RowdyRebel

My boss bought the house next door to me. He's a real a$$ to work for, too.

I can't go more than 32 miles South without leaving the state.

By far the WORST neighbor I've ever had. Worst part is, he JUST moved in 15 minutes ago and he's already getting on my nerves. Not sure how much more of his crap I'll be able to deal with. I think I'm going to knock his house down....ANYTHING to get rid of him.

I bet the OSHA inspector would have a field day with them...

I had that happen in my '01 CH...pulled in for fuel at 2:00 AM and cut the headlights. When I went to leave the truck stop, headlights would not come back on. I pulled the switch and rigged up a switch that would get me by....it worked until I got the new switch the next day. Put the new switch in and THOUGHT I had the problem fixed....and a month or so later it happened again. I'd pull the cubby hole out of the dash and the lights would come on. Sometimes I'd have to reach in through the cubby hole opening and jiggle some wires and they'd come on...DEFINITELY a wiring problem, but I haven't been able to locate it yet. Every time I pull the dash panel out, I go over all of the wires and trace the connections as far as I can...still haven't found anything but (knock on wood) been working for the past several months problem free. One thing you may want to try if it happens again, I know the switch on the turn signal lever that flashes the high beams WOULD turn on the high beams...so if you are running down the road and it happens again, try hitting that switch. High beams may bug the heck out of everyone around you, but they'll let you see where you are going until you can find a safe place to get off the road and jiggle some wires.

I've got one of those...I'd just like to get to see her.

We rarely have more than a couple inches of snow...because when it DOES snow, it usually starts out as rain...then transitions to freezing rain...and after a while it turns into sleet...and IF there's any moisture left in the air, it MIGHT start snowing after we've got a good layer of ice & sleet on the ground. That 18" of snow was actually about 1/2" of ice, 3 to 4" of sleet, and then 14" or so of snow on top of it all. It ain't like it is up there where there are dry roads with decent traction once they push the snow off it...all they do 'round here is uncover the ice. I remember last December I was in town for the Toys for Tots ride in Chicago...ice storm rolled through up there Friday night, and watching the traffic report on the morning news you'd think the world was ending.

I don't own a snow blower. I don't even own a snow shovel. If I need to shovel to get out, it's time to get a bigger truck. Ain't happened yet. 5 years ago, we got 18" and even that wasn't enough to snow me in.

He was napping in it....He SHOULDDA been driving in it. Duh.

Hell, I wasn't complainin' about anything out of the ordinary....just gripin' about STILL having my last load of the day on the truck (hoping it don't freeze tonight) because I didn't have time to get to the receiver before they closed the gates due to this danged petercar takin' a nap in the middle of the road and having to re-route around it for half the day...

Even the trailer tandems were separated from the rest of the trailer....not sure what they used in the manufacturing process, but DUCT TAPE probably would have held better

...layin' down nappin' in the middle of the danged road Happened about 10 minutes after I rolled through town the first of many times this morning...got to re-route around it 4 times before they had it cleaned up....adding 13 miles each way every time Danged petercar drivers and their lazy trucks

Why? They were only flat-spotted on 1 side....probably only affected less than 10% of the tire, so they should still be +90% usable

Whuddaya need brakes for? All they do is slow ya down!

RV tags and a 5th wheel motor home?

Wish I'd snapped a pic yesterday. Volvo at the truck stop was nosed into the ditch pretty hard. I guess he got out and either used the trailer brake valve as a parking brake and bumped it while getting out or forgot to set the brakes altogether....but he was nowhere around the truck when it started rolling towards the ditch. After I loaded, I pulled in to offer to pull 'em out for $50, but they said the wrecker was already on it's way. Bummer. I couldda used the money. At the end of the day, I stopped in at the truck stop again to get some additive for last night and talked to the people inside about it...they said "The wrecker wasn't the expensive part...it was the crane they needed to use to unload the logs and put 'em on another truck." I guess the ditch did some damage to the front end. Sad thing is, I've seen Mack's take harder hits to the steer axle and not even knock it out of alignment.

