Hawk has Reached Rock Bottom..
#71
05-13-2009, 08:00 PM
I never was one to really believe in the 'shut up and listen' saying, but I am starting to change my mind on that... and I know exactly who I would like to say it to.
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#72
05-13-2009, 08:33 PM
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 About like all the Swifts, Primes, and all the other slow trucks that have to fly by you in the 45mph construction zones then be in your way trying to pass each other when the construction zone ends.
#73
05-13-2009, 08:45 PM
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: In The Granny Lane Doing 60!!
Posts: 652
actually, for your information, i'm home (normally) for 2 days every 14 days. yeah, i'm happy with that. taking home $600 for driving 2000 miles, yeah i'm happy with that. can i do better somewhere else? well duh....but i have not yet repaid my student loan thru swift yet. few more months, and i might be off to better places.
see for you, who has a problem going into a drug store and buying jimmy hats, you have kids to take care of, alimony maybe? bills your wifes and girlfriends rack up that you want to be their 'sugga daddy' for, so you sacrafice 95% of your paycheck to take care of those things, dont get all upset because someone dont have the same 'problems' as you, and can have pretty much free reign with their income as they want because they have 75% less bills than you do. You HAVE to run 2500 miles to make ends meet. you HAVE to drive for someone making .45cpm+ or you end up broke. Me? i can work half of that, be happy, and take care of my bills.
#74
05-13-2009, 08:45 PM
oh...to top it off....i've been out since 03/23. I requested time off for the first time since i've been doing this. i'm asking for 4-5 days off toward the end this month so i can attend the Indianapolis 500, and my sisters wedding. in order to get that time off, i have to make a sacrafice and say out for weeks and weeks. so what. I'm going to get to do what i want, and sometimes drivers who want what they want, has to make said sacrafices. Because they think the company should just 'give them' what they want, then cry about not getting their way, and try to make the company look bad.
haahahahahah......suckas. i'll be sitting in turn 3, happy as a clam...... Cash-Strapped Indy 500 To Charge Dollar-A-Lap Toll | The Onion - America's Finest News Source
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#75
05-13-2009, 10:48 PM
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. With an empty trailer and 3/4 tank's of fuel...about 200 gallons, I weigh in at 33,700 pounds, + or -. MOST shipper's load tank trucks out at 78,000 pounds. That is due to bridge laws. There are not very many tank wagons, especially insulated tank wagons, west of the Rockies, that are longer than 43 feet in length. So while you can legally gross 80,000 pounds with a 45 foot trailer, you start running into "Bridge Law" conditions with a 43 footer at 80,000 pounds. Last year (2008) I was written up in Virginia, Maryland, Tennessee, and Louisiana, for "Bridge" weight. I have already paid Louisiana $10 for "bridge", at the west bound Hammond scale, this year. That load paid double, on the same miles, as the load last Friday. Most times, if a shipper puts more than 44,000 pounds of product in a tank, on my tractor, the drive axles vary from 400 pounds over-weight to as much as 900 pounds over, depending on the style, age, and wheel type, of the insulated tank I am dragging (older tanks weigh more, because of the difference in materials used then and now). It is all relevant, and with a cheaply rated load, I am not willing to pay even one over-weight ticket. So I made it clear to the loader at Gracey, that 44,000 pounds, based on an inbound scale ticket that said 33,850 pounds tare weight, was the absolute maximum product he could put in the tank. If when I scaled at TA, the drive axles were over loaded, I would return to the plant, and he would correct the situation. Most chemical plants Kevin, put exactly what a driver instructs, weight wise, into the tank, on a live load. The really cheap ones are the only one's whom push the weight. I don't have a problem dropping an over-weight trailer on a plant either. Most plants don't want to pay rent on the trailer, nor do they want to pay demurage because of over-weight axles...that is why most do as driver's request. I have a lot of years pulling tanks Kevin. I know what my truck weighs with 3/4 tank's of fuel(19,400 pounds), which is where I typically run them, when ending a trip, and preparing for another load. The differential is the type of tank and it's dry weight. I do not ever go into a plant with less than 1/2 tank's....almost always at 3/4. Oh yes. As G-Man pointed out. The forklift operator, the plant operator, the traffic manager, the plant manager, the dispatcher, the terminal manager....NONE of them are going to pay that over weight ticket for you. That is now and always has been, on the driver and his or her pocketbook. It is the responsibility of the driver, to make sure the load is "road legal". Hawk got upset and let his emotions get the better of him. He is young and will learn to over come those emotions. In 10 years his skin will be much thicker, and no forklift operator or traffic manager, will get one over on him.
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#76
05-13-2009, 11:10 PM
oh...to top it off....i've been out since 03/23. I requested time off for the first time since i've been doing this. i'm asking for 4-5 days off toward the end this month so i can attend the Indianapolis 500, and my sisters wedding. in order to get that time off, i have to make a sacrafice and say out for weeks and weeks. so what. I'm going to get to do what i want, and sometimes drivers who want what they want, has to make said sacrafices. Because they think the company should just 'give them' what they want, then cry about not getting their way, and try to make the company look bad.
haahahahahah......suckas. i'll be sitting in turn 3, happy as a clam......
#77
05-13-2009, 11:22 PM
Kev, I know you don't care what others think about you. It's OBVIOUS in the way you treat people, regardless of whether they are trying to "get along" with you - or not. When one person considers you a *********(ah, censorship - I used a word that describes a women's feminine hygiene device that is filled with warm soapy water - fill in the asterisks yourself - hint: starts with D, ends in BAG), that's one thing - but when nearly EVERY POSTER on a given discussion thread does - my friend, it's time to start looking for the HOSE. Rick Last edited by SickRick; 05-13-2009 at 11:24 PM.
#78
05-13-2009, 11:50 PM
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Kev, I know you don't care what others think about you. It's OBVIOUS in the way you treat people, regardless of whether they are trying to "get along" with you - or not. When one person considers you a *********(ah, censorship - I used a word that describes a women's feminine hygiene device that is filled with warm soapy water - fill in the asterisks yourself - hint: starts with D, ends in BAG), that's one thing - but when nearly EVERY POSTER on a given discussion thread does - my friend, it's time to start looking for the HOSE. Rick 
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My Trucking Blog: http://matcattruckin.blogspot.com/ Website I am making for drivers: http://www.4thedriver.com As I sit looking all around, Confusion and uncertainty is all I found. The answers are there, But I do not know where. Optimistic and hopeful dreams, Are all I have so it seems. The future I do not know, So all I can do is take it slow. But I do know it will work out, So I wait and watch without a doubt.
#80
05-14-2009, 02:23 AM
Cant dance Cant play basketball Dont have any baby mama drama Have a job Dont deal crack Never ate at Churches Graduated hi skool Cant stand rap
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