Arfcom truckers. What are you hauling today? (Page 11 of 12)
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Attached File Is this an out of service violation? Asking for a friend. (Really not me... A co-worker today.) |
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Originally Posted By PhuzzyGnu: https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/69748/1000013921_jpg-3274350.JPG Is this an out of service violation? Asking for a friend. (Really not me... A co-worker today.) |
USN Retired: APR 1988 - MAY 2008
"My center is giving way, my right is falling back, situation excellent, I attack." —Ferdinand Foch
"My center is giving way, my right is falling back, situation excellent, I attack." —Ferdinand Foch
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Originally Posted By PhuzzyGnu: Become ungovernable I used to bend over backwards for this place. New drivers policy is the driver is responsible for any and all citations. Fortunately everyone in the company signed that policy but me... |
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Originally Posted By PhuzzyGnu: https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/69748/1000013921_jpg-3274350.JPG Is this an out of service violation? Asking for a friend. (Really not me... A co-worker today.) Ouch, that can be a mess to clean up, even a much smaller smack like I had. At least my vehicle is very common and easy to find glass for. Curved glass or flat? Basically how hard is it to get replaced? |
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Originally Posted By PhuzzyGnu: https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/69748/1000013921_jpg-3274350.JPG Is this an out of service violation? Asking for a friend. (Really not me... A co-worker today.) It's only a violation if you get caught  Been there, done that, do not recommend  
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Life is tough, it's even tougher if you're stupid.
Taking a 550 ton crane boom from Vaughn, NM to Liebherr in Houston to get repaired. They routed me right through San Antonio I-10/-I-410/I-10 at 10" 2" wide, 103' long and 190,000 lbs, and it was pouring down rain  Tomorrow I get to tackle Houston and see if I can in and back out alive  I have to talk to my permit lady about getting me an outbound route that doesn't go though right through the heart of every major city. 
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USN Retired: APR 1988 - MAY 2008
"My center is giving way, my right is falling back, situation excellent, I attack." —Ferdinand Foch
"My center is giving way, my right is falling back, situation excellent, I attack." —Ferdinand Foch
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Originally Posted By Seabee_Mech: They routed me right through San Antonio I-10/-I-410/I-10 at 10" 2" wide, 103' long and 190,000 lbs, and it was pouring down rain You oversize load journey through San Antonio could have shit the bed worse this weekend. Ask this guy. His weekend didn't go as planned. Attached File Attached File |
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Originally Posted By PhuzzyGnu: You oversize load journey through San Antonio could have shit the bed worse this weekend. Ask this guy. His weekend didn't go as planned. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/69748/1000014050_png-3279859.JPG https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/69748/1000014049_png-3279860.JPG I was playing tag with another guy hauling a M109 through NM and West Texas, he stopped at San Angelo Saturday night while I made it onto Eden, TX. Different truck so it wasn't him. ETA: I got screwed up on my dates and didn't notice my permit was only good through Sunday. So I'm stuck in Flatonia this morning until my permit lady gets to the office at 8am Wyoming time) |
USN Retired: APR 1988 - MAY 2008
"My center is giving way, my right is falling back, situation excellent, I attack." —Ferdinand Foch
"My center is giving way, my right is falling back, situation excellent, I attack." —Ferdinand Foch
Well, I survived Houston, got unloaded and now heading back to Wyoming with my empty Highway Max. Upper 90s and the crazy humidity damn near did me in. There's a reason I don't own a house in Gulfport, MS anymore. ETA: F'ing Texas and their routing, it's probably going to take two days to get to the OK border. Two full pages of directions, the overweight/over size office had decided to give me a tour of every Farm to Market road between the I-45 and Amarillo. I've hauled super loads with better routing than this. |
USN Retired: APR 1988 - MAY 2008
"My center is giving way, my right is falling back, situation excellent, I attack." —Ferdinand Foch
"My center is giving way, my right is falling back, situation excellent, I attack." —Ferdinand Foch
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Attached File Fucking Kias. ...and my A/C blower motor shit the bed as I was leaving the Kia plant in West Point, GA yesterday afternoon. |
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Originally Posted By MyRifleMyPonyAndMe: @Seabee_Mech was that you just west of Dubois Friday afternoon? Looked like your outfit. Yeah that was us. We were putting in a fiber optics hut just outside of town. I ended up camping at the job site in my truck, the hotels were booked up/too expensive. It took us 3 hours to get something to eat Friday night (F'ing tourist season) ETA: 
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USN Retired: APR 1988 - MAY 2008
"My center is giving way, my right is falling back, situation excellent, I attack." —Ferdinand Foch
"My center is giving way, my right is falling back, situation excellent, I attack." —Ferdinand Foch
