41chevy Posted May 21, 2018 Share Posted May 21, 2018 This Pepsi Truck Took a Wrong Turn and Wound Up Stuck on a New England Beach Sean McKenna May 21, 2018 Ciaran Hynes via Facebook Sometimes you really just want to skip work and head to the beach, right? Sure, we can all dream, but this Pepsi truck's Friday, May 18, cruise down on the sand turned out to be more of a nightmare. @7News check this out. Pepsi truly in the splash zone!! pic.twitter.com/ARvOo5tldy According to Channel 7 Boston, WHDH, the driver of the tractor-trailer was out on delivery, took a wrong turn, and wound up at Pavilion Beach in Gloucester, Massachusetts. In an attempt to turn around, the news station reported, the vehicle got stuck. And to make matters worse, the tide was reportedly rising as well. Thankfully, things turned out OK in the end as a tow truck was called before the tractor-trailer became a boat. And the news station also said that the driver was able to get back on the road to work not long after. Look, we've all missed that turn or gone left when we should have gone right. We get it. It happens. 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/53398-always-trust-your-gps-even-if-your-eyes-dont/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freightrain Posted May 21, 2018 Share Posted May 21, 2018 Was this the same driver that took the walking path a few months back with a 53 ft'r? SMFH. Quote Larry 1959 B61 Liv'n Large...................... Charter member of the "MACK PACK" Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/53398-always-trust-your-gps-even-if-your-eyes-dont/#findComment-399205 Share on other sites More sharing options...
1965 Posted May 21, 2018 Share Posted May 21, 2018 The man who hired him needs fired also! Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/53398-always-trust-your-gps-even-if-your-eyes-dont/#findComment-399206 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted May 21, 2018 Share Posted May 21, 2018 noticed that thing has been making alot of mistakes lately....i generally dont use it much....except when traveling out of town ....it can be very helpful.....bob Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/53398-always-trust-your-gps-even-if-your-eyes-dont/#findComment-399209 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Freightrain Posted May 21, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted May 21, 2018 I use it for general information only. Though you have to have COMMON SENSE to use it also. 3 Quote Larry 1959 B61 Liv'n Large...................... Charter member of the "MACK PACK" Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/53398-always-trust-your-gps-even-if-your-eyes-dont/#findComment-399210 Share on other sites More sharing options...
hurstscrambler Posted May 21, 2018 Share Posted May 21, 2018 Considering who some of these companies pass off as professional drivers around here, that was still probably considered a good day. Andy 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/53398-always-trust-your-gps-even-if-your-eyes-dont/#findComment-399211 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post mrgumby Posted May 21, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted May 21, 2018 That’s why I still carry an old fashion map book I like to see where I’m going and what’s around me for alt routes gps is convenient at times but I don’t trust it. All the guys think I’m stupid for carrying a map book 3 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/53398-always-trust-your-gps-even-if-your-eyes-dont/#findComment-399212 Share on other sites More sharing options...
j hancock Posted May 21, 2018 Share Posted May 21, 2018 Idiots! I told them to make the soda delivery to Cressy Beach in Gloucester! Nobody listens these days.... I was really thirsty too. 1 Quote JimIt doesn't cost anything to pay attention. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/53398-always-trust-your-gps-even-if-your-eyes-dont/#findComment-399221 Share on other sites More sharing options...
