Super Trucker Saturday

[Bobby j]

  On 4/20/2014 at 11:40 AM, mack mhe9 said:

Sitting at the tollbooth I here the breaks set. Nothing good come from that. Well apparently you have to pay to use the I-PASS. So he jumps out and starts fighting with the lady in his professional foot wear.

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He gets my vote.

. Are those the modern day cowboy boots ???...bobby j.

[maint1]

Went to W.Va. To tow in a truck hit while parked in truckstop. The bracket for the mid turn signal off the trailer that hit him was buried in the fiberglass.

[PeterMack]

This happened at a local dump last week. A friend of a friend was there to catch this mishap.

Had to been a shitty feeling.

[GreenGiant2]

easy way to change tires. must be tail gate wasn't open

[PeterMack]

This had to have been one helluva ride.

[Maddog13407]

must have been the chiefs son driving? we have that going on here in our dept. chiefs son can do no wrong.

[gearhead204]

tillering 101 follow the cab

[rsb502]

  On 5/3/2014 at 12:28 PM, Maddog13407 said:

must have been the chiefs son driving? we have that going on here in our dept. chiefs son can do no wrong.

Take a video with your phone and show it to the board at the next meeting, itll stop.

[41chevy]

And it doesn't stop there.

[gearhead204]

Stanly or Lufkin could have saved a big head ache in that last pic.

[41chevy]

  On 5/3/2014 at 9:27 PM, gearhead204 said:

Stanly or Lufkin could have saved a big head ache in that last pic.

From what I read it was all planned by Garmen. Paul

[vision386]

Make a left Daddy,make a right Daddy,we'll be in the clear Daddy!................You Moose-twit!

[other dog]

Well...i've told this story before, but it's been a while. Once upon a time, a turned a 1998 Freightliner over. This one here in fact-

I had been running my ass off all week, picked up a load of coils in Middletown, Ohio and unloaded at Walker Muffler in Harrisonburg, Va. on a Thursday evening. They had nothing going on when I got unloaded, so I went home to Appomattox, Va. At 4:45pm the dispatcher called and told me to go to Salem, Va. and get a load of joists going to La Plata, Md.

I didn't like it, I didn't want to, but at the time we pretty much had no choice. I was highly pissed too, because it was a quarter 'til 5- and if i'd gone straight from Harrisonburg down I-81 to Salem, i'd have been there already. Should have never answered the phone, but that's hindsight.

So I leave on this mission, drive 2 hours to Salem, chain the load down- which was the biggest and heaviest load of joists i'd ever pulled. It was 3 tiers high, about 47,000 lbs. if I remember right, but they wanted to get it all on one load.

Got to La Plata around 3 am, after having been up since about 7 or 8 am the day before. I found the job site, happy as hell- all I was waiting for was the wheels to stop turning so I could jump in the bunk. I turned in off of rt. 301 and felt the trailer drop into a hole. It was actually a ditch- unmarked by the way- and I came to an abrupt halt.Then the truck rocked back and forth a few times- instead of calming down like I thought it would, it actually went over farther to the right every time it rocked. I thought "gee- this sumbitch is gonna turn......". And the last time it rocked it kept on going...and turned over on the right side.

First thing I did was reach for the key to shut it off as I was capsizing. Then I climbed out of the escape hatch- AKA the driver side window- and started to find a phone. This was before cell phones were invented. Then I decided I should catch my log book up, so I climbed back in the escape hatch, found my log book in the debris pile, and was sitting there doing my log book when a cop shined a flashlight through the windshield. He said "are you all right?"

"Well, yeah- just turned over."

Long story short-

I called headquarters to explain the situation. They sent a wrecker to the scene. Never saw the cops again-I was off the road on private property, so I got no ticket. They set the truck up, towed it to a garage, took the fan off because it was broken, and I drove it back to Appomattox.

And I have never tried to find a job site that i'm not familiar with until daylight ever since.

[rsb502]

  On 5/4/2014 at 12:21 AM, other dog said:

Well...i've told this story before, but it's been a while. Once upon a time, a turned a 1998 Freightliner over. This one here in fact-

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I had been running my ass off all week, picked up a load of coils in Middletown, Ohio and unloaded at Walker Muffler in Harrisonburg, Va. on a Thursday evening. They had nothing going on when I got unloaded, so I went home to Appomattox, Va. At 4:45pm the dispatcher called and told me to go to Salem, Va. and get a load of joists going to La Plata, Md.

I didn't like it, I didn't want to, but at the time we pretty much had no choice. I was highly pissed too, because it was a quarter 'til 5- and if i'd gone straight from Harrisonburg down I-81 to Salem, i'd have been there already. Should have never answered the phone, but that's hindsight.

So I leave on this mission, drive 2 hours to Salem, chain the load down- which was the biggest and heaviest load of joists i'd ever pulled. It was 3 tiers high, about 47,000 lbs. if I remember right, but they wanted to get it all on one load.

Got to La Plata around 3 am, after having been up since about 7 or 8 am the day before. I found the job site, happy as hell- all I was waiting for was the wheels to stop turning so I could jump in the bunk. I turned in off of rt. 301 and felt the trailer drop into a hole. It was actually a ditch- unmarked by the way- and I came to an abrupt halt.Then the truck rocked back and forth a few times- instead of calming down like I thought it would, it actually went over farther to the right every time it rocked. I thought "gee- this sumbitch is gonna turn......". And the last time it rocked it kept on going...and turned over on the right side.

