Hawk has Reached Rock Bottom..

[SickRick]

what did i do....besides not helping them blindside back, when they could have easily went down 100 yards and flipped around and sight-sided like normal truck drivers?? please clue me in.....

actually, i was driving thru Ohio this afternoon, and came up on a JB hunt driver, he was a cracka, and he obviously was running 56-58mph. and i was running at 60. i had a run on him coming down a hill, so i passed him. No big deal, right? well aparently he got all butt-hurt being passed by a Swift driver, and within a mile, he was driving 65 and just HAD to repass me. we went back and forth a couple more times passing back and forth, then he finally just kept the hammer down. Obviously i wasnt going to catch him....but i did. about 10 miles later he was pulled over by an Ohio trooper.....HAHAHAHAHAH. I got on the CB and asked him if he wanted me to pull into the next rest area to wait for him to pass me again. HAHHAHAHAHAH what a sucka

Thank you for this post, and your many others...

I now know what kind of trucker I DON'T WANT TO BE, when I "grow up"...

Rick

[Kevin0915]

You are truly on the Billy Big Rigger career track.

why, because i talked smack?? because he obviously had a personal problem with getting passed by me??

[Kevin0915]

Thank you for this post, and your many others...

I now know what kind of trucker I DON'T WANT TO BE, when I "grow up"...

Rick

OH NOOOOOOOoooooooooooo, someone dont want to me like me.............WHAT AM I GOING TO DOOOOOOoooooooo. How can i go on tomorrow when the sun comes up..........

what goes around....really goes around. ;-) want to be a 'richard'? fine with me....i can be one right back, and it wont bother me if you/they dont 'respect' me. How i live my life, isnt based upon what someone else thinks about me. why would i worry about something so petty as that??

[mike3fan]

Also for Future References.. if i'm posting something and asking for advice, you keep it moving.. you and you only!!

LMFAO......I think the majority on this board agree with this statement.

[Jumbo]

I am not quite sure what to say anymore.

[mike3fan]

and i can still drive circles around you.

especially when you move the barricades

[Kevin0915]

You are truly on the Billy Big Rigger career track.

Now if only i cared enough to blow $500 on a CB with that stupid 'echo' and that gay "roger beep"....and over 75% of my truck covered in sun-reflecting/blinding chrome with sharp, pointy lugnut caps and a 4 ft tall chrome stick shift and remote control gull-wing automatic door lifts.....THEN i'd be a super trucker.

[Jumbo]

Of course you can drive circles around Hawk. He is still in the pits getting that bent rim fixed. Swift and J.B. passing each other numerous times on the highway, Someone stop the insanity.

[Hawkjr]

and i can still drive circles around you.

I'm going to actually say something nice here and say, well if you have been driving safe are your solo time then congrads to you my friend, i don't know how to judge that you drive better someone but hey i ran over a curb, look at me, i suck.. your one up on me Kev

you did take it out on your equipment. Would you have forgot to swing wide had you not been all worked up, and close to popping a blood vessel? yeah it was an accident, but it was an accident that was directly related to the condition you were in at the time.

I can semi agree to that.. who knows..

if you are going to lose your cool because someone disagrees with you, even though you think you are right, and going to forget about 100% focus on driving the truck, then you need to hang it up. I wouldnt want to be driving next to you, when you leave a shipper all butt-hurt, and you fail to see that yield sign and run over me.

hmm.. where does it says i disagree with someone, i was upset, yes indeed but who did i say i was going to hurt?? i was mad at Schneider and Not the shipper.. the shipper had there rules and i complete understood it, they made it clear they wasn't going to take the pallets off the truck cause it was under gross.. i was mad because of another missed communication that had cost me time and money...

also if i seen the yield sign i still try to run over you..

Kev thinks he's a super trucker now lol.. this is too good..

[Hawkjr]

Of course you can drive circles around Hawk. He is still in the pits getting that bent rim fixed. Swift and J.B. passing each other numerous times on the highway, Someone stop the insanity.

O now, Jumbo, now a Convoy of Triple CCC daycab macks are passing me.. damnit, where is a hendrick pit crew when i need em!!

[Jumbo]

Now just because they are passing you dont get all worked up and take it out on your equipment. You had a bad day and you (and your rim) got bent out of shape. You are finding out that some days its a b!tch and some days its a breeze. Chalk it up to a learning experience.

