Popular Post B MACK Posted August 15, 2016 Popular Post Share Posted August 15, 2016 Our total new construction highway project is coming along. Moved dirt all winter, hauled gravel this spring and summer. Started making it black last week. 3 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/46452-highway-job-coming-together/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
tjc transport Posted August 15, 2016 Share Posted August 15, 2016 are those trailers flow boys, or belly dump? Quote when you are up to your armpits in alligators, it is hard to remember you only came in to drain the swamp.. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/46452-highway-job-coming-together/#findComment-342463 Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeavyGunner Posted August 15, 2016 Share Posted August 15, 2016 Nice, is that the new bypass I heard about in Kalispell? 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 https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/46452-highway-job-coming-together/#findComment-342465 Share on other sites More sharing options...
B MACK Posted August 18, 2016 Author Share Posted August 18, 2016 Yes it is the new by-pass in Kalispell. The trailers are belly dumps. We have a couple flow boys, but don't use them much any more. 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/46452-highway-job-coming-together/#findComment-342742 Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeavyGunner Posted August 18, 2016 Share Posted August 18, 2016 6 hours ago, B MACK said: Yes it is the new by-pass in Kalispell. The trailers are belly dumps. We have a couple flow boys, but don't use them much any more. So where exactly does this bypass go? 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 https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/46452-highway-job-coming-together/#findComment-342751 Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillyT Posted August 19, 2016 Share Posted August 19, 2016 I heard there is an annual contest out west between dump truckers,especially the type where the 2nd bucket fits into the 1st after its empty (only 1 hoist) the ones with the really long tongue between the truck and trailer.It was in Overdrive yrs ago.Does it still exist? May have been in the Antelope Valley. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/46452-highway-job-coming-together/#findComment-342856 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Underdog Posted August 19, 2016 Share Posted August 19, 2016 I heard there is an annual contest out west between dump truckers,especially the type where the 2nd bucket fits into the 1st after its empty (only 1 hoist) the ones with the really long tongue between the truck and trailer.It was in Overdrive yrs ago.Does it still exist? May have been in the Antelope Valley. Transfer dumps. Fun to watch an experienced operator. 2 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/46452-highway-job-coming-together/#findComment-342859 Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlotpilot Posted August 20, 2016 Share Posted August 20, 2016 it takes a few days to get good with a set of those things Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/46452-highway-job-coming-together/#findComment-342868 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Underdog Posted August 20, 2016 Share Posted August 20, 2016 it takes a few days to get good with a set of those things I'm still learning to haul cars after 4 years lol something new might blow my mind! Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/46452-highway-job-coming-together/#findComment-342869 Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillyT Posted August 20, 2016 Share Posted August 20, 2016 Thank you underdog! I have seen them many times on the road,didn't know whet they were called.Overdrive showed a sequence of photos showing the whole process.....amazing! Reginald Denny the driver who was beaten In the LA riots was driving one,4200 Transtar.Just watched the tape on my granddaughters kindle! Even more amazing a black trucker saw it on tv,went to the scene,And risked his life by driving Denny to the hospital in Danny's rig! Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/46452-highway-job-coming-together/#findComment-342871 Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlotpilot Posted August 20, 2016 Share Posted August 20, 2016 9 minutes ago, Underdog said: I'm still learning to haul cars after 4 years lol something new might blow my mind! I should `but I really don`t miss that drill 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/46452-highway-job-coming-together/#findComment-342872 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Underdog Posted August 20, 2016 Share Posted August 20, 2016 I should `but I really don`t miss that drill [emoji4] Trying hard now to quit! Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/46452-highway-job-coming-together/#findComment-342877 Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillyT Posted August 20, 2016 Share Posted August 20, 2016 And you will still be learning on the day you either do something else or retire! Sadly for you folks you just hit upon my favorite subject!! I started hauling cars on a 6car(including the headlamp) single axle tractor,40 ft single axle trailer Ford gas job! My last rig was a Cottrell stinger steered 12car truck and trailer like yours only not as deluxe.Was Leaseway Motorcar out of Dundalk Md.Also owned Nu Car ,Arco,and Anchor Motor Freight. My 1st 12 car load took me 6 hrs to load!! One of my favorite stories involves an o/o in the late 70's.Back when you were allowed to drop s.t.I. After hrs,he gets to the dealer in the middle of the night with 7 datsons.The gates are locked and he has a good load in the morning! Hmm. What would you do? Had a 7000 gmc with a low headlamp.He pulls up against the cyclone fence,drags his long skids,from the back throws them over the fence climbs up the headlamp,and drops into the dealers lot! Pins his skids climbs up onto the trailer and unloads the top which he had already untied. Throws one skid over the fence climbs up the other,throws it down.Drags the skids to the rear of the trailer,unloads the bottom,loads the top,repeats the deal with the skids,stows them back on the trailer, and leaves! Bet that dealer was scratching his head in the morning he told me.lol those datsons had a very short overhang you wouldn't get away with that on most cars today. Next time folks...The missing bridge on rt 36 in pa,with no warning signs,and how do you straighten the quarter panel on a Datson you bent from tying it down too tight ! Obviously that's headramp not headlamp freaking spelchek! 