Haven't ya heard? It ain't the destination....it's the journey

The one good thing I can say about having GPS is that you have SOME sort of proof that you weren't speeding when the corrupt cop decides to write you a BS ticket to make himself look good. When I was pulling tankers, it'd take an hour or so to unload so I had my laptop in the truck with internet access...and had a map software with a GPS receiver that plugged into the USB. Rarely did I ever program in where I was going...mostly used it to check my speedometer and as insurance against the BS tickets. Sure enough, after I switched to dumps, I quit taking the laptop with me...never had time to use it and it was just taking up space. Then I got the dog, and there's no ROOM in the daycab for the dog AND the laptop. Wasn't even 6 months after the dog started riding along with me, I was bouncing to get my next load...cruise set at 55 mph (and I know my speedometer is dead-on accurate from when I WAS running GPS). The car that had turned in ahead of me back in the last town was pulling away steadily when a cop popped up over the next hill. Cop flips around and pulls ME over. Said I was going 62, that folks had been complaining about the speeding coal trucks, and that I was going to get a ticket. I told him no way in hell was I going 62...that I had the cruise set at the 55 mph speed limit. I asked him about the car ahead of me that was pulling away and he said he clocked the car at 57 mph. I'm STILL not sure how that works. He said it'd look bad on HIM if he only gave me a warning, so he wrote the citation for 62 in a 55. How do you prove you WEREN'T speeding when you have a lying sack of excrement with a badge saying you were? A GPS would have been handy that day...would have saved me $75 and a moving violation on my record. Sucked, too...I was only 3 months away from the 72-in-a-70 I got in Missouri at 6 AM on a Sunday morning ON MY MOTORCYCLE dropping off my MVR.

Unfortunately, it works opposite for the DRIVERS...who WILL die, usually after gaining weight and decreasing payload.

...and here I thought I was doing good with this: Went through the garage wall so I don't have to open the garage door to get air out by the truck ...and since the compressor is AAAAAAAAAAAAAAALL the way on the OTHER side of the garage, I put a disconnect right by the kitchen door and ran the 220 up through the attic to where I wanted the compressor ...complete with screw-in fuses Only thing I really need to do is get a switch that kicks the compressor ON around 100 psi. Airing up truck tires can be a chore, since I have to let enough air OUT of the tank to get it to 90 so the compressor kicks on. Right now it kicks off again around 120, which is fine. Being as old as it is, I don't want to increase the shut-off by TOO much....just want it to kick ON a little sooner. Oh well. It was free and it works, so I shouldn't complain TOO much

That's gonna be HEAVY!!! Are you going to gain enough cubic yardage to pay for the reduced tonnage?

Damn right. The employee shows up for work, and at the end of the day when they punch out, they don't have to THINK about anything work related until they punch back in the following day. Most have no idea what goes on AFTER business hours or the other expenses involved in operating a business. Most have no idea how much it costs the employer just to OFFER them the PRIVILEGE of having a job. I've always tried to tell people that if your employer isn't making a profit as a result of the work that you do, you won't have a job for very long. Entrepreneurs risk their capital to start a business in order to see a return on their investment...profits. If profits are good, the business can expand...adding employees. Employees are an investment...if they don't provide good returns on that investment, the job is terminated. It really doesn't get any simpler than that. My first job was a camp councilor at a Boy Scout camp. The camp director was a real hard-ass and gave us the following speech on the first day of our employment: "You are all employees of the camp. ANYTHING that needs being done at the camp is your job. I don't care if your job title is 'scoutcraft instructor', if the commissary needs help getting food ready to send to the troops, that is your job. I don't care if your job title is 'nature instructor', if the waterfront staff needs help on Saturday with the swim checks, that is your job. If I hear 'that ain't my job' out of ANYONE, you'll be on the next bus home." Anyone I have worked for, I figure they are paying me for my time...that I owe them a full day's work for a full day's wage. It doesn't matter if I'm pushing a broom or whatever else needs doing, I'm on the clock. If the job needs doing, I'll do it. Unfortunately these days, I work for a real slave driver who takes advantage of my strong work ethic...got me playing the roles of driver, mechanic, secretary, & accountant...and because I agreed to work on salary, most weeks I find myself wishing I was lucky enough to be making the minimum wage. Oh well...at least I get to drive a kick-ass truck.

I got in trouble last time I washed my F250....hit the creek doin' 35 mph & the fiance had her window open. Don't cost no money ta splash it through the creek.

That truck still be mighty clean fer what mud is on them tars...