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Attached File Attached File Our fancy TPMS tells us we have a flat but doesn't send us a notification. A hollow bolt of some sort punctured the tire right in the center of the tread at about 10 o'clock and the Halo inflators couldn't keep up with the air loss. It's a good thing I decided to kick the tires and take a leak at MM5- the MM13 I-35 NB Oklahoma chicken coop was open and aggressively protecting and serving as usual and even though I almost always get the go-ahead from PrePass they have those overheating tire sensors. Attached File Oh well, I made three hours of downtime pay, which is more than enough to buy me some BBQ and beer at the restaurant across the street from my hotel. |
310,000 lbs gear box for a concrete plant on a trailer rated for 350,000 lbs (on level ground) I had to traverse an 12% hill  The trailer wasn't very happy about it. |
USN Retired: APR 1988 - MAY 2008
"My center is giving way, my right is falling back, situation excellent, I attack." —Ferdinand Foch
"My center is giving way, my right is falling back, situation excellent, I attack." —Ferdinand Foch
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Originally Posted By PhuzzyGnu: https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/69748/1000014604_jpg-3300780.JPG https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/69748/1000014608_png-3300781.JPG Our fancy TPMS tells us we have a flat but doesn't send us a notification. A hollow bolt of some sort punctured the tire right in the center of the tread at about 10 o'clock and the Halo inflators couldn't keep up with the air loss. It's a good thing I decided to kick the tires and take a leak at MM5- the MM13 I-35 NB Oklahoma chicken coop was open and aggressively protecting and serving as usual and even though I almost always get the go-ahead from PrePass they have those overheating tire sensors. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/69748/1000014609_png-3300785.JPG Oh well, I made three hours of downtime pay, which is more than enough to buy me some BBQ and beer at the restaurant across the street from my hotel. I've never been In a real scale. Just those shitty ones in pa. Never even knew they had tire sensors. |
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Attached File Automated transmission is petulant and decided it didn't want to shift anymore. 515 miles and 10 hours deep in my day. 83 miles from our yard. Attached File Attached File Yes, I put my triangles out. I'm waiting for a tow (I assume). I'm about 500 feet from a Whataburger if times get desperate. |
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LOL. Truck #2 on the hook. Attached File At least the dude ain't fucking around. Attached File Attached File I'm certain the ELD and the AI camera in my truck back there are losing their fucking minds at 90mph. Attached File |
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Originally Posted By PhuzzyGnu: LOL. Truck #2 on the hook. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/69748/1000014909_jpg-3308175.JPG At least the dude ain't fucking around. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/69748/1000014910_jpg-3308180.JPG https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/69748/1000014911_jpg-3308181.JPG I'm certain the ELD and the AI camera in my truck back there are losing their fucking minds at 90mph. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/69748/1000014912_jpg-3308182.JPG That's the fastest your truck has ever gone. |
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New truck day is best day. Attached File Attached File The truck I've been in for 375k miles has been letting me down lately with electrical gremlins. I told them to give me a new one. I've been here a while, so they listened. 2024 Peterbilt 365, PACCAR MX-13, PACCAR 12 speed auto. |
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Originally Posted By PhuzzyGnu: New truck day is best day. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/69748/1000016060_jpg-3338210.JPG https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/69748/1000016061_jpg-3338216.JPG The truck I've been in for 375k miles has been letting me down lately with electrical gremlins. I told them to give me a new one. I've been here a while, so they listened. 2024 Peterbilt 365, PACCAR MX-13, PACCAR 12 speed auto. |
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Originally Posted By PhuzzyGnu: New truck day is best day. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/69748/1000016060_jpg-3338210.JPG https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/69748/1000016061_jpg-3338216.JPG The truck I've been in for 375k miles has been letting me down lately with electrical gremlins. I told them to give me a new one. I've been here a while, so they listened. 2024 Peterbilt 365, PACCAR MX-13, PACCAR 12 speed auto. Beware the "lim" buttons on the steering wheel. Easy to unintentionally engage and make you wonder why the truck is derating. Great for school zones or any place where you DO NOT want to exceed the speed limit. |
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Originally Posted By 1811GNR: Beware the "lim" buttons on the steering wheel. Easy to unintentionally engage and make you wonder why the truck is derating. Great for school zones or any place where you DO NOT want to exceed the speed limit. Originally Posted By 1811GNR: Originally Posted By PhuzzyGnu: New truck day is best day. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/69748/1000016060_jpg-3338210.JPG https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/69748/1000016061_jpg-3338216.JPG The truck I've been in for 375k miles has been letting me down lately with electrical gremlins. I told them to give me a new one. I've been here a while, so they listened. 2024 Peterbilt 365, PACCAR MX-13, PACCAR 12 speed auto. Beware the "lim" buttons on the steering wheel. Easy to unintentionally engage and make you wonder why the truck is derating. Great for school zones or any place where you DO NOT want to exceed the speed limit. Don't forget that little wheel... It changes the screen.... I spin mine almost daily. |
