HeavyGunner Posted August 4, 2011 Share Posted August 4, 2011 This was the first (and last) time that I ever road in a truck without being behind the wheel. Although I was uncomfortable with my bosses decision to make me team drive so I wouldnt miss this load of fat calves going to Kansas I did it any way. About an hour and a half into the trip my co-pilot woke me up to make sure he was on the right road. I came to the passenger seat buckled in and confirmed we were on the right road and warned him that the road was extremely windy with true 90 degree corners so when the yellow sign says 45mph he better hit em about 30. He assured me he has driven lots of trucks and then he caught back up with the truck that we were running with so should be no problems right? About 30 min later he called me out of the bunk because the other truck lost him in some foothills and wanted to make sure again we were on the right road. Begrudgingly I got out of my bunk and when i was in the door way of the bunk I heard him start screaming every obscenity known to man and at the same time felt the cattle shift and we started our roll over. I ended up fracturing 3 vertebrea in my lower back, bulged 5 discs in my neck, broke both hands, fractured and badly bruised my sternum and pulled my right hip out of socket. We had 124 fat calves on and lost 11, luckily a ranch nearby say the dust cloud and came to investigate and was able to get me out of the truck since diesel fuel was leaking everywhere. Then he went and got help and tools to cut the top out of the trailer to get the cattle out. Quote The problems we face today exist because the people who work for a living are outnumbered by the people who vote for a living.The government can only "give" someone what they first take from another. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RowdyRebel Posted August 4, 2011 Share Posted August 4, 2011 Looks like the petercar was plum wore out and laid down for a nap.... Quote When approaching a 4-way stop, the vehicle with the biggest tires has the right of way! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted August 4, 2011 Share Posted August 4, 2011 rookies,,,dont ya love em.thats messed up man.bob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rhasler Posted August 4, 2011 Share Posted August 4, 2011 Glad you made it out.Should've called Otherdog and told him to fire up the grill after the accident was cleaned up. Quote "Mebbe I'm too ugly and stupid to give up!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeavyGunner Posted August 4, 2011 Author Share Posted August 4, 2011 rookies,,,dont ya love em.thats messed up man.bobYeah no kidding, I would have to know someone very well to ride with them now but I dont think I could sleep a wink because every little noise and normal movement would scare the hell outa me. Live and learn I guess. Quote The problems we face today exist because the people who work for a living are outnumbered by the people who vote for a living.The government can only "give" someone what they first take from another. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slpwlker Posted August 4, 2011 Share Posted August 4, 2011 Man glad you made it out alive althought battered and bruised. Nothing worse then a perfectley good truck laid over. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeavyGunner Posted August 4, 2011 Author Share Posted August 4, 2011 Man glad you made it out alive althought battered and bruised. Nothing worse then a perfectley good truck laid over.Thanks slpwlker, I do feel pretty danged lucky to have come out of it pretty well. Lucky for the boss that was the oldest and highest mileage truck in his small fleet. It had about 900,000mi on it and was getting tired. Maybe rowdyrebel was right and it just got tired and laid down for a nap. 1 Quote The problems we face today exist because the people who work for a living are outnumbered by the people who vote for a living.The government can only "give" someone what they first take from another. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeavyGunner Posted August 4, 2011 Author Share Posted August 4, 2011 Glad you made it out.Should've called Otherdog and told him to fire up the grill after the accident was cleaned up.Nuthin' like fresh beef. Quote The problems we face today exist because the people who work for a living are outnumbered by the people who vote for a living.The government can only "give" someone what they first take from another. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted August 4, 2011 Share Posted August 4, 2011 Yeah no kidding, I would have to know someone very well to ride with them now but I dont think I could sleep a wink because every little noise and normal movement would scare the hell outa me. Live and learn I guess.ya,man,,fogot to mention,i was teaming for a while around 1990,and i was dreaming we got in an accident,when i woke up,,the co driver said,,man im glad your ready to drive,,i kept dozing off,couldnt stay awake,oh brother thats just what i wanted to hear,,from then on i did all the night driving,i dont think i could do it now,,as you said i dont sleep very sound anymore...takes special people to do team work,i realy didnt care for it,,,too much time in the rig.lol.bob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
other dog Posted August 4, 2011 Share Posted August 4, 2011 Wow, glad you weren't hurt any worse, but that was bad enough! Probably the worst place to be, just getting up. I can't- or won't, I should say- run double either. Otis and myself ran double to Homestead, Fl. a few years ago and I probably slept a couple hours during the whole trip. If I ever did doze off, the first time we hit a bump i'd be wide awake. Quote Producer of poorly photo-chopped pictures since 1999. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hatcity Posted August 4, 2011 Share Posted August 4, 2011 Damn, you got all effed up. BUT you are here to tell the story. Thats a good thing.Looks like you got a long road to recover. (no pun intended) You're gonna need a nurse (pics) to wipe yur azz, and get you food to continue the cycle. I was bed bound for 14 weeks awhile back. NOT FUN.Good luck on your recovery. Quote Success is only a stones throw away.................................................................for a Palestinian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeavyGunner Posted August 5, 2011 Author Share Posted August 5, 2011 Damn, you got all effed up. BUT you are here to tell the story. Thats a good thing.Looks like you got a long road to recover. (no pun intended) You're gonna need a nurse (pics) to wipe yur azz, and get you food to continue the cycle. I was bed bound for 14 weeks awhile back. NOT FUN.Good luck on your recovery.Didnt need a nurse but it was a helluva reach there for awhile, I refused to be wiped. But you are right the recovery (some still on going) was 8 months off work. Been back to work since April of '08 and everything is pretty good. I just relearned how to do a lot of things differently than before. And above all I am a lucky bastard in my opinion and am glad to be here. Shared the pics because I finally just got them this week and was amazed at what I walked away from...well sorta walked away from Quote The problems we face today exist because the people who work for a living are outnumbered by the people who vote for a living.The government can only "give" someone what they first take from another. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hatcity Posted August 5, 2011 Share Posted August 5, 2011 So this is OOOOOOOOOLD news. Glad you were able to get back into it though.My wife was my nurse. W/C paid her 12 hrs/day for 14 weeks, then 6 hours until I could move about with little difficulty.(cruthces) Quote Success is only a stones throw away.................................................................for a Palestinian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeavyGunner Posted August 6, 2011 Author Share Posted August 6, 2011 So this is OOOOOOOOOLD news. Glad you were able to get back into it though.My wife was my nurse. W/C paid her 12 hrs/day for 14 weeks, then 6 hours until I could move about with little difficulty.(cruthces)Yes sir, old news. Just got the pics and thought they would be fun to show. Sorry if you got the impression that it was breaking news. My bad Quote The problems we face today exist because the people who work for a living are outnumbered by the people who vote for a living.The government can only "give" someone what they first take from another. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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