First thing I did was reach for the key to shut it off as I was capsizing. Then I climbed out of the escape hatch- AKA the driver side window- and started to find a phone. This was before cell phones were invented. Then I decided I should catch my log book up, so I climbed back in the escape hatch, found my log book in the debris pile, and was sitting there doing my log book when a cop shined a flashlight through the windshield. He said "are you all right?"

"Well, yeah- just turned over."

Long story short-

I called headquarters to explain the situation. They sent a wrecker to the scene. Never saw the cops again-I was off the road on private property, so I got no ticket. They set the truck up, towed it to a garage, took the fan off because it was broken, and I drove it back to Appomattox.

And I have never tried to find a job site that i'm not familiar with until daylight ever since.

Learning can be Fun!

[rsb502]

  On 5/3/2014 at 4:27 PM, 41chevy said:

And it doesn't stop there.

So as a truck driver your supposed to kow your height, weight etc and watch for clearance and weght restrictions......but as a house moving company you just wing it with Garmin and eyeball the height! ok sounds about right to me.

[blackdog2]

  On 5/4/2014 at 12:21 AM, other dog said:

Well...i've told this story before, but it's been a while. Once upon a time, a turned a 1998 Freightliner over. This one here in fact-

dscn2315.jpg

I had been running my ass off all week, picked up a load of coils in Middletown, Ohio and unloaded at Walker Muffler in Harrisonburg, Va. on a Thursday evening. They had nothing going on when I got unloaded, so I went home to Appomattox, Va. At 4:45pm the dispatcher called and told me to go to Salem, Va. and get a load of joists going to La Plata, Md.

I didn't like it, I didn't want to, but at the time we pretty much had no choice. I was highly pissed too, because it was a quarter 'til 5- and if i'd gone straight from Harrisonburg down I-81 to Salem, i'd have been there already. Should have never answered the phone, but that's hindsight.

So I leave on this mission, drive 2 hours to Salem, chain the load down- which was the biggest and heaviest load of joists i'd ever pulled. It was 3 tiers high, about 47,000 lbs. if I remember right, but they wanted to get it all on one load.

Got to La Plata around 3 am, after having been up since about 7 or 8 am the day before. I found the job site, happy as hell- all I was waiting for was the wheels to stop turning so I could jump in the bunk. I turned in off of rt. 301 and felt the trailer drop into a hole. It was actually a ditch- unmarked by the way- and I came to an abrupt halt.Then the truck rocked back and forth a few times- instead of calming down like I thought it would, it actually went over farther to the right every time it rocked. I thought "gee- this sumbitch is gonna turn......". And the last time it rocked it kept on going...and turned over on the right side.

First thing I did was reach for the key to shut it off as I was capsizing. Then I climbed out of the escape hatch- AKA the driver side window- and started to find a phone. This was before cell phones were invented. Then I decided I should catch my log book up, so I climbed back in the escape hatch, found my log book in the debris pile, and was sitting there doing my log book when a cop shined a flashlight through the windshield. He said "are you all right?"

"Well, yeah- just turned over."

Long story short-

I called headquarters to explain the situation. They sent a wrecker to the scene. Never saw the cops again-I was off the road on private property, so I got no ticket. They set the truck up, towed it to a garage, took the fan off because it was broken, and I drove it back to Appomattox.

And I have never tried to find a job site that i'm not familiar with until daylight ever since.

Sounds like a movie or country song!!!

[41chevy]

  On 5/4/2014 at 3:06 AM, 84superdog said:

So as a truck driver your supposed to kow your height, weight etc and watch for clearance and weght restrictions......but as a house moving company you just wing it with Garmin and eyeball the height! ok sounds about right to me.

You're right. I never moved a building, but common sense tells me to pre check the route for clearances and road conditions. I would also think the people issuing the highway permits would have a say. What is interesting is the single orange flag, no Wide Load and no escort vehicles in sight.

Move a house? Sure Buckwheat has a big wagon and Spanky's got a trailer hitch on his bike and Darla's got a orange dress...lets do it!!

[Back In Black Pulling]

My Super Trucking Sat Night. Clutch is working good

E6 powered Super i think it's about 800 HP

[gearhead204]

Back in black: what weight was the sled? what trans are you running ? I want to give it a try this summer at our pulls in town, I have a e9-500 mack 12sp, I'm guessing 2nd. over or 3td.dir.

[85snowdog]

Thanks for sharing Back in Black, your truck looks and sounds awesome That E6 sure didn't sound like mine.

[brutus998]

Looks good, nice pull!

[BC Mack]

Couldn't wait for Saturday....

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=53d_1399166656

a few f'bombs....

must be good money in oil for Supertrucker to pay for the repairs

BC Mack

[Back In Black Pulling]

Thanks

not sure of weight on sled, it's a little smaller then the big ones

i have 9 speed mack usually run 5th gear with 4/17 s

most of the guys i know with 12s run 3 dr

[rsb502]

I sure would like to know more about that E6 powered truck Albert, it had a lot fo turbo for sure to listen to it.

[41chevy]

A friends Walthers with "auxilery power plant" Paul