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Snow dog is the kind of dick that’s usually causing all the traffic problems. He thinks he knows better than everyone else and tries to live out some weird traffic enforcement fantasy by Cutting off t

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The long national nightmare is finally over!!!! So it was on the yard at the dealer for nearly a month waiting on a back ordered part for the 8” exhaust. We showed up Thursday morning to take deliv

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K-pop is ok I guess but I was just told today what my next tour is most likely going to be.  are you fucking kidding me??!!???  🤘😍🤘

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reminds me of the old joke about the critters from the forest playing a football game; big critters vs. small.

So the bigs are running up the score and dominating the first half.  The second half starts, and the centipede is making plays all over the field.  Batting down passes, causing loose balls, running it from scrimmage, etc.  The game is getting close and the big critter team calls a timeout. 

The small critter coach says "centipede, you're playing great, but where were you in the 1st half?"

"sorry I was late, coach.  I was getting my ankles taped".

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This is not the biggest load, but was by far the most difficult haul I ever managed. 18’ tall in Ga is like 28’ here. I had 20 bucket trucks with all the utilities; utility support alone was 7 figures. The bed in this trailer can lower the load as low as 2” off the pavement, and jack up as high as 3’ to clear RR crossings and whatnot. The trailer had to be reconfigured (on side of the highway) from a 4bed6 to a 6bed6 once we got near the coast to pass the shitty old bridges in the deltas. Went from north of Atlanta to Brunswick. Then turned it around and did it again a week later. Each haul took 7 nights to make about 400 miles. This one took years off my life.

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No, not driving. This was one of about 900 items I moved (managed) for a very large project I was managing.  The planning, engineering, operations, costing, etc are all mine. Boots on the ground, while I was there for as many as possible, not my job. 
Wow. Can you say the load was? Something offshore, maybe?
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3 hours ago, fattyflattie said:

This is not the biggest load, but was by far the most difficult haul I ever managed. 18’ tall in Ga is like 28’ here. I had 20 bucket trucks with all the utilities; utility support alone was 7 figures. The bed in this trailer can lower the load as low as 2” off the pavement, and jack up as high as 3’ to clear RR crossings and whatnot. The trailer had to be reconfigured (on side of the highway) from a 4bed6 to a 6bed6 once we got near the coast to pass the shitty old bridges in the deltas. Went from north of Atlanta to Brunswick. Then turned it around and did it again a week later. Each haul took 7 nights to make about 400 miles. This one took years off my life.

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3 hours ago, drifter379 said:

Were you driving or coordinating the loads?
That’s the kind of shit I dream about doing.

Oh Lordy if I'd have had the chance to hook on to a load like that.

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8 hours ago, MadTrapper said:
9 hours ago, fattyflattie said:
No, not driving. This was one of about 900 items I moved (managed) for a very large project I was managing.  The planning, engineering, operations, costing, etc are all mine. Boots on the ground, while I was there for as many as possible, not my job. 

Wow. Can you say the load was? Something offshore, maybe?

It's a secret, man- that's why it's all covered in plastic.

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8 hours ago, MadTrapper said:
9 hours ago, fattyflattie said:
No, not driving. This was one of about 900 items I moved (managed) for a very large project I was managing.  The planning, engineering, operations, costing, etc are all mine. Boots on the ground, while I was there for as many as possible, not my job. 

Wow. Can you say the load was? Something offshore, maybe?

Petrochemical equipment for onshore facility.   Some heater of some sort.    Same as the towers I posted the other day.  Ethylene crackers have been expanding like crazy down here in Houston area. 

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So this item was delivered from Nebraska to the yard south of Houston by one of my old competitors. Then we jacked it up with climbing jacks and staged it. Later hauled it down to Freeport when site was ready for it. Nothing crazy at all on my end, but the fellas that delivered it did fucking fantastic. They got that thing thru the gate with about 1.5” on either side, on the first shot. Got it all the way around our yard with trucks and cranes and equipment everywhere. Took them a day to break the trailer down and then took off to get the next one. I believe it took them 20 days from Nebraska to Houston. All were from Long Beach area and looked like surfers/skater types. Driver and load supervisor was 35. Whole crew was under 35. They ran a very good operation.

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Got a headache rack today.

Haven’t been on much lately. Turn over in dispatch has turned current job to shit. In the process of getting my truck on with Mercer Transportation.

Hope to be in Louisville Wednesday for orientation if I can get all my paper work together.

 

 

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This week makes 4 years at my current company. They were really good to me and I like driving for them but the dispatch situation has blown that.
I was looking at either landstar or Mercer and Mercer came out with better perks in my opinion.
I drove for a lady in the early 2000’s that had us leased on to landstar and I really like the no dispatcher route now that I own my own truck.


I’m on a ten year plan and need to maximize my income over that time.
I plan to be a Mexican citizen living on a beach in 10 years.

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30 minutes ago, drifter379 said:

This week makes 4 years at my current company. They were really good to me and I like driving for them but the dispatch situation has blown that.
I was looking at either landstar or Mercer and Mercer came out with better perks in my opinion.
I drove for a lady in the early 2000’s that had us leased on to landstar and I really like the no dispatcher route now that I own my own truck.


I’m on a ten year plan and need to maximize my income over that time.
I plan to be a Mexican citizen living on a beach in 10 years.

Were you an O-O before you bought the Pete?

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I was a company driver until March of this year when I bought my truck.
Then we lost the concrete and oil rig customers so now I’m stuck hauling shit I don’t want to haul for less than I’m willing to haul it for.


I really like the od stuff and will have a chance to do some of that at Mercer.

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34 minutes ago, Coyote said:

Fatty, what are you moving through Houston in the big crates that’s screwing up traffic everywhere?

Not me this time. I’ve moved back into O&G to be waaaay overpaid...until I’m not. Then repeat.  

My guess would be the Lyondell stuff over on east side, especially if it’s every night.  Our lead sheriff that ran the uniformed escorts used to love to say, “looks like a great night to motherfuck some traffic”.   

I would love to tell y’all I miss it. But so far it’s been a pretty healthy departure.  

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I am officially driving for Mercer Transportation now. Finished my 3 day orientation that turned into 4. It’s the honeymoon phase and I know reality will set in eventually but so far it looks like this was a great move.
I’m sitting in Lodi, OH 40 miles from my delivery in Cleveland Monday am. Already have 2 more loads booked. Will end up in south GA wed night or Thursday morning. Went in to the TA for breakfast this morning wearing my new Mercer hat and the waitress said Mercer drivers get 50% every meal at this location.



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seriously, WTF do you do for 4 days at an orientation?

First day is paper work and drug test.
Second day is insurance and trailer lease.
Third day is physical and twic card.
There is company policy, log book requirements and truck inspections mixed in.

I was actually done by the third day at noon but I bought a dunnage rack to be put on the trailer. Wasn’t able to get someone out to install it until day 4.

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It was too late in the day on Thursday to get a load so I loaded out on Friday.
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read an interesting article yesterday. It was clearly CR material, but it talked about how truckers have had a rough time lately, basically things have gone to shit in the last year.  It seems that the new tax deal was not kind to truckers, particularly company drivers that collect per diem. 

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read an interesting article yesterday. It was clearly CR material, but it talked about how truckers have had a rough time lately, basically things have gone to shit in the last year.  It seems that the new tax deal was not kind to truckers, particularly company drivers that collect per diem. 

Yeah I got fucked on the tax deal last year. They took away our itemized deductions. I was normally getting $3-5k back every year but I had to pay this year.
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