Jump to content

Truck Porn


DaBlist

Recommended Posts

  • Replies 7.3k
  • Created
  • Last Reply

Top Posters In This Topic

Top Posters In This Topic

Posted Images

This is what happens when a late snow closes the entire state of Wyoming for a week, and then they finally let everyone back on I80 at the same time.

 

11873021634_9a806a5945_b.jpgLincoln Pass by Racer, on Flickr

 

Oh, and even though the pavement is showing, it is under about an inch of ice. Get 80,000lbs rolling, and then try and stop it.

 

Slick.

 

Of course I had this load:

 

10752818343_bf8c7a76b1_b.jpgSpring Snowbound In Rawlins by Racer, on Flickr

 

Jet engine inlet cowling tooling (reuseable pallets) headed back to Wichita. Fourteen feet wide.

 

Only about 50,000lbs.

  • Like 5
Link to comment

For those outside the trucking industry that wonder why the interstate gets shut down in Wyoming during big storms...

 

At about 6:45 the two bozos in the CRST rig crack me up. There is a reason why that carrier has a bad safety record. They hire idiots. They pay them twenty cents a mile (split between the two drivers), and run them ragged. Most of the drivers today have less than 6 months experience when they get turned loose with a big truck and a large number of those rookies have never driven a car in the snow, let alone a truck.

 

I ran 5 years and logged around 800,000 miles, often in conditions worse than this. Always kept a level head and drove according to conditions. If chains were required I parked the truck and jumped in the back, cozy and warm, turned on the TV and fixed a hot meal. The load needed to get delivered in one piece.

 

Running hard all day across Montana, just about to cross into the corner of Wyoming on US-212 I stopped to kick the tires and make some yellow snow. Check out the ice buildup on my truck.

 

11891430256_9681765308_b.jpgIce Road Trucker by Racer, on Flickr

 

There must have been nearly 1/2" of ice on my load chains and binders, ladder and headache rack.

 

11891010354_5780038d6d_b.jpgIce Road Trucker by Racer, on Flickr

 

 

 

 

 

Over those 5 years I saw a lot of fucked up shit.

 

Like this:

 

I-94 in Eastern Montana. I always thought the oilfield guys had better skills than this.

 

12543617914_f55ce8b573_b.jpgBad Route Choice by Racer, on Flickr

 

 

On I-24 in Kentucky, March of 2014. I didn't get all the spinoouts and jacknifed rigs. Sure, the road surface was covered in about 4" of compact snow and ice, and since Kentucky doesn't get snow much they don't have removal equipment so it was like driving on a poorly maintained dirt road.

 

Just putt along in the low side of the box truckdriver, you'll get there soon enough.

 

Sheesh!

 

12934909113_b50084e803_b.jpgFrozen In Kentucky by Racer, on Flickr

 

Yep. There are a lot of idiots out there with their heads up their ass. I tell everyone that when you are driving on the road, give big trucks a lot of room. They'll crush your little Datsun like a bug, and the skill level of the majority of truck drivers guarantees there will be an accident.

  • Like 4
Link to comment

                      I had an 18 wheeler pass me at over 90,in the pouring rain,

when we were going through Wyoming.I can't imagine getting caught up

in this mess.

                     You'd think that they'd use their CB radios to alert the truckers

behind them.Of course,you'd think that they'd slow down in those conditions. 

  • Like 2
Link to comment

                      I had an 18 wheeler pass me at over 90,in the pouring rain,

when we were going through Wyoming.I can't imagine getting caught up

in this mess.

                     You'd think that they'd use their CB radios to alert the truckers

behind them.Of course,you'd think that they'd slow down in those conditions. 

 

Most truck drivers don't even have CB radios anymore. Too busy texting and watching porn on a 7" portable DVD player duct taped to the dash.

  • Like 2
Link to comment

 At a motorcycle shop yesterday,saw a motorcycle-

 

(Honda Gold Wing?)with a handicapped plate on it.

 

 

Unless it's very cleverly modified one cannot ride a Gold Wing easily cause they weigh a metric fucking ton and are like riding a two wheel small car.

  • Like 2
Link to comment

Join the conversation

You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.

Guest
Reply to this topic...

×   Pasted as rich text.   Paste as plain text instead

  Only 75 emoji are allowed.

×   Your link has been automatically embedded.   Display as a link instead

×   Your previous content has been restored.   Clear editor

×   You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL.

Loading...
×
×
  • Create New...

Important Information

By using this site, you agree to our Terms of Use.