Amusing factual stories - real life experiences in trucking

[Night Rider]

Where's the snow story Doc? :?

[Doctor Who]

You're just going to have to wait until after the surgery...

[Doctor Who]

Surgery now over and done with and actually survived although, I thought I heard the surgeon say "Oh ****!" once.
Plus, if I can find the bloody pen I was using, I can get the SNOW WARS Saga off and typing but the anesthesia is still floating around in my veins so until the next time....

[Doctor Who]

An April 1st trick that could get a person fired if their dispatcher is Anal Retentive and suffers from Irritable Bowel Syndrome.

I called my dispatch person to play a bit of a joke.
When he answered I spoke to him in the best Middle Eastern accent I could come with.

I asked him... "Where's my gas??? "I need my gas!!!" making it sound with such urgency.
The dispatcher asked what store it was. I made up a number and could hear him frantically typing on the keyboard.

"Please hurry with my gas!!!" I continued "The customers are rioting in the parking lot"
"They're rioting?!??!" The dispatcher asked
"Yes!!!" "Oh no they just turned my car over now they are going to set it on fire!!!"

The dispatcher for an unknown reason asked what kind of car it was.
"It's a Mini-Cooper!!!" I told him.

It was difficult trying to keep from laughing and the two other drivers with me were wetting their pants in hysterics...
Finally the dispatcher realized that the store number was not on the customer list and made mention of same.

I apologized and told him I thought I was calling another gas hauler. The dispatcher hung up and let out a loud sigh.
The poor guy had not realized I was in the drivers room when the call was made.

Oh, he did find out a few days later and made life Hell for me for about a month!!!!

[trckndadsangel]

LMAO Doc.

[Doctor Who]

More Chemical Brothers fun:

During a trip to NJ we ended up laying over for a day or two so, we went to Mom's house. We went with Mom to the grocery store which, was not a wise thing to do, as the older brother discovered.

As the brother and I wandered down an aisle I let out a deep albeit loud burp as a "prim and proper" lady walked by the aisles end I quickly turned to look at something on the shelf as the lady gave the older brother an evil and repulsed stare. I did do my best to keep from laughing.

The brother did tell Mom what I had done and she in turn smacked me on the hand telling me I shouldn't do such nasty things.
Of course I told Mom "But Ma!!!! What are little brothers for???"


Yet another layover in Lebanon, Tennessee, as the reader may discover we did do a lot of LAYING-OVER!!!!
I had just finished taking a shower when the older brother yelled that the housekeeping lady was collecting the dirty towels and things so, I opened the bathroom door and tossed the towel to him to give to the housekeeping lady person. The towel hit my brother in the head and bounced into the laundry cart.
I took it all in stride I looked at my brother and said. "Damn, I'm good"

Needless to say he was a bit pissed and yes he did call Mom on me again.
It is a NO WONDER that we actually survived almost 5 years as a team!!

[Doctor Who]

It finally happened!!!

The topic broke 100,000 views!!!

Quite an achievement and as always; MORE TO COME!!!

[Night Rider]

Yeah you finally broke 100,000 without the snowstorm from hell. When you got stuck trying to climb the hill on I-80 going to Tannersville Pa! :twisted:

[Doctor Who]

Yeah you finally broke 100,000 without the snowstorm from hell. When you got stuck trying to climb the hill on I-80 going to Tannersville Pa! :twisted:

Oh please!!!! Like you didn't have a problem with the winter of 79/80.

Just picture a Roadway line-haul unit, U-700 Mack, pulling a 45 ft trailer up the big hill on I-80 and not quite reaching the crest of that said hill!
For the uninitiated Roadway's line haul units were single drive axle with a tag!!! Not very conducive for "mountain climbing!!!!"

More will follow as soon as the satellites quit tracking me.....

[Doctor Who]

LET IT SNOW!!!

Just when you thought it was safe here comes another CHEMICAL BROTHERS mystery!

