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BigDawg
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| Posted: Sun May 11, 2008 2:05 pm Post subject: Driver's Never Ever do this |
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with a HIGH $$$$$$ LOAD it is just as much as the companies fault as the driver's coz.it should been given to a Team not a Driver and a Pit Bull Team
http://tennessean.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080509/NEWS03/80509099 |
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Whammo
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| Posted: Sun May 11, 2008 2:13 pm Post subject: Re: Driver's Never Ever do this |
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BigDawg wrote: with a HIGH $$$$$$ LOAD it is just as much as the companies fault as the driver's coz.it should been given to a Team not a Driver and a Pit Bull Team
http://tennessean.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080509/NEWS03/80509099
The perps were likely armed and dangerous. Who's gonna risk getting shot over a truck driving job? |
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Snowman7
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Location: the Buckeye
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| Posted: Sun May 11, 2008 2:25 pm Post subject: Re: Driver's Never Ever do this |
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Whammo wrote:
The perps were likely armed and dangerous. Who's gonna risk getting shot over a truck driving job?
Exactly. No one.
Besides, someone with inside knowledge helped set this up. How do we know its not the driver. |
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BigDawg
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| Posted: Sun May 11, 2008 2:29 pm Post subject: |
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| yeah i had that same feeling,the wife and i have hauled alot of High $$$$$$ Loads not once did we ever incur any trouble of course we did not stop when got loaded just kept it in the wind. |
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TK THE TRUCKER
Joined: 11 Jul 2004
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Location: NEAR ROCHESTER, NY
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| How's it the driver or companies fault ? How's a team going to help this ? Solo or team, you're still going to stop and take showers or eat. They obviously knew where the load originated and followed it for who knows how long and were going to get it one way or another. If they were randomly picking trucks I would have to guess once they saw the pit bull they would just move on to another truck. It could have been worse if the driver was in the truck, or maybe not? We're missing lots of facts like where were the keys ? Did he leave the truck idling for his dog because it was hot out ? In that case maybe he is partially responsible, but we don't know. |
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BigDawg
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| Posted: Sun May 11, 2008 3:08 pm Post subject: |
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well with a High $$$$$$$ load when you Run TEAM,one goes in does there bizness eats showers etc. just like we did.Then when they are done the other driver goes in same thing,so someone is in the truck at all times like a armoured car so to speak.FedEx told us to never stop till we was like 200 miles away from shipper.Yes we picked up numerous high $$$ loads
btw: when one was inside we sat in the seats lookin out the mirrors. |
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Whammo
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| Posted: Sun May 11, 2008 3:50 pm Post subject: Re: Driver's Never Ever do this |
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Snowman7 wrote: Whammo wrote:
The perps were likely armed and dangerous. Who's gonna risk getting shot over a truck driving job?
Exactly. No one.
Besides, someone with inside knowledge helped set this up. How do we know its not the driver.
A setup is a definite possibilty, except I don't think any of those drugs are schedule 1 so they would be hard to sell unless you had a buyer lined up. |
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AlexJ81
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| Posted: Sun May 11, 2008 5:54 pm Post subject: |
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| I would think it has to be an "inside job" How else would the perps know to target THAT trailer out of all the ones there? |
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whatsmynameagain
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| The people that stole it did not have to know what was in it. All the Prime van trailers are reefers. The theives may have been staking out the lot looking for an easy grab and tagged this guy for one when he got out of the rig. The guy probably did leave the truck running for his dog and that probably made the choice all the more easy since the truck may have been running. Its a reefer trailer so for all we know the theives may have grabbed it thinking they got a nice high dollar load of meat or something then took the trailer got it to their spot and realized that had something they couldnt do anything with. I kind of have my doubts these theives knew what was on that truck unles they did have an inside track, pharmacy grade drugs is not what I would have expected to find on a Prime reefer trailer. Hard to say, lots of cargo theft happening right now. |
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flood
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| Posted: Sun May 11, 2008 7:50 pm Post subject: |
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i've pulled loads like that out of knoxville 500 lb. morphine with 200 lb. oxycotton (spelling..?) wasn't hard to tell it was high $$$$ bolt seal on both doors and cable seal across both doors all with shippers name on the seals.
most of the high $$$$ load we have pulled you can tell are high dollar just by looking at the seal if you know what to look for ( most shippers don't use plastic of cheap metal seals on high dollar loads) |
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Rev.Vassago
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Location: The other side of the coin
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| This is one of the reasons why we are required to use Air Locks on our parking brakes, hardened steel padlocks on our doors, and 5th Wheel locks on our trailers (all locks having curved keyholes that require a special style key to open to prevent lock bumping). While they don't stop a thief who wants your load, they do slow that thief down to the point where they may look for an easier target. Somehow, I doubt this Prime driver had any of these inexpensive tools at his disposal, and he likely had his truck running for his dog. Might as well just hand the keys over to the thief. |
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Snowman7
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| Posted: Sun May 11, 2008 8:09 pm Post subject: |
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| I just dont believe in coincidence when where millions of dollars are invovled. The article said the cab was broken into. Why break into a cab at a crowded truck stop with a barking pit bull inside? Why not take a different truck. They knew, just a question of how they knew. |
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Double L
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| Posted: Sun May 11, 2008 8:13 pm Post subject: |
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| Driving giving out too much info on the cb about what he was hauling maybe? :? |
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mikey4069
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| Posted: Sun May 11, 2008 9:24 pm Post subject: |
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| Double L wrote: Driving giving out too much info on the cb about what he was hauling maybe? :? when people ask wat ive got in the trailer i tell them bails of cadboard . :lol: |
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Chasing Daylight
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| Posted: Sun May 11, 2008 9:47 pm Post subject: |
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mikey4069 wrote: Double L wrote: Driving giving out too much info on the cb about what he was hauling maybe? :? when people ask wat ive got in the trailer i tell them bails of cadboard . :lol:
Just tell 'em you're hauling ping pong balls :) |
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