Superdog Posted October 18, 2012 Share Posted October 18, 2012 Had a really shitty ending to my day yesterday.I was hauling big round bales of cornstalks from a farm to a big dairy farm.Where they had me unloading was a real bad spot,the"path" was dirt and was crowned really bad,started raining and it got pretty greasy.I was backing in slow and could see I need to pull up and get over about a foot,stopped put in in low and just as I let out on the clutch,the trailer slid to the right and almost went clear over.I got up on the load and started undoing straps to relieve the pressure so the trailer would come back down,trying to be real careful,got all the ones undone I need to and was climbing down of the bales,slipped and went over backasswards and hit the ground left shoulder first.I could tell right away I screwed something up bad.Got up and started dragging the straps out of the way,and directed the guy with the loader(who all this time sat in the dry cab of his Volvo endloader and watched) which bales to move.Got the trailer back on its wheels,straps in the side box and got the hell out of there.Got home and unhooked,by now I was really hurting,wife took me down to the ER.Nothing broke but I tore all the ligaments loose in my shoulder.Now I got my arm in a sling for the next 6 weeks. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/27884-fat-guys-cant-fly/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
other dog Posted October 18, 2012 Share Posted October 18, 2012 Dang, sorry to hear of this! My thumb is still sore from where that strap broke when I was tightening it, and that's just a thumb- you gonna be hurtin' a while! Quote Producer of poorly photo-chopped pictures since 1999. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/27884-fat-guys-cant-fly/#findComment-142193 Share on other sites More sharing options...
57 bcr Posted October 18, 2012 Share Posted October 18, 2012 Ouch!! Glad we didn't read about an Iowa trucker crushed by a round bale,Mike! Take care and get well soon! Quote IF YOU BOUGHT IT, A TRUCK BROUGHT IT..AND WHEN YOU'RE DONE WITH IT, A TRUCK WILL HAUL IT AWAY!!! Big John Trimble,WRVA Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/27884-fat-guys-cant-fly/#findComment-142194 Share on other sites More sharing options...
hatcity Posted October 18, 2012 Share Posted October 18, 2012 That SUCKS!!!!!!!Give yourself plenty of time to recover. Quote Success is only a stones throw away.................................................................for a Palestinian Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/27884-fat-guys-cant-fly/#findComment-142197 Share on other sites More sharing options...
farmer52 Posted October 18, 2012 Share Posted October 18, 2012 OUCH!!!! I hurt just reading your message. Hope you recover 100%. Quote Ken PRR Country and Charter member of the "Mack Pack" Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/27884-fat-guys-cant-fly/#findComment-142198 Share on other sites More sharing options...
vision386 Posted October 18, 2012 Share Posted October 18, 2012 Sorry to hear about that trouble! happens to the best of us though,just make sure you take the time to get straightened out before going to work,just make it worse (take it from a man whose wife is a nurse!) i fart crossways she wants me to see a doctor!............Mark Quote Mack Truck literate. Computer illiterate. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/27884-fat-guys-cant-fly/#findComment-142207 Share on other sites More sharing options...
umodelnut Posted October 19, 2012 Share Posted October 19, 2012 Sorry to hear Mike, hope you get better as quick as you can! Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/27884-fat-guys-cant-fly/#findComment-142209 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mack mhe9 Posted October 19, 2012 Share Posted October 19, 2012 yea we dont bounce like we used to, hope you fell better Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/27884-fat-guys-cant-fly/#findComment-142214 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mack mhe9 Posted October 19, 2012 Share Posted October 19, 2012 oops i ment feel, sorry no pun intended, Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/27884-fat-guys-cant-fly/#findComment-142217 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike69mackman Posted October 19, 2012 Share Posted October 19, 2012 Mike I hope you heal up real soon! Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/27884-fat-guys-cant-fly/#findComment-142231 Share on other sites More sharing options...
DodgeMan Posted October 19, 2012 Share Posted October 19, 2012 Thant sucks, rest up and take it easy try not to go back to work right away. Give it time to heal. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/27884-fat-guys-cant-fly/#findComment-142233 Share on other sites More sharing options...