On one run to Deepwater NJ, one cold wintry night, I had the privilege of driving first pulling out of Old Hickory. "Another fun ride with DMT!" I told a fellow amateur radio operator as I wheeled the Freightliner FLD-120 eastbound on I-40.

The ride to Knoxville was a tad boring as per usual but as I made the swing onto I-81 the "fun" was about to begin. The one thing that caught my attention, was the amount of snow on the ground. Nashville had none.
As I proceeded north on 81 I noticed the flurries where getting heavier and the road a bit slicker. I kept hearing southbound drivers saying that the northbound side would run out of it soon. After about an hour or so of keeping the truck from sliding off the snow covered interstate I picked up the CB mic and said "Bull ****!!"
The storm was moving up the mountain range and we were in the middle of it.

One saving grace was that the Roanoke scale was closed. It was mighty decent of the Virginia scale cops to be so thoughtful!

I finally struggled into the truck-stop at Toms Book Va pretty well worn out from the ordeal. I woke my brother up telling him it was his turn to drive. He looked out the windshield and had the nerve to ask "Oh, did it snow??"
At that point I wanted to drop kick him so bad but was to tired to jump so, I threw a snowball at him.

The bad side to this: On his tour of duty the snow had stopped and the ride to Deepwater was just fine as was the ride back to Toms Brook..

Yet another fun adventure!!!

[MACK]

Hey Doc you ever heard of a LTL or LTH model Mack.

[Doctor Who]

Hey Doc you ever heard of a LTL or LTH model Mack.

Yeah, never had the privilege of driving one but I have seen a few...

[Doctor Who]

Houston or Houston

Enough to push a harried driver over the edge.... Stay tuned

[yeoldgrump]

Far as I'm concerned, you can keep the snow. I trust my drivin' in it but, I don't trust the other guy's. Especially, those half wits that think they can drive anyway they want in their 4 wheel drive rigs.

[Doctor Who]

Who said anything about snow in Houston or, is it Houston???

Making a delivery in SOHO, not the SOHO made famous by Warren Zevon in Werewolves Of London!

Anyway, a frustrated driver from the "Hinter" land was having pronunciation problems with Houston Street in Manhattan and yes I was in the section called South of Houston or SOHO....

[evertruckerr]

I"ll add this to the end of a very long thread.

We've all seen it in a bad movie or a cartoon. Well, here's the real thing. I was sitting at a 3 way stop at the SeaTac airport up at Seattle and there was a Hurst sitting in front of me. It's his turn to go, so he does. The next thing I know my eyes are wide open, my jaw hits the floor and there I sit laughing so hard I can't see straight. Morbid humor, absolutely, but I couldn't help myself. Apparently the driver failed to secure the casket and the door and in one last defiant attempt, the Casket made a run for it. Kind of like the left sock in a dryer I guess. Once I was able to calm down a bit, I did get out of the truck to help the guy put the poor sole back into the Hurst, along with a couple of guys from a nearby bus. I've seen allot of odd things out there, but this one is always on the top of my story telling list. At least I have a picture to prove it. If not I would never try to pass it off as a real story.

[Doctor Who]

RIDING THE STORM OUT!!

What a thrill Wednesday the 14th was as a very depressed Alberto made his presence known.

Albereto cried alot of tears as he made his way up the East Coast making drivers lives miserable as he floated along.

It does get to be a bit unnerving when a driver goes around a curve only to find a HUGE pond where an intersection would be. The "TIDAL" wave that was created made some teens yell out "surfs up!" as they got knocked off their skate boards.

Not very bright to be skate boarding in a Tropical Depression any way but then again....

[Doctor Who]

Just checking in to see if the thread is still here!!!

[trckndadsangel]

Doc I finally got to see New York. It was not as bad as I thought it would be. We had to take a load to Long Island. We were there last week during all the flooding in the Delaware Gap area. What a mess that was.

[yoopr]

haven't been to the Gap in a very long time