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/46452-highway-job-coming-together/#findComment-342902 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Horse Posted August 28, 2016 Share Posted August 28, 2016 On 8/20/2016 at 2:32 PM, BillyT said: And you will still be learning on the day you either do something else or retire! Sadly for you folks you just hit upon my favorite subject!! I started hauling cars on a 6car(including the headlamp) single axle tractor,40 ft single axle trailer Ford gas job! My last rig was a Cottrell stinger steered 12car truck and trailer like yours only not as deluxe.Was Leaseway Motorcar out of Dundalk Md.Also owned Nu Car ,Arco,and Anchor Motor Freight. My 1st 12 car load took me 6 hrs to load!! One of my favorite stories involves an o/o in the late 70's.Back when you were allowed to drop s.t.I. After hrs,he gets to the dealer in the middle of the night with 7 datsons.The gates are locked and he has a good load in the morning! Hmm. What would you do? Had a 7000 gmc with a low headlamp.He pulls up against the cyclone fence,drags his long skids,from the back throws them over the fence climbs up the headlamp,and drops into the dealers lot! Pins his skids climbs up onto the trailer and unloads the top which he had already untied. Throws one skid over the fence climbs up the other,throws it down.Drags the skids to the rear of the trailer,unloads the bottom,loads the top,repeats the deal with the skids,stows them back on the trailer, and leaves! Bet that dealer was scratching his head in the morning he told me.lol those datsons had a very short overhang you wouldn't get away with that on most cars today. Next time folks...The missing bridge on rt 36 in pa,with no warning signs,and how do you straighten the quarter panel on a Datson you bent from tying it down too tight ! Obviously that's headramp not headlamp freaking spelchek! So you car haulers can verify. As a young supervisor I had a driver who in his prior life worked for NuCar out of the old Ford plant in Mahwah NJ. He would tell tales about dealers who gave him a hard time and his comment was..."if they gave me shit I promised them a load of camels". which he then explained were cars that were overly tied down creating "issues". I assumed pure bullshit. In anycase, everytime I see a guy in a dealer lot climbing up to offload I can't think of anything else as dangerous that OSHA has not stuck its nose into. And boy has that industry changed. I remember the big fleets-NuCar, Automobile Transport, M & G, Anchor, Boutell etc. Today it seems they are all small O/O type operators. I 2 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/46452-highway-job-coming-together/#findComment-343818 Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillyT Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 The first company I drove for was Automobile Transport out of the Pittsburgh Railhead,was bought out by Nu Car Carriers.I promised to reveal how to straighten the quarter panels on a Datson that you chained down too tight. You back it off the top of the rack way faster than anyone but a complete idiot would do!!,when it hits the pavement it bottoms out and the bumper or rear frame hits the pavement and straightens out the quarters!Lol They were built really light and easy to bend(and straighten) I also promised to tell you guys about the "missing bridge" I was running across rte 36 in central PA. One night and suddenly my headlights were shining into a 200 ft long and 100 ft deep empty chasm!! They had completely removed the bridge and either failed to put up a barrier,or more likely some teenagers had removed the barrier and were lurking in the bushes waiting for some idiot (me) to go over the edge!! Oh S..T! Somehow I managed to screech to a stop! I then had to back what seemed like a mile to find a cross street to turn around! Next increment in "Adventures in car hauling" We will discuss why we don't pull over on an asphalt shoulder with a fully loaded " parking lot" to look at our map when it is 90degrees out!! Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/46452-highway-job-coming-together/#findComment-343968 Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillyT Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 When the major car carriers hold a " loading class" for new drivers the "wash out rate" is 70 percent! 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/46452-highway-job-coming-together/#findComment-343970 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Underdog Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 When the major car carriers hold a " loading class" for new drivers the "wash out rate" is 70 percent! You old timers probably know my boss, Don Carney originally with Nu Car out of Lackawanna, NY Ford plant, and his brother Garry worked for Allied for a long time. Hence the name Brothers Auto Transport. Boss says he hires 10 new drivers to get 2 that will work out. The last 2 big teamster operations are Jack Cooper and Cassens who pretty much cleaned up all the old names. Love the old car hauler stories, keep em coming! Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/46452-highway-job-coming-together/#findComment-343995 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post kscarbel2 Posted August 30, 2016 Popular Post Share Posted August 30, 2016 "Real" car haulers run Detroit-powered Dodges. . 3 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/46452-highway-job-coming-together/#findComment-344004 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Underdog Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 4 hours ago, kscarbel2 said: "Real" car haulers run Detroit-powered Dodges. I can see they also haul "real" cars! Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/46452-highway-job-coming-together/#findComment-344011 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Horse Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 19 hours ago, kscarbel2 said: "Real" car haulers run Detroit-powered Dodges. Ah- M & G, a K car, and cast spokes on the C-900! talk about nostalgia. Only thing missing is Lee Iacocca in the background. 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/46452-highway-job-coming-together/#findComment-344029 Share on other sites More sharing options...
