Put in the big hole and gouge on it (truck driver check in)

[drifter379 1106]

Y’all keep your peckers away from my truck.

[Johnny Sack 8397]

17 hours ago, drifter379 said:

Good news from the dealer today?


Looks like I might finally get to take delivery next week.

So that hot load of freight will just have to wait?

[drifter379 1106]

I thought the process of buying a truck would be fun. But it’s just one gut punch after the other. But it looks like I will actually get to take possession on Thursday.

[Zepol87 9106]

Pics of Fabiola pls

[T’Boo Ted Marshall 2720]

How much consolidation is going on in the industry?
Have an older guy that has a good company out of the Midwest he is looking to sell. He’s 74 and looking to retire. Does around $10m in gross revenue.

[Wally Fairway 5500]

On ‎3‎/‎27‎/‎2019 at 1:56 PM, drifter379 said:

Hate to see shit like that. But at least he got to go home to his family.

Late update - SIL is now a week into a 30 workers comp/rehab stint; after 10 days off he went back to work for a few days but his left arm wouldn't straighten out and he was losing feeling and strength in that arm. Couldn't lift 10 lbs., so they pulled him off the road and are trying to figure out what's fucked up (looking at shoulder, elbow, soft tissue - no broken bones, which are actually quicker to heal). He thought he could drive, but knew it was a problem when he couldn't draw his bow back, that's when he went back into the Dr. office.
 

[luke duke 6361]

He thought he could drive, but knew it was a problem when he couldn't draw his bow back, that's when he went back into the Dr. office.
 

[luke duke 6361]

So that hot load of freight will just have to wait?

Looks like you’ve got some competition.

[Jkwellborn 6608]

What kind of bow does he have?

[dingleberryswitzer 2724]

When you get a new truck do you haveto break in the engine?  Or is it good to go from mile 1.

[drifter379 1106]

Those are going to be some back and arm burning motherfuckers!!

8” all the way under should help it sound better too, even with all the emission shit.

They had to move the def box (passenger steps) forward 5” to get them to fit.

[drifter379 1106]

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 delivery. The sales man says “ bad news”. They waited until the morning of pick up to do a road test on it. They found a significant vibration in the drive train( a known problem) so it took all day Thursday to fix it.
That’s how I ended up at the casino in Tulsa where I saw Barry Switzer.
So now we come back Friday. Now the air horn assembly has an air leak so they have to replace that. While they had it in the shop I had them remove the speed limiter and change some of the factory set parameters.

Was finally given the keys at 3pm yesterday.
So Monday I’ll be back in Texas to sign my lease agreement and hopefully be earning money at some point next week.

[luke duke 6361]

When are you and your driving partner going to christen the sleeper cab?

[Llano Estacado 1257]

How was the air horn not factory tested?

8 years old or 88 that’s the first thing I’m going for.

[drifter379 1106]

Fucking mouth breathing okies, that’s how

[RPM 26130]

Why am I not finding headlines of Switzer's bloody death?

[Goofyboy 3050]

That is awesome. I miss seeing the flat front trucks from when I was a kid. Always hated the sloped noses. Congrats on the truck.

[RPM 26130]

Need some interior pics when you get done installing everything. 

[RPM 26130]

On 4/9/2019 at 2:56 PM, drifter379 said:

Those are going to be some back and arm burning motherfuckers!!

Have you thought about some strap on grab handles? You can always take them off if you don't like them. 

[drifter379 1106]

Have you thought about some strap on grab handles? You can always take them off if you don't like them. 

I’m going to look at options but it will have to look cool because that’s all that really matters.

[GringoSalado 1639]

1 hour ago, drifter379 said:

I’m going to look at options but it will have to look cool because that’s all that really matters.

No, it has to sound cool too.

[drifter379 1106]

No, it has to sound cool too.

Unfortunately with all the emission control shit the days of loud are over.

Even with the 8” pipes the fucking air compressor is the loudest thing on it.

[RPM 26130]

40 minutes ago, drifter379 said:

the days of loud are over.

Ya know, speaking as someone that had 6" straights, a Jake and ran West Coast, that might not be a bad thing. I got a rockin' case of tinnitus now. 

