Subsim Truckers - Page 17

Jimbuna · 07-06-14, 06:35 AM

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Originally Posted by swamprat69er

Worked 51 hours last week and I am doing yet another 36 hour reset. I'll load up tomorrow at 2PM and rest until midnight, then it is off to Cochrane,ON 4 more loads to Cochrane (this contract is 380,000 litres and we will have 3 trains hauling) [ I carry 41,000 L/load and the others 38,000 L/load], and then deadhead to Thunder Bay and haul out of there for the rest of the summer. I might get 'lucky' and catch the tail end of a contract out of Winnipeg,MB after the TB contract is done.

Just think of all those lovely $

swamprat69er · 07-06-14, 07:23 AM

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Originally Posted by Jimbuna

Just think of all those lovely $

Oh, I'm not bellyaching. I like to keep active and hauling oil in the summertime is as active as I want to be. Winters i go to the same town I am laid over in once a month for supplies and the rest of the month I set at home of the town 8 kms/6 miles south of me.

Jimbuna · 07-06-14, 09:12 AM

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Originally Posted by swamprat69er

Oh, I'm not bellyaching. I like to keep active and hauling oil in the summertime is as active as I want to be. Winters i go to the same town I am laid over in once a month for supplies and the rest of the month I set at home of the town 8 kms/6 miles south of me.

If that is what your happy doing then nice one....too bloody cramped where I live, a bit of peace and quiet would be most welcome at times.

Stealhead · 07-07-14, 12:02 AM

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Originally Posted by Wolferz

They just want your trailer when shopping for a new home.

Nah I am talking cartel guys reguardless pretty sure the previuos driver is at best beat down at worst zapped and I dislike either option. Bad enough along the border in Texas. Have remove your electrial line and gladhand seals keep em in the cab if not they will be gone when you get up.

Wolferz · 07-07-14, 07:34 AM

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Originally Posted by Stealhead

Nah I am talking cartel guys reguardless pretty sure the previuos driver is at best beat down at worst zapped and I dislike either option. Bad enough along the border in Texas. Have remove your electrial line and gladhand seals keep em in the cab if not they will be gone when you get up.

You just can't trust those LTL drivers at all, can you?

Stealhead · 07-07-14, 10:13 PM

Yeah. For some reason they seem to have no interest in chains and tarps too much work to lift I guess.

Onkel Neal · 07-08-14, 12:43 PM

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Originally Posted by swamprat69er

Worked 51 hours last week and I am doing yet another 36 hour reset. I'll load up tomorrow at 2PM and rest until midnight, then it is off to Cochrane,ON 4 more loads to Cochrane (this contract is 380,000 litres and we will have 3 trains hauling) [ I carry 41,000 L/load and the others 38,000 L/load], and then deadhead to Thunder Bay and haul out of there for the rest of the summer. I might get 'lucky' and catch the tail end of a contract out of Winnipeg,MB after the TB contract is done.

I AM IN TEXAS AND EATING BBQ!

Wolferz · 07-09-14, 10:15 AM

I tried my hand at oversized loads.
http://msnvideo.msn.com/?channelinde...9-485281ed90ed

The career was short lived.

Aktungbby · 07-11-14, 12:53 PM

^Someone will D.O.T. the I (beam) on that one! You may be sure!

Stealhead · 07-11-14, 01:22 PM

Looks like he hit the edge of the overpass the divider for the pedestrian/bike path. Oops. I think I'd have taken things just a little slower.

The other day I was at a traffic light they where doing something with the water lines under the right and left lanes so you had to use the left turn lane to go straight,turn right and turn left

. Of course no flagman and no cops. I wanted to go straight this would have been easier if the Werner truck in front of me had not decided to sit though the entire light cycle before he turned left.There was a nice little jam behind me luckily they realized it was Dollar General and not me not like I really care if someone gets impatient behind me anyway they should leave an hour earlier then they wont be late from unplanned delays.

Funny thing was there where about a dozen workers present one actually working and 11 supervisors.

Wolferz · 07-11-14, 03:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Stealhead

Looks like he hit the edge of the overpass the divider for the pedestrian/bike path. Oops. I think I'd have taken things just a little slower.

The other day I was at a traffic light they where doing something with the water lines under the right and left lanes so you had to use the left turn lane to go straight,turn right and turn left

. Of course no flagman and no cops. I wanted to go straight this would have been easier if the Werner truck in front of me had not decided to sit though the entire light cycle before he turned left.There was a nice little jam behind me luckily they realized it was Dollar General and not me not like I really care if someone gets impatient behind me anyway they should leave an hour earlier then they wont be late from unplanned delays.

