[New BMT Blog Entry] other dog's Blog - Another Interesting Jobsite

[WattsMack]

I'm trying to remember where I went the first of the week...oh that's right, took a load of beams to Syracuse, N.Y. -Beautiful country up in that area. Then I went down rt. 15 from Corning, N.Y. to Trout Run, Pa. (near Steam Valley) to pick up a load going back to Lynchburg. That's another of my favorite rides, from Corning down to Williamsport, Pa. All routine, except the load tore my tarp all to pieces.

But the next trip, a load of pipes to Paintsville, Ky. was a horse of a different hue. The directions said to meet the contractor in the K-Mart parking lot in Paintsville. I told Jeff before I left that that was never a good thing, "meeting the man in the K-Mart parking lot- he's probably gonna take us up a dirt road right up the side of a mountain". And sure enough, that's exactly what we did. It was too steep to get up the hill going in, and I had to be pulled the rest of the way up with a bulldozer. They could only get one truck up there at a time, and there were 5 loads. After I got unloaded-I was first-I eased back down the hill and turned right on rt. 40 because I couldn't make a left like I wanted to, or i'd have taken the guardrail with me. Had to go past the entrance going in, up to an intersection, and turned right and then backed up into the road to turn around so I could turn left into the jobsite entrance. The front axle on the trailer was dangling over thin air when I turned in as it was. I had the power divider in and poured the coal to it, but still couldn't make it all the way up. Bring on the bulldozer...

when I finally got unloaded I saw one of the other trucks that had tried to turn around, and got stuck in the process. He had to call a wrecker to get out. Then i'm sure everybody else had to be pulled up the hill too. Once again, when it's bad, there's always somebody worse off.

I also hit a bird on the way, and the passenger window was down about 2 inches-what a mess!..feathers all up in the cab...bird parts all over the window.

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[thermodynediesel]

Nice pics,sounds like you had a interesting week.

[other dog]

Nice pics,sounds like you had a interesting week.

yeah, it was a great adventure.

[Freightrain]

Remember........"Trucking, it's not a job, it's an adventure". "It's like a full time vacation, just drive and enjoy the sites"

LOL!!!

[other dog]

Remember........"Trucking, it's not a job, it's an adventure". "It's like a full time vacation, just drive and enjoy the sites"

LOL!!!

yeah, just some you enjoy more than others.

[Mike