[drifter379 1106]

I am really happy with the color. No matter the light it still looks purple. Sometimes the darker shades look black at certain angles.

[Archer 474]

1 hour ago, drifter379 said:

Unfortunately with all the emission control shit the days of loud are over.

Even with the 8” pipes the fucking air compressor is the loudest thing on it.

The got damn Jakes still rattle my windows. 

[drifter379 1106]

The got damn Jakes still rattle my windows. 

I wish. But these are so quite that I can run them anywhere and you can’t even tell they are on.

There are positives to that like RPM was saying. But it sure is fun to rattle windows in a sleepy town at 2am.

[RPM 26130]

27 minutes ago, drifter379 said:

 But it sure is fun to rattle windows in a sleepy town at 2am.

I always liked hitting them in a tunnel. Probably wasn't smart, but it sure sounded cool.

[RPM 26130]

So what do you use for internet/tv? Just run everything thru your phone?

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I am really happy with the color. No matter the light it still looks purple. Sometimes the darker shades look black at certain angles.

Have you thought about some color matched led strip lights along the frame to give it ground accent lighting? Probably not road legal, but would look cool as hell parked. 

Edited April 15, 2019 by RPM

[drifter379 1106]

So what do you use for internet/tv? Just run everything thru your phone?

I am really happy with the color. No matter the light it still looks purple. Sometimes the darker shades look black at certain angles.

Have you thought about some color matched led strip lights along the frame to give it ground accent lighting? Probably not road legal, but would look cool as hell parked. 

I got ideas. But I need to make a few payments before I start adding stuff. Lol.

[Jkwellborn 6608]

I’ve got a buddy with a stretched Freightliner it’s painted blue and has the accent lights. Damn good looking truck.

[High Plains Drifter 10960]

On 4/9/2019 at 2:56 PM, drifter379 said:

Those are going to be some back and arm burning motherfuckers!!

8” all the way under should help it sound better too, even with all the emission shit.

They had to move the def box (passenger steps) forward 5” to get them to fit.

 

Can someone who speaks trucker red-neck translate this post for me. It sounds like something I might be interested in.

 

Nice looking machine.

[Gil Bang 25815]

1 minute ago, High Plains Drifter said:

 

Can someone who speaks trucker red-neck translate this post for me. It sounds like something I might be interested in.

 

Nice looking machine.

The exhaust pipes on the tractor are 8" in diameter, and they go all the way under the tractor to the emission control stuff.

They get quite hot, and when getting in and out of the tractor, you could easily rub up against them and burn yourself. 

They had to relocate the "Diesel Exhaust Fluid" box in order to accommodate the larger-than-usual exhaust pipes.  It's located near the passenger steps to enter the cab.

[RPM 26130]

[drifter379 1106]

I haven’t mounted my tv or PS4 yet.

[RPM 26130]

Wow, their interior has really changed. If you took the badge off the steering wheel I couldn't tell you who built it.

[drifter379 1106]

First load.

[Kennythetiger 9302]

Don't fucking scratch it.

Did you trade-in the old one or keep it for a spare?

[drifter379 1106]

Don't fucking scratch it.
Did you trade-in the old one or keep it for a spare?

Old one was a company truck. This is mine.

[RPM 26130]

About time you went back to work. Ya been layin' around the house drinking beer and playing with you new toy for long enough. 

[drifter379 1106]

Not really a beer drinker.



But yeah I’m really happy to finally be making some money. It’s been a stressful week and a half getting everything in order to put it to work.
Realizing a dream is the easy part now I have to make it work.

[drifter379 1106]

Baby’s first bath.

[Gil Bang 25815]

how much does a truck wash cost?

[drifter379 1106]

how much does a truck wash cost?

This one was $47 and of course they did a shitty job.
Minimum wage teenagers don’t care about quality or pride in work.

I’ll probably have to find a pro that will come to the house and wash it if I want a quality job.

[RPM 26130]

Bad wreck coming down I-70E at Denver West. Fuckin' rookies.

The 23-year-old truck driver who police say caused the 28-car fiery pileup Thursday on Interstate 70 that left four people dead allegedly told authorities that his breaks stopped working while barreling 85 mph down the highway and that he didn’t drive off the road because he didn’t want to roll his truck.