Funny thing was there where about a dozen workers present one actually working and 11 supervisors.

He wasn't watching his dollies and that Jersey barrier snuck up and bit him really hard. I'm just glad it wasn't me.

Of course, if it were me, I would have been minding the tail end and that wouldn't have happened.

I would have loved to see the look on his face when that beam flipped his tractor.

If he were in California, they would have nailed him for his bridge length.

Stealhead · 07-11-14, 09:47 PM

Yeah he had the whole road there no reason to have made that mistake.

swamprat69er · 07-12-14, 11:44 AM

Here I sit doing another reset. gonna charge 7 hours for the 'rain day' today and maybe tomorrow, too. It is sunny here in North bay, but supposed to rain a good bit in Cochrane tomorrow. The foreman doesn't want to get caught like he did last weekend.....I delivered on Monday morning and they couldn't unload me until Wednesday due to rain on Monday and Tuesday.
Last 2 weeks' pay was just under $4,000.oo clear. Not bad $$'s.

Mr Quatro · 07-14-14, 09:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Neal Stevens

I AM IN TEXAS AND EATING BBQ!

Chopped or sliced?

Beef or Pork?

Sauce in a bottle on the table?

or on the meat itself?

Wolferz · 07-15-14, 01:09 PM

How are your backing skills coming along? Can you put a 53 footer in any location yet? Oh, wait, you're pulling tankers.
Never mind.

07-09-14, 10:15 AM	#248
Wolferz Navy Seal Join Date: May 2007 Location: On a mighty quest for the Stick of Truth Posts: 5,963 Downloads: 52 Uploads: 0	I tried my hand at oversized loads. http://msnvideo.msn.com/?channelinde...9-485281ed90ed The career was short lived. __________________ Tomorrow never comes

07-11-14, 12:53 PM	#249
Aktungbby Gefallen Engel U-666 Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: On a tilted, overheated, overpopulated spinning mudball on Collision course with Andromeda Galaxy Posts: 28,590 Downloads: 24 Uploads: 0	^Someone will D.O.T. the I (beam) on that one! You may be sure! __________________ "Only two things are infinite; The Universe and human squirrelyness; and I'm not too sure about the Universe"

07-12-14, 11:44 AM	#253
swamprat69er Aceydeucy Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Ontario,Canada Posts: 1,889 Downloads: 11 Uploads: 0	Here I sit doing another reset. gonna charge 7 hours for the 'rain day' today and maybe tomorrow, too. It is sunny here in North bay, but supposed to rain a good bit in Cochrane tomorrow. The foreman doesn't want to get caught like he did last weekend.....I delivered on Monday morning and they couldn't unload me until Wednesday due to rain on Monday and Tuesday. Last 2 weeks' pay was just under $4,000.oo clear. Not bad $$'s. __________________ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ That which does not kill us, makes us stronger. We the willing, led by the unsure, have done so much with so little, for so long, that we are now qualified to do anything with nothing.

07-15-14, 01:09 PM	#255
Wolferz Navy Seal Join Date: May 2007 Location: On a mighty quest for the Stick of Truth Posts: 5,963 Downloads: 52 Uploads: 0	Neal, How are your backing skills coming along? Can you put a 53 footer in any location yet? Oh, wait, you're pulling tankers. Never mind. __________________ Tomorrow never comes

07-07-14, 10:13 PM	#246
Stealhead Navy Seal Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Kentucky Posts: 5,421 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	Yeah. For some reason they seem to have no interest in chains and tarps too much work to lift I guess.

07-11-14, 01:22 PM	#250
Stealhead Navy Seal Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Kentucky Posts: 5,421 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	Looks like he hit the edge of the overpass the divider for the pedestrian/bike path. Oops. I think I'd have taken things just a little slower. The other day I was at a traffic light they where doing something with the water lines under the right and left lanes so you had to use the left turn lane to go straight,turn right and turn left . Of course no flagman and no cops. I wanted to go straight this would have been easier if the Werner truck in front of me had not decided to sit though the entire light cycle before he turned left.There was a nice little jam behind me luckily they realized it was Dollar General and not me not like I really care if someone gets impatient behind me anyway they should leave an hour earlier then they wont be late from unplanned delays. Funny thing was there where about a dozen workers present one actually working and 11 supervisors.

07-11-14, 09:47 PM	#252
Stealhead Navy Seal Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Kentucky Posts: 5,421 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	Yeah he had the whole road there no reason to have made that mistake.