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whatsmynameagain
Joined: 04 May 2008
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| Posted: Sat Jul 12, 2008 11:18 pm Post subject: Set your parking brake!!!!! |
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This a video of a truck that is said to have rolled away while the driver was sleeping.....whatever happened...make sure you set your brakes!!!!
http://www.break.com/index/tractor-trailer-truck-left-in-neutral.html |
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Uturn2001
Joined: 10 Jan 2005
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Location: East Central IL between the corn and the beans
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| Posted: Sun Jul 13, 2008 12:19 am Post subject: |
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| Make sure you check your brakes for proper adjustment also. Doesn't matter if you set them or not if they are out of whack. |
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Jumbo
Joined: 27 Aug 2006
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Location: Northern Wisconsin
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| Posted: Sun Jul 13, 2008 11:08 am Post subject: |
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| Dam Break. Click on one frickin video and an hour later I am watching Star Wars Kid. |
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Windwalker
Joined: 22 Oct 2005
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Location: Holiday, FL
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| Posted: Mon Jul 14, 2008 6:34 am Post subject: |
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| Go into nearly any truck stop, and you will see at least one rig parked with the brake lights on. Instead of popping the button, they pulled the trolley bar and went to sleep. At any time, that can let go and they have no brakes set at all. I don't understand why they do that, but there always seems to be at least one that will. |
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wimpy
Joined: 13 Nov 2007
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Location: las vegas,nv
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| Posted: Tue Jul 15, 2008 3:37 am Post subject: |
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| I gotta story about setting your parking brakes, I'll try to make it short but I gotta share this one. My codriver that I dont drive with anymore shared a story with me the other day because now that its over he thought it was funny but at the time he said he almost had a heart attack. He said while he was driving (I was sleeping) he was getting a toll ticket or something like that forgot what he said he was reaching for but anyway he couldnt reach so he opens door and climbs down without putting on the parking brake and grabs it, soon as he turns around the truck is rolling backwards, luckily it was 3am so no one was behind us and he tries to jump back into the truck and he slips and falls to the ground. Meanwhile me (sleeping) and the truck are still rolling backwards, luckily we pull doubles and the two trailers kinda jackknifed and it broke one of the air hoses to the second trailer in half so it stopped the whole truck just in time because he said if it went any faster he wouldnt of been able to catch up to it. He finally decided to wake me up after sitting there for about 30 mins to regroup himself and he made up some story to me that the air hose just snapped in half which sounded fine to me at the time because I was still half asleep. So we had someone come fix the air hose and we went on our way, but he finally got the ballz to tell me 3mos. after it happened! |
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silvan
Joined: 24 Mar 2006
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Location: Working at Wal-Mart.
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| Posted: Tue Jul 15, 2008 7:26 pm Post subject: |
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True dumbass story here. I stopped somewhere at the top of a mountain and decided to adjust my brakes before going off.
I honestly can't remember how I screwed up, but after it was all said and done, I got in the truck and realized that I had both sets of parking brakes released.
Talk about a sick feeling in your gut to realize how close you just came to being run over by your own truck. |
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tweety bird
Joined: 24 Jun 2006
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| Posted: Thu Jul 17, 2008 9:34 pm Post subject: |
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Windwalker wrote: Go into nearly any truck stop, and you will see at least one rig parked with the brake lights on. Instead of popping the button, they pulled the trolley bar and went to sleep. At any time, that can let go and they have no brakes set at all. I don't understand why they do that, but there always seems to be at least one that will.
Huh? You sure you're not seeing the marker lights on the rear (some trucks have multiple switches to control lights- so all the markers could be off but the tail lights on). I've never assumed they just forgot (or chose not) to set their brakes.
Ha ha about the star wars kid- I like that one. |
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chubyboy
Joined: 10 Jul 2008
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Location: Appleton, MN
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| Posted: Thu Jul 17, 2008 9:59 pm Post subject: |
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| i see guys doing it while unloading grain...it was level here but 10 bux says they would do the same $&!+ on a hill |
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Phantom433a
Joined: 28 May 2007
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Location: Chino Valley, Az
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| that truck was bouncing pretty good.....can't imagine NOT waking up. |
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matcat
Joined: 09 Sep 2007
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Location: Sumter, SC
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| Bet those 4 wheeler owners weren't very happy when they came back out. |
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Fredog
Joined: 23 Apr 2005
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Location: North Georgia
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| Posted: Sun Jul 20, 2008 9:43 am Post subject: it goes for trains too |
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| I was unloading at a feed mill in South Carolina, the guy there was unloading railcars. he went to move the train to pull the next car in, and the 5th car in line would not release the brakes, so he walks back to the car and uncouples it figuring they can deal with it later, the problem is he forgot to set the engine brakes, as soon as he released the car, the train took off, he had to chase it down and hop in, he caught it before anything happened. I have never seen anyone run so fast or sweat so much.. |
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chubyboy
Joined: 10 Jul 2008
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Location: Appleton, MN
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LMFAO
yea and with that much weight, it can get moving pretty fast and stay moving for a LONG time...
i spend WAY too much time on TrainSim |
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Fancy_Maneuvers
Joined: 13 Mar 2007
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Location: Do you mean today?
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| Posted: Sat Jul 26, 2008 6:15 am Post subject: |
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A few, short years ago, I would set my trailer brakes instead of the truck's parking brake. Well, I cut that out in January 2005.
I called myself doing that while unhooking a trailer at a customer. The truck happened to be on a slight decline. Soon as I pulled the release arm, the truck started to roll.
Side note: I always feel that I would be one of the first to die in horror movies because I think 1. I usually make the (wrong) decision against my instinct and 2. I don't think *fast* enough.
This particular night, I surprised myself. I couldn't run under the trailer, because the legs weren't down and I if I didn't catch the truck in time, it would've crushed me. So, I ran around the front -- equally retarded, but I'm glad I did! -- I jumped on the running board and mashed the brake with my hand. I was so scared!
However, more than anything, I was just glad no other drivers were back there to laugh at me and call me a dumb ... well, you know ;)
Isn't is Shakespeare who wrote "All's well that end's well?" I say that about most of my days in the truck... |
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