Rogel Lazaro Aguilera-Mederos’ arrest affidavit, released Saturday afternoon, details the panic on the road, both for Aguilera-Mederos and other commuters, as the runaway truck hurtled down from the high country at terrifying speed.

Aguilera-Mederos, a Texas resident, appeared in court for the first time Saturday, when a judge found probable cause for his arrest on investigation of vehicular homicide.

He is due back in court at 10 a.m. May 3. The judge set his bail at $400,000.

Pam Russell, spokeswoman for the 1st Judicial District Attorney, said charges have not been filed.

Aguilera-Mederos told police at the hospital after the crash that he lost control of his semi-tractor traveling east on I-70, and that his breaks stopped functioning. He said he noticed he was going 85 mph, the affidavit said, so he maneuvered to the right shoulder to avoid stopped traffic.

Aguilera-Mederos saw the shoulder was blocked by another stopped semi-truck, according to police, so he chose to swerve back into the lanes of stopped traffic. He didn’t drive off the road, the affidavit said, because he didn’t want to roll the semi.

“Rogel said he thought he was going to die so he closed his eyes before hitting the stopped traffic,” the affidavit states.

Police reviewed video from witnesses, the affidavit said, which allegedly shows a trail of fluid coming from Aguilera-Mederos’ semi-tractor near the Genesee exit. The video also shows Aguilera-Mederos allegedly passing multiple “runaway truck ramp” signs with flashing yellow lights as he flew down the highway.

Spoiler

 

As Aguilera-Mederos’ semi came into his rear-view mirror, a frightened driver pulled off the road to avoid getting hit, according to the affidavit.

Another witnesses described to police that when he pulled up alongside the runaway semi to get the driver’s attention, he “realized something was wrong when the driver of the semi was ‘wide eyed’ with a terrified look on his face.”

Police say Aguilera-Mederos told them he was going only 25 miles per hour in the section of the highway that the video shows him passing the runaway truck signs and running a vehicle off the road.

The crash caused a series of explosions after lumber in Aguilera-Mederos’ truck ignited with gasoline spilled from damage cars. The fire burned so hot that it melted cars and turned the road surface into rubble.

The Jefferson County coroner confirmed four deaths Friday, but police said investigators were having trouble counting the victims because bodies were burned beyond recognition.

Six people went to the hospital with serious injuries, as good Samaritans risked their own lives to rescue people from burning cars. The crash shut down the highway for more than 24 hours as investigators, rescue crews and repair teams worked to clear the wreckage.

Rob Corry, Aguilera-Mederos’ lawyer, told reporters outside the Jefferson County jail Saturday afternoon that he believes there was “some sort of malfunction” with the vehicle.

“This was a tragic accident,” Corry said. “But it was an accident.”

Aguilera-Mederos is cooperating with the investigation, Corry said, and answered every question posed to him.

Corry said Aguilera-Mederos has driven in Colorado, Wyoming and Texas but could not confirm if he had experience driving on steep grades.

Corry said his client is beside himself after the tragedy.

“He’s in deep sorrow,” Corry said. “He can’t eat; he can’t sleep. He’s doing very badly right now.”

 

 

Edited April 28, 2019 by RPM

[drifter379 1106]

Saw all this yesterday. The fact that he blew by the runaway ramps pretty much seals his fate.

 

A lot of guys out here complain about the new breed of truck driver( steering wheel holders). This is an example of that .

There was a whole genre of music based off of the notion that truck drivers would take their own lives in order to save others.

 

 

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They need to birth this guy under the jail.

 

[Jkwellborn 6608]

Hell im just shocked his truck wasn’t governed at 65.

[RPM 26130]

13 hours ago, Jkwellborn said:

Hell im just shocked his truck wasn’t governed at 65.

Gravity will override governors. It doesn't take long to get into trouble if you're an idiot. Having said that, the grade dropping into Denver isn't that bad. You REALLY have to be an idiot to do what he did.

[drifter379 1106]

Ain’t no feelin’ like petermobilin’

[UnivTex34 1760]

34 degrees?

 

fucking jealous. Near midnight here and 75 with 90% humidity. Pack some of that shit in the back and bring it to Austin. At the governor speed limit please.

[Kennythetiger 9302]

You didn't waste any time making it start paying for itself.