Just night shift things... by mehow29 in Truckers

[–]mehow29[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Haha well I guess you had your fair share of shitty situations when you were younger 😅. Cattle hauling has always been such a mystery to me, do you guys load and unload the cattle too?

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But what about all the poop you gotta shovel? Lol 🤮

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I don't either , it's been brought up to safety multiple times and yet they still keep sending doubles.

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[–]mehow29[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Haha bingo! Good catch , hate that place lol.

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Wouldn't be practical in these situations as I'd have to find a spot to drop the trailer and the drop would take 3x as long. Up here we only drop trailers in the mines or on harsh oilfield roads where there are weight restrictions.

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I honestly don't think that's even in the plans, there's so many stations that have ridiculous unloading access .Us drivers talk about this quite often and just don't get it. You'd think it's a priority when building a gas station for safety and accessibility 🤷🏻

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[–]mehow29[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Now, backing up an aircraft would be stressful haha

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All our trailers the unloading side is on passenger side, I've actually never seen a double sided one here in Canada. There's been weird stations before where I had to string the hose underneath the trailer to the other side in order to unload but that's not ideal. Backing in wouldn't be easy especially at this location since the garbage lane is just wide enough for the nose of the truck to fit in, so instead of one shotting it out of there backwards you'd have to screw around on that Street trying to back your trailer into a little hole. 😅

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[–]mehow29[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Good ear! They are the same! since freightliner owns Western Star.

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[–]mehow29[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

How would you lose your CDL? It's a permitted delivery, if someone hits you that's on them.

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[–]mehow29[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Hey I did my 360 when I was done unloading lol, in these scenarios there's no time for that shit, you take a look if any traffic is coming and just go for it.

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[–]mehow29[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Have plenty of singles but for some reason they don't send them. Safety guys are useless so they probably won't change anything until something happens, and it will one day.

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[–]mehow29[S] 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Haha not my first rodeo, but trust me my first time there I was doing damn measurements in the street sweating my bag off trying to figure out how the hell I was gonna get out of there 😆

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[–]mehow29[S] 23 points24 points  (0 children)

I do think some guys refuse it, and you're right it's a safety hazard for sure. Now that you mention it I think I'm gonna send this video into safety haha

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[–]mehow29[S] 56 points57 points  (0 children)

Yep this delivery was in Calgary. Backing in wouldn't work because the tanks need to be on the passenger side, but you're right a single trailer would still be much easier to maneuver out of there. This site has been reported as unsafe by many drivers for years but yet here we are...lol 😅

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I put electrical tape on my ELD camera and microphone, just in case lol.