First, I don't end up between the trailer and the dock, Second, the manager can verify the trailer was locked and check the seal before signing my seal log and third, it keeps the trailer empty.

Been TVs end up inside trailers, garbage and even an associate once. Driver checked the trailer was empty, but didn't seal and lock it. By the time he'd returned to his truck, some associates thought it would be funny to throw one of their peers into the trailer and closed the door behind him. Eight hours later, when the driver opened the door at the Hermiston gate, the extremely pissed associate was discovered inside the trailer. Luckily, it was not an extreme temperature day either way and he wasn't injured. However, there was a store with some sudden job openings.

 

[Southern Fried]

Obnoxious Canuck?
Odoriferous Canadian?
Ornery Coot?

(actually, that last one is purely in your honor.)

Awww, thankyew. I promise to live up to my new title.

Now sityer butt down in that chair properly young lady. Chairs don't grow on trees ya know.

 

[mndriver]

Awww, thankyew. I promise to live up to my new title.

Now sityer butt down in that chair properly young lady. Chairs don't grow on trees ya know.

hell, with today's wind, she needs to sit in it just to keep it from blowing away.

 

[Tazz]

When I'm droppin' and hookin' without going inside, I usually stop with my tractor up on the flat before the pit break. I keep my tractor maintained and brakes are at the top of my list of stuff, but that doesn't mean I won't have a brain fart. I have about 30 feet to move my ass before the trailer hits the dock. I just don't like that creepy feeling of being between the trailer and dock door.

Typically, though, I go up on the dock and have the manager open the empty trailer so I can verify it's empty, then seal and lock it while they're watching. That means I have to get the lock off the drop trailer...which I do when they open the door.

There are a few reasons for this: First, I don't end up between the trailer and the dock, Second, the manager can verify the trailer was locked and check the seal before signing my seal log and third, it keeps the trailer empty.

Been TVs end up inside trailers, garbage and even an associate once. Driver checked the trailer was empty, but didn't seal and lock it. By the time he'd returned to his truck, some associates thought it would be funny to throw one of their peers into the trailer and closed the door behind him. Eight hours later, when the driver opened the door at the Hermiston gate, the extremely pissed associate was discovered inside the trailer. Luckily, it was not an extreme temperature day either way and he wasn't injured. However, there was a store with some sudden job openings.

Our policy is to always stop before entering the dock and inspect it for debris, urban outdoors man, and fixed objects. Some of the older Division one stores have yellow poles blocking down spouts and such.

I had always backed half way in or a little better with the thought if there is an attack I want to narrow the area of combat. Some of the areas in St Louis and Indianapolis we deliver to is rampant with gangs.

After his accident I stop up on the flat or at least with the tail of my trailer outside the "dock" area. I have caught myself in a hurry in the rain jumping out to put the bills in and grab my lock and had the truck start to roll. The only reason I was not in the same boat was timing. So now I follow policy.

 

[mndriver]

sitting here waiting for the wind to die down because I have the time.

Watching a swifty back in to my right.

Complete with his obligatory horn sounding.

 

[ironpony]

sitting here waiting for the wind to die down because I have the time.

Watching a swifty back in to my right.

Complete with his obligatory horn sounding.

Obligatory? More like "extremely optional." Kinda like that "pretrip required," on the side of Weener trucks.