[Kevin0915]

... i don't know how to judge that you drive better someone .

kinda a point i was making months ago when my driving 'skill' was questioned based upon who i drove for. point is, and you just made my case.....is you cant.

[ronjon619]

if you are going to lose your cool because someone disagrees with you, even though you think you are right, and going to forget about 100% focus on driving the truck, then you need to hang it up.

oh my........

[ronjon619]

Swift and J.B. passing each other numerous times on the highway, Someone stop the insanity.

We have a winner.........this is the best quote of the thread.

[LightsChromeHorsepower]

I hate to bring something this entertaining back on point, but.........

Hawk, I don't know how long you've been driving, but you really will get better at dealing with stuff like this over time. Evertything is scarier the first time. When you've been in the situation several times before it becomes much more routine.

Eventually you will be able to judge the dimensions of the pallets, the weight of the shipment and know how it should be loaded.

Now that you've been through the shuffle once with your DM or dispatcher you will have a better idea of how to approach it next time.

And eventually, if you're really, really lucky & work really hard at it, you might be a super trucker like Kev.

[Orangetxguy]

I'm going to actually say something nice here and say, well if you have been driving safe are your solo time then congrads to you my friend, i don't know how to judge that you drive better someone but hey i ran over a curb, look at me, i suck.. your one up on me Kev



I can semi agree to that.. who knows..



hmm.. where does it says i disagree with someone, i was upset, yes indeed but who did i say i was going to hurt?? i was mad at Schneider and Not the shipper.. the shipper had there rules and i complete understood it, they made it clear they wasn't going to take the pallets off the truck cause it was under gross.. i was mad because of another missed communication that had cost me time and money...

also if i seen the yield sign i still try to run over you..

Kev thinks he's a super trucker now lol.. this is too good..

Hawk...Just one point here.

Last friday I picked up a cheapy ***** load up in Hammond IN. The shipper there is notorious for loading well over the max order amount...(cheap and heavy them folks). Because of the trailer I was pulling and the fuel I had on board, when I arrived to load, I told the loader exactly how much product to put in the tank(bulk chemical tank).

When said load replied "I will see what I can do", I informed him that he would only put in the specified 44,000 pounds, that I would be stopping out at the TA, and if I was 200 pounds or more over weight on my drive axles, I would be returning and he would be removing the excess weight.

It is the Shipper's AND the Driver's responsibility to make sure the truck and load are road legal. If you returned to the shipper, unbidden or not, with a certified scale ticket, which indicated that your trailer axles were illegal, then it was the shipper's responsibility to correct the problem. Their so called "Policy" does not circumvent federal, state, county or city regulation.

[GMAN]

It is ultimately the drivers responsibility to see that his truck is not over loaded. After all, he will be the one paying the ticket. I really don't care what any company's policy is, unless they want to pay the fines then they can see that my truck is not over loaded. You can be polite, but unless the shipper wants to take responsibility for the load then they need to make sure it is loaded legally. If a shipper regularly over loads trucks then the state or feds are likely to step in and deal with that particular shipper.

[Kevin0915]

Hawk...Just one point here.

Last friday I picked up a cheapy ***** load up in Hammond IN. The shipper there is notorious for loading well over the max order amount...(cheap and heavy them folks). Because of the trailer I was pulling and the fuel I had on board, when I arrived to load, I told the loader exactly how much product to put in the tank(bulk chemical tank).

When said load replied "I will see what I can do", I informed him that he would only put in the specified 44,000 pounds, that I would be stopping out at the TA, and if I was 200 pounds or more over weight on my drive axles, I would be returning and he would be removing the excess weight.

It is the Shipper's AND the Driver's responsibility to make sure the truck and load are road legal. If you returned to the shipper, unbidden or not, with a certified scale ticket, which indicated that your trailer axles were illegal, then it was the shipper's responsibility to correct the problem. Their so called "Policy" does not circumvent federal, state, county or city regulation.