220cummins Posted October 19, 2012 Share Posted October 19, 2012 sorry to hear your mis-fortune get well soon and hope you have a speedy recovery. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/27884-fat-guys-cant-fly/#findComment-142270 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bullhusk Posted October 19, 2012 Share Posted October 19, 2012 SHIT Mike that sucks!!! Get better soon!!BULLHUSK Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/27884-fat-guys-cant-fly/#findComment-142272 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brocky Posted October 19, 2012 Share Posted October 19, 2012 MikeSorry to hear about your shoulder. Hopefully yours will heal up OK.Most 2 yreas ago I fell and ended up with what they called a "Torn Rotator Cuff". Had to have surgery and it took a whole year before it was some where back to normal, and still do not have total use of it.My prayers are with you.Brocky Quote Brocky Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/27884-fat-guys-cant-fly/#findComment-142275 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted October 19, 2012 Share Posted October 19, 2012 Ooch.......that makes me hurt all over again since I spent all last year with a shreaded rotator cuff, right shoulder. Now I go to the same surgeon next week with the left shoulder to get a MRI.So yes Mike I feel your pain. Only thing to do is take it easy.Get better soon!mike Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/27884-fat-guys-cant-fly/#findComment-142276 Share on other sites More sharing options...
b61mack Posted October 19, 2012 Share Posted October 19, 2012 Mike sorry to hear about yor shoulder, hope you get healed quickly. Ron Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/27884-fat-guys-cant-fly/#findComment-142310 Share on other sites More sharing options...
41chevy Posted October 19, 2012 Share Posted October 19, 2012 Take time to get better Mike. By the way, we fat guys can fly, we just don't land well. Paul Quote "OPERTUNITY IS MISSED BY MOST PEOPLE BECAUSE IT IS DRESSED IN OVERALLS AND LOOKS LIKE WORK" Thomas Edison “Life’s journey is not to arrive at the grave safely, in a well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out, shouting ‘Holy shit, what a ride!’” P.T.CHESHIRE Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/27884-fat-guys-cant-fly/#findComment-142312 Share on other sites More sharing options...
other dog Posted October 19, 2012 Share Posted October 19, 2012 Ooch.......that makes me hurt all over again since I spent all last year with a shreaded rotator cuff, right shoulder. Now I go to the same surgeon next week with the left shoulder to get a MRI.So yes Mike I feel your pain. Only thing to do is take it easy.Get better soon!mike so...what i'm hearing you say is you'll probably never pitch in the big leagues again? Quote Producer of poorly photo-chopped pictures since 1999. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/27884-fat-guys-cant-fly/#findComment-142314 Share on other sites More sharing options...
RowdyRebel Posted October 20, 2012 Share Posted October 20, 2012 Dang...that's probably my biggest fear is doing something dumb & being out of work for any length of time. I pay for my fuel as I go, so I'd have revenue coming in for the next couple weeks that would get me through 5-6 months if I had to sit out....but then I'd have no money to pay for fuel when I got back to work, so I'd have to get a fuel card through the carrier and be limited to where I could fuel....and they'd have that time stamp to match up with the log book. Besides that, I gotta work. I broke my collar bone about 10 years ago and had to sit for 6 weeks...got bored & almost joined the Army. Took the ASVAB for something to do & scored in the 99th percentile...and after that the recruiter wouldn't leave me alone. Went up to St. Louis MEPS to see what they had to offer...passed the physical in A1 perfect condition & could have started basic immediately (it was still going to be 2 more weeks before the company I was working for at the time would let me back in their truck)....IF they had only had the job I wanted available & been willing to pay off my student loans. Wasn't going to happen...I could either take a job I didn't want and have the loans paid off, or take the job I wanted and keep the debt....and for the cut in pay I was already going to be taking enlisting as an E4, I couldn't afford to keep the debt. recruiter got about a dozen phone calls from his higher ups wanting to know why I didn't get signed up before I even made it back to his office.....So yeah, me getting hurt and being put out of commission is a bad thing. First the money gets tight...but more importantly I get stir crazy if I'm stuck sitting around too much with nothing to do.Hell, the day after I broke my collar bone, I was under my '86 Ranger hanging a new exhaust, starter, battery cables, etc...needed it to be roadworthy since I couldn't ride the bike. Still have the pain pills the doc prescribed...never hurt bad enough to take 'em.Anyway, getting hurt sucks. Don't do anything too wild & crazy while you're trying to heal...trust me, it doesn't help the healing process any. Quote When approaching a 4-way stop, the vehicle with the biggest tires has the right of way! Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/27884-fat-guys-cant-fly/#findComment-142321 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vladislav Posted October 20, 2012 Share Posted October 20, 2012 Sorry Mike about happened. Quote Никогда не бывает слишком много грузовиков! leversole 11.2012 Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/27884-fat-guys-cant-fly/#findComment-142393 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted October 20, 2012 Share Posted October 20, 2012 so...what i'm hearing you say is you'll probably never pitch in the big leagues again?Tom, Your probably correct.......but I can still throw a curve ball and i'm good with my fingers and hands. Never throw in the towel.mike Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/27884-fat-guys-cant-fly/#findComment-142395 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green Dash Posted October 20, 2012 Share Posted October 20, 2012 Best wishes for a speedy recovery. Quote Jim Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/27884-fat-guys-cant-fly/#findComment-142467 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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