70mackMB Posted May 21, 2018 Share Posted May 21, 2018 3 hours ago, mrgumby said: That’s why I still carry an old fashion map book I like to see where I’m going and what’s around me for alt routes gps is convenient at times but I don’t trust it. All the guys think I’m stupid for carrying a map book l always had two maps for NYC. One hidden encase some SOB stole the other l could find my way out! .....Hippy Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/53398-always-trust-your-gps-even-if-your-eyes-dont/#findComment-399223 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quickfarms Posted May 21, 2018 Share Posted May 21, 2018 One of my wife's friends got lost in the desert for a couple of days, he thought his phones gps would work. he was found using the find a phone app? Something does not make sense to me but I carry an old fashioned gps, map and compass if I am going off the road Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/53398-always-trust-your-gps-even-if-your-eyes-dont/#findComment-399225 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maddog13407 Posted May 22, 2018 Share Posted May 22, 2018 (edited) youd be surprised the number of profressional drivers using gps we pulled out of seasonal road, farm trails and SNOWMOBILE trails this past winter from their gps tellin them that was the way to go. in the towing business, stupid pays...... my personal favorite is out small town right off the thruway, with a tight four way intersection with an alternate truck route with many signs sayin TRUCKS NO TURNS and even Jersey barriers on the corners. they still do it. just last week they caught a guy after he got on the thruway at exit 29 and headed west with a jersey barrier stuck under the trailer..... and he still claimed he didn't make the sharp turn in town and get it stuck. .. Edited May 22, 2018 by Maddog13407 2 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/53398-always-trust-your-gps-even-if-your-eyes-dont/#findComment-399232 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrgumby Posted May 22, 2018 Share Posted May 22, 2018 13 minutes ago, Maddog13407 said: youd be surprised the number of profressional drivers using gps we pulled out of seasonal road, farm trails and SNOWMOBILE trails this past winter from their gps tellin them that was the way to go. in the towing business, stupid pays...... my personal favorite is out small town right off the thruway, with a tight four way intersection with an alternate truck route with many signs sayin TRUCKS NO TURNS and even Jersey barriers on the corners. they still do it. just last week they caught a guy after he got on the thruway at exit 29 and headed west with a jersey barrier stuck under the trailer..... and he still claimed he didn't make the sharp turn in town and get it stuck. .. And you call them professional Good think thy aren’t a professional doctor or the would lose all their patience. No more common sense in this world if a machine can’t think for them they are lost 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/53398-always-trust-your-gps-even-if-your-eyes-dont/#findComment-399235 Share on other sites More sharing options...
41chevy Posted May 22, 2018 Author Share Posted May 22, 2018 Got a Road Atlas, pencil and pad to make route notes and Kletus the phone (up graded from cans and string system). No GPS, Smart Phone, no Apps and no issues getting lost. 1 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/53398-always-trust-your-gps-even-if-your-eyes-dont/#findComment-399239 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post HeavyGunner Posted May 22, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted May 22, 2018 (edited) Just keep slapping automatics in trucks so you can throw a minivan driving soccer dad right into a class 8 and it feels the same. Give him a gps to go with it and he's a certifiable OTR trucker, a seasoned hand if you will. Edited May 22, 2018 by HeavyGunner 5 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/53398-always-trust-your-gps-even-if-your-eyes-dont/#findComment-399242 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tjc transport Posted May 22, 2018 Share Posted May 22, 2018 2 hours ago, HeavyGunner said: Just keep slapping automatics in trucks so you can through a minivan driving soccer dad right into a class 8 and it feels the same. Give him a gps to go with it and he's a certifiable OTR trucker, a seasoned hand if you will. you mean a swift driver?? 😀 1 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/53398-always-trust-your-gps-even-if-your-eyes-dont/#findComment-399243 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Hayseed Posted May 22, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted May 22, 2018 Just wait 'til all those autonomous trucks start showing us how It's done// 2 1 Quote "Be who you are and say what you feel...Because those that matter...don't mind...And those that mind....don't matter." - Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/53398-always-trust-your-gps-even-if-your-eyes-dont/#findComment-399246 Share on other sites More sharing options...
harrybarbon Posted May 22, 2018 Share Posted May 22, 2018 people seem to forget, we all gain from modern technology, however when there are power failures or comms are out, and we had them recently, it was like the world stopped - supermarkets could not process sales people had to wait up to 1 hour to complete their shopping, cash machines stopped, fuel pumps stopped - people got stuck and they could not go back to a manual system - I was lucky to have enough cash to pay for my groceries, if not !!!! Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/53398-always-trust-your-gps-even-if-your-eyes-dont/#findComment-399257 Share on other sites More sharing options...