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I went down to Seymour, TX this week to move a wind turbine blade from a storage yard out to a tower. Thursday morning on my way down, just as I crossed into Texas the AC quit in my truck. It was 98 degrees on Thursday and 96 degrees on Friday when we did the move. No pictures as I was too busy sweating, getting bit by red ants and stabbed by whatever those little prickly burr things are called. To add to the fun, one of my pilot cars broke down just as we were getting out on the highway. This is the 2nd time (and second truck) where I've had the AC quit me just as I get to Texas, I think Texas hates me. I'm now back in Wyoming where fortunately Fall is happening and it's much cooler. |
USN Retired: APR 1988 - MAY 2008
"My center is giving way, my right is falling back, situation excellent, I attack." —Ferdinand Foch
"My center is giving way, my right is falling back, situation excellent, I attack." —Ferdinand Foch
Got the new truck set up.  Attached File Attached File Attached File Attached File Attached File Attached File |
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@PhuzzyGnu Nice sticker. Hadn't seen that one before. I used to deliver groceries to the City Market (King Soopers) there in Granby. Colorado highway 40 can be a fun drive in the winter. I really enjoyed my time working in that area. Got to see a ton of the smaller towns in Colorado, and drive in conditions that most guys would be terrified of. Got so I had some regular hiding spots all over Colorado to spend the night. One spot over by Montrose was a favorite - I’d finish up my route, and then go park. Waking up and overlooking a ravine out in the middle of nowhere was awesome.  |
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Originally Posted By PhuzzyGnu: Got the new truck set up. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/69748/1000016143_jpg-3343190.JPG https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/69748/1000016147_jpg-3343192.JPG https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/69748/1000016154_jpg-3343194.JPG https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/69748/1000016156_jpg-3343195.JPG https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/69748/1000016148_jpg-3343197.JPG https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/69748/1000016149_jpg-3343198.JPG Sweet. What's the phone holder mounted to? I tried a vent type in my 23' 389 and it sort of sucks. |
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Originally Posted By PhuzzyGnu: Our new trucks have a RAM- compatible ball built into the dash. Originally Posted By PhuzzyGnu: Originally Posted By OverScoped: Sweet. What's the phone holder mounted to? I tried a vent type in my 23' 389 and it sort of sucks. Our new trucks have a RAM- compatible ball built into the dash. Finally a good idea.. |
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Moved a couple of transformers west of Canon City, CO on Wednesday after being delayed by the big snow storm not very big ones this time, about 150,000 lbs 
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USN Retired: APR 1988 - MAY 2008
"My center is giving way, my right is falling back, situation excellent, I attack." —Ferdinand Foch
"My center is giving way, my right is falling back, situation excellent, I attack." —Ferdinand Foch
Two day drive hauling an empty blade trailer down to Jacksboro, TX from WY to move a wind turbine 8 miles from their O&M yard out to a tower. Dropped my blade trailer off in Seymour, TX and now get to bobtail back to WY. There's certainly worse ways to make a living    |
USN Retired: APR 1988 - MAY 2008
"My center is giving way, my right is falling back, situation excellent, I attack." —Ferdinand Foch
"My center is giving way, my right is falling back, situation excellent, I attack." —Ferdinand Foch
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This is one of many turbines that look like this outside of Seymour, TX, green energy, so environmentally friendly. We stay very busy doing maintenance work on wind farms 
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USN Retired: APR 1988 - MAY 2008
"My center is giving way, my right is falling back, situation excellent, I attack." —Ferdinand Foch
"My center is giving way, my right is falling back, situation excellent, I attack." —Ferdinand Foch
We're building a "thing" in a place I can't name, moving pre-fab modules about a 100 yards from the lay down yard to the build site. Really good hours and not hard work  |
USN Retired: APR 1988 - MAY 2008
"My center is giving way, my right is falling back, situation excellent, I attack." —Ferdinand Foch
"My center is giving way, my right is falling back, situation excellent, I attack." —Ferdinand Foch
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When wind farms are built they put in nice wide radii (radiuses?) for the turns so were can move the big stuff in. Afterwards they take them all out so they don't have to pay the land owners, then they expect you to move the same type of big stuff in without the widened turns when you have to do maintenance on the turbines This is just one of the turns we got hung up on getting this blade to the tower, it took about 20 pull ups to get the trailer walked through the intersection.   
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USN Retired: APR 1988 - MAY 2008
"My center is giving way, my right is falling back, situation excellent, I attack." —Ferdinand Foch
"My center is giving way, my right is falling back, situation excellent, I attack." —Ferdinand Foch
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...and now I'm taking my 30-min break in Godforsaken Moss point, MS because they sent me from Houston to the Kia plant in West Point, GA empty. Attached File Easy money. |
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Originally Posted By PhuzzyGnu: ...and now I'm taking my 30-min break in Godforsaken Moss point, MS because they sent me from Houston to the Kia plant in West Point, GA empty. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/69748/1000018358_jpg-3454154.JPG Easy money. Good Mexican joint beside the Pilot |