A while back, i had a load of pallets to pick up in Jackson, MO. First time i was ever there. The place was noisy, and most 'factory' type shippers provide earplugs. I saw a box of earplugs, so i grabbed a pair. There were two windows to the S&H office, i only saw the one next to the box of earplugs. The gal inside asked me to slide the window open, i said i had a load, then she said "well you need to come over to the drivers window". Are you kidding?? like a little kid in pretend-land and you have to walk thru the 'pretend' door to enter the castle. Then she gets on my case for 'stealing' a pair of earplugs !!! I can take alot of crap before i lose my cool, but accusing me of theft? that will get my blood to boil. I went back to my truck and thought the best way i'd deal with her was not to utter a word next time i went back in to pick up my paperwork. I thought about buying her a Coke, but didnt want to waste the $. HAHAHA.

what i DIDN'T do was peal out, whip my truck around and take off the corner of the building.

But Orange, i've never driven a tank before (and never will), but i know your load is much more weight sensitive. But there is a thing called 'tact'. If i were to go in and start saying, "hey look, i topped off my fuel the night before i got this load, so i can only take 41,000lbs of bottled water. Oh, and i dont want any pallets loaded 5ft from the head of the trailer or 5 ft from the trailer doors. all pallets will be side by side with no singles, and all the labels will be facing out." ..... how do you think they are going to respond to you?? Now if a driver goes in and says, "hey look, i topped my tanks the night before i got this load, i know i can only haul 44,000lbs legally, can you only load that please? Otherwise i'll have to come back, and it will end up making both our jobs harder.....

i'm not trying to teach manners.....haahahaha...i'm sure i'm near the bottom of the list of posters on here who would be qualified, i'm just saying. I get a little irked when someone who has never driven a truck tries to tell me how to operate my truck. Same goes for loading. Almost anybody can drive a forklift and load a trailer, but i've never done it. I am sure they have a little pride in their work too, and some super "i am god" trucker comes in and tells THEM how to do their job, i couldn't get upset if they shot attitude right back at me.

[jonp]

I've told shippers more times than I can count how to load my truck. "single in the nose then 2 and 1 all the way back or 2 singles in the nose and double double then alternate" etc... Never had them refuse. Had a couple say "are you sure because we always load them like......?" In that case I usually go with the shippers recommendation after telling them what kind of truck I have and how much I weigh. They load trucks all of the the time and usually know the best way to load different trailers for different trucks.

[matcat]

A while back, i had a load of pallets to pick up in Jackson, MO. First time i was ever there. The place was noisy, and most 'factory' type shippers provide earplugs. I saw a box of earplugs, so i grabbed a pair. There were two windows to the S&H office, i only saw the one next to the box of earplugs. The gal inside asked me to slide the window open, i said i had a load, then she said "well you need to come over to the drivers window". Are you kidding?? like a little kid in pretend-land and you have to walk thru the 'pretend' door to enter the castle. Then she gets on my case for 'stealing' a pair of earplugs !!! I can take alot of crap before i lose my cool, but accusing me of theft? that will get my blood to boil. I went back to my truck and thought the best way i'd deal with her was not to utter a word next time i went back in to pick up my paperwork. I thought about buying her a Coke, but didnt want to waste the $. HAHAHA.

what i DIDN'T do was peal out, whip my truck around and take off the corner of the building.

But Orange, i've never driven a tank before (and never will), but i know your load is much more weight sensitive. But there is a thing called 'tact'. If i were to go in and start saying, "hey look, i topped off my fuel the night before i got this load, so i can only take 41,000lbs of bottled water. Oh, and i dont want any pallets loaded 5ft from the head of the trailer or 5 ft from the trailer doors. all pallets will be side by side with no singles, and all the labels will be facing out." ..... how do you think they are going to respond to you?? Now if a driver goes in and says, "hey look, i topped my tanks the night before i got this load, i know i can only haul 44,000lbs legally, can you only load that please? Otherwise i'll have to come back, and it will end up making both our jobs harder.....

i'm not trying to teach manners.....haahahaha...i'm sure i'm near the bottom of the list of posters on here who would be qualified, i'm just saying. I get a little irked when someone who has never driven a truck tries to tell me how to operate my truck. Same goes for loading. Almost anybody can drive a forklift and load a trailer, but i've never done it. I am sure they have a little pride in their work too, and some super "i am god" trucker comes in and tells THEM how to do their job, i couldn't get upset if they shot attitude right back at me.

Every post you have posted in the last few days has only proved your immaturity, shown your lack of experience, and revealed your poor character.