kscarbel2 Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 9 hours ago, Red Horse said: Ah- M & G, a K car, and cast spokes on the C-900! talk about nostalgia. Only thing missing is Lee Iacocca in the background. The legendary Lee Iacocca was a proud son of Allentown, Pennsylvania, "The Truck Capital of the World". Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/46452-highway-job-coming-together/#findComment-344075 Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillyT Posted August 31, 2016 Share Posted August 31, 2016 "If you can find a better car buy it" lol And many did! Ok underdog you asked for it! Ok I'm in a brand new New Car rig .Most of you remember the "Cottrell Ronald McDonald"trailer two arches,very distinctive,full trailer not a stinger.45000lbs mt. It's late August on I 64 near white sulphur springs wva.It's 90degrees,and I pull over on the asphalt shoulder to check my atlas. Get ready to leave the truck stalls.Start the truck,let out the clutch,stalls again! I get out and the tires are sunk about 4" in the pavement! I was fully loaded near 80000for sure! It took two tandem wreckers to yank me out! What a dumb move on my part! Good thing I was union, the company paid the bill! Next increment of "Adventures in car. Hauling" The half rate backhaul. I didn't know anyone at our Buffalo terminal seldom went there. 2 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/46452-highway-job-coming-together/#findComment-344089 Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillyT Posted September 1, 2016 Share Posted September 1, 2016 Underdog, is Ft Kent Me. On your load board? When I was pulling out of Dundalk M.D. for Leaseway Motorcar,We would get Ft Kent loads,and you couldn't touch one without 20 yrs seniority! 811 pay mi. Not bad mi,but upper new England wasn't popular with senior drivers takes too long to deliver no t.s., especially in the winter! So I asked an older driver one day, he just chuckled, said they have twice as many women in Ft Kent as men! You go in a bar you get attacked ( literally)! Ideal situation really,you're running a day cab so the company pays for your motel,most motels have a bar so no dui's Just wondered if that was true or if he was exaggerating! They do have a fishing contest annually and a dogsled race in the winter sounds like a party town lol Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/46452-highway-job-coming-together/#findComment-344275 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Underdog Posted September 1, 2016 Share Posted September 1, 2016 Hardly any auto moves that long anymore, the rail distribution network is really built up in the past 20 years. Some of the lower volume cars may go that far, but most moves over 500 miles go by rail. 300 miles is a long trip for me. From Dundalk our longest trips are Albany NY and Buffalo. Other carriers go south. My boss likes to focus on NY, NJ and PA, but we will get into new England out of Mechanicville and Selkirk NY railheads. Day cab is good for motel nights, but I'd rather have a sleeper with E-LOGS I can be more efficient. What happens at the hotel, stays at the hotel!!! 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/46452-highway-job-coming-together/#findComment-344281 Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillyT Posted September 1, 2016 Share Posted September 1, 2016 Thanks for the comeback carlotpilot! I hated all the b.s. looking for a motel myself much preferred a sleeper.Never got into any shenanigans on the road,but many did! There used to be a motel in New Jersey,same exit as Perth Amboy,called the Swan handed you the room key and a beer! Ya readin' my mind?lol the reason I remembered the exit one night I went the wrong way,ended up in Perth Amboy! 11pm,7 shiny new Mercedes on the rack! Talk about your life hanging by a thin thread!Got directions from two drunken Portuguese seaman! Invited me for a drink! Politely declined! Whew! 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/46452-highway-job-coming-together/#findComment-344288 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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