robertstamulis09 Posted May 22, 2018 Share Posted May 22, 2018 Ways of the world these days everything is electronic...like wow man...bobSent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/53398-always-trust-your-gps-even-if-your-eyes-dont/#findComment-399258 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post HeavyGunner Posted May 22, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted May 22, 2018 (edited) 12 minutes ago, harrybarbon said: people seem to forget, we all gain from modern technology, however when there are power failures or comms are out, and we had them recently, it was like the world stopped - supermarkets could not process sales people had to wait up to 1 hour to complete their shopping, cash machines stopped, fuel pumps stopped - people got stuck and they could not go back to a manual system - I was lucky to have enough cash to pay for my groceries, if not !!!! My dad always gets irritated at how dependent people are on electronics. Especially clerks at stores who can’t count. He always jokes that when the grid goes down he’s going to be a very wealthy man because he will be one of the few smart enough to know how to count change. Edited May 22, 2018 by HeavyGunner 5 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/53398-always-trust-your-gps-even-if-your-eyes-dont/#findComment-399259 Share on other sites More sharing options...
41chevy Posted May 23, 2018 Author Share Posted May 23, 2018 12 hours ago, HeavyGunner said: My dad always gets irritated at how dependent people are on electronics. Especially clerks at stores who can’t count. He always jokes that when the grid goes down he’s going to be a very wealthy man because he will be one of the few smart enough to know how to count change. The high paying jobs will be for the people who can do basic math with a pencil, count change, spell real words not text gibberish and use a rotary phone. I have one in my office, funny to watch someone try to figure out how to use it. 2 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/53398-always-trust-your-gps-even-if-your-eyes-dont/#findComment-399299 Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeavyGunner Posted May 23, 2018 Share Posted May 23, 2018 11 hours ago, 41chevy said: The high paying jobs will be for the people who can do basic math with a pencil, count change, spell real words not text gibberish and use a rotary phone. I have one in my office, funny to watch someone try to figure out how to use it. I still have an encyclopedia set in my den. I know it’s out dated but it’s still useful information and I enjoy holding a book. 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 https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/53398-always-trust-your-gps-even-if-your-eyes-dont/#findComment-399315 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brocky Posted May 23, 2018 Share Posted May 23, 2018 Paul, then they would go nuts on the old crank phones I grew up on.. We did not get dial phones until 1964!! 1 Quote Brocky Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/53398-always-trust-your-gps-even-if-your-eyes-dont/#findComment-399326 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freightrain Posted May 23, 2018 Share Posted May 23, 2018 "Hello Mable.....get me Floyd the barber...." 1 Quote Larry 1959 B61 Liv'n Large...................... Charter member of the "MACK PACK" Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/53398-always-trust-your-gps-even-if-your-eyes-dont/#findComment-399332 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrgumby Posted May 23, 2018 Share Posted May 23, 2018 No better get goober with the tow truck Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/53398-always-trust-your-gps-even-if-your-eyes-dont/#findComment-399334 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ws721 Posted May 24, 2018 Share Posted May 24, 2018 On 5/21/2018 at 9:15 PM, Maddog13407 said: youd be surprised the number of profressional drivers using gps we pulled out of seasonal road, farm trails and SNOWMOBILE trails this past winter from their gps tellin them that was the way to go. in the towing business, stupid pays...... my personal favorite is out small town right off the thruway, with a tight four way intersection with an alternate truck route with many signs sayin TRUCKS NO TURNS and even Jersey barriers on the corners. they still do it. just last week they caught a guy after he got on the thruway at exit 29 and headed west with a jersey barrier stuck under the trailer..... and he still claimed he didn't make the sharp turn in town and get it stuck. .. Are you talking about the intersection near the Gerber plant? Quote Remember if it's got a hood it's no good! Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/53398-always-trust-your-gps-even-if-your-eyes-dont/#findComment-399347 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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