Popular Post Lmackattack Posted September 29, 2017 Popular Post Share Posted September 29, 2017 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
57 bcr Posted September 29, 2017 Share Posted September 29, 2017 That IS good,Trent. Al Quote IF YOU BOUGHT IT, A TRUCK BROUGHT IT..AND WHEN YOU'RE DONE WITH IT, A TRUCK WILL HAUL IT AWAY!!! Big John Trimble,WRVA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lmackattack Posted September 29, 2017 Author Share Posted September 29, 2017 Barry sent it to me on Facebook Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-42 Posted September 29, 2017 Share Posted September 29, 2017 Good one!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freightrain Posted October 2, 2017 Share Posted October 2, 2017 (edited) What til all new big trucks have to come with it???? They can't shift, so they have automatics. This will have to help them put it in a dock..... Letting more and more clueless people do more things every day. Edited October 2, 2017 by Freightrain 1 Quote Larry 1959 B61 Liv'n Large...................... Charter member of the "MACK PACK" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post fxfymn Posted October 2, 2017 Popular Post Share Posted October 2, 2017 When I worked at a very slow running station that was located near the Potomac river one of our sources of amusement was to park at the boat ramp and watch folks trying to back into the ramp at a local park. It was funny, but also downright scary to think these folks were actually driving theses things on the road when they couldn't back into a 100 foot wide ramp from a 2 acre parking lot. 3 Quote Money, sex, and fire; everybody thinks everyone else is getting more than they are! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post RowdyRebel Posted October 2, 2017 Popular Post Share Posted October 2, 2017 Perhaps "difficult" tasks are that way for a reason? Not everybody SHOULD be pulling a trailer around behind them, no matter how much they'd LIKE to. Besides, it's fun laughing at people who spent big bucks on high dollar toys who lack the most basic skills needed to enjoy them. 3 Quote When approaching a 4-way stop, the vehicle with the biggest tires has the right of way! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillyT Posted October 2, 2017 Share Posted October 2, 2017 Freightrain,Rowdy, and Fxfymn, your thoughts once again parallel mine😁 Rather than learning to back up and teaching his son, the stroke teaches the kid to rely on electronic devices and they're both thrilled! Typical! When I was in the towing business, a local teenager used to ride with me just for fun,learned to to back a car up in 1 try, two years later was driving team with Coastal Tank Lines!,ended up driving a city bus! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Freightrain Posted October 2, 2017 Popular Post Share Posted October 2, 2017 Growing up I spend my summers on the lawn tractor backing up the little trailer hauling trash around the yard. Practice, practice, practice. Today, most people can't keep their car in one lane going forward(they need "lane assist"), let alone go backwards. 3 Quote Larry 1959 B61 Liv'n Large...................... Charter member of the "MACK PACK" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted October 2, 2017 Share Posted October 2, 2017 that was hilarious....i dont even own a boat....but ive watched people back into the water that way......and i get nervous just watching then....even if your straight in....looks like you have to pay close attention to what your doing...bob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gxbxc Posted October 2, 2017 Share Posted October 2, 2017 FXFYmn if you were at 420 I know it well, best part of watching people trying to get out of the boat with out tieing up first, the boat drifts away with one foot on dock one in boat,always good for a laught. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david wild Posted October 3, 2017 Share Posted October 3, 2017 Maybe swift and the like could have that installed on their trucks, most of them can barley go forward never mind back up. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fxfymn Posted October 3, 2017 Share Posted October 3, 2017 14 hours ago, gxbxc said: FXFYmn if you were at 420 I know it well, best part of watching people trying to get out of the boat with out tieing up first, the boat drifts away with one foot on dock one in boat,always good for a laught. Yes, the most miserable assignment of my career. I went from a place that was doing 3K responses a year to around 200 and the highlight of the day was getting called to pick up a road kill deer. Fortunately I was paroled after a few months and went to a much busier place. Quote Money, sex, and fire; everybody thinks everyone else is getting more than they are! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillyT Posted October 3, 2017 Share Posted October 3, 2017 Just watched the horse video...funny! The horses would probably love watching "Truckmasters" teach someone to drive a semi in two weeks!😁 I was reminded of a time in Weirton west Virginia when I was given bad directions by a local cop and went into a local neighborhood with 40000# of steel sheets in a 237 Maxidyne! I came to a hill so steep the R model wouldn't pull it! Had to back up about a mile thru the neighborhood ,everyone was out on their porch watching! The cop realized he screwed up and had traffic stopped on rte 22 so I could turn around! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted October 9, 2017 Share Posted October 9, 2017 just spotted last post.....had the same thing happen to me cops directions come up to a low overpass...had to blind side into an ice cream shop parking lot to turn around....good thing it was closed....just started driving....had very little experience...but i got it outa there...bob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farmer52 Posted October 9, 2017 Share Posted October 9, 2017 I was raised on a farm and had to learn how to back not only 2 wheeled equipment but also 4 wheeled equipment using a tractor without power steering. Try backing a 2 wheeled baler with a 4 wheel wagon attached around a corner. Liken that to a truck with doubles. Quote Ken PRR Country and Charter member of the "Mack Pack" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillyT Posted October 13, 2017 Share Posted October 13, 2017 Most of us of a "certain age" especially farm boys were driving stick shift farm tractors and trucks at around 10 or 11 years of age if we were tall enough to see over the steering wheel! My dad owned the local salvage yard,so one day he got in a 36 Chevy standard Tudor too old to have any parts value, but it ran (sorta) So he cut off the front end and sent out the head for a valve job and we reassembled it I was 11 and I drove it around the property! I recently read that only 3 percent of new drivers can drive a stick! Also I don't believe you can buy a new pickup with a stick! Sad! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillyT Posted October 13, 2017 Share Posted October 13, 2017 Mower man, when I got those bad directions I had maybe a years experience! We were pulling 40 ft Trailmobile spring ride spreads,one time I made a u turn in midsummer in a closed gas station with about 40 on the wagon was an asphalt parking lot what a mess that spread made of that lot! Should have learned my lesson NOT. Five years later in1979 I'm pulling a a brand new Cotrell "Ronald McDonald" 10 car rack fully loaded on I 64 in August in West Virginia and I pulled over to look at my map (on an asphalt shoulder!) Went to pull out the truck stalls! Tried again, she stalls! I get out and the trailer has sunk down to the frame in the hot asphalt! Took two tandem wreckers chained together to winch me out!😁 The main reason those trailers became obsolete quickly was the weight! 45000 lb with a tag axle day cab if I recall correctly! I was still a dummy to pull over on that hot asphalt! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fxfymn Posted October 14, 2017 Share Posted October 14, 2017 20 hours ago, BillyT said: Most of us of a "certain age" especially farm boys were driving stick shift farm tractors and trucks at around 10 or 11 years of age if we were tall enough to see over the steering wheel! My dad owned the local salvage yard,so one day he got in a 36 Chevy standard Tudor too old to have any parts value, but it ran (sorta) So he cut off the front end and sent out the head for a valve job and we reassembled it I was 11 and I drove it around the property! I recently read that only 3 percent of new drivers can drive a stick! Also I don't believe you can buy a new pickup with a stick! Sad! I can still remember my Grandpa saying "Ok, you put your hands on the bottom of the wheel thumbs out, turn the wheel in the direction of your thumbs, and that is where the trailer will go."" That was after I got big enough to hand crank his AC B model to get it started. Probably 8 or 9. 1 Quote Money, sex, and fire; everybody thinks everyone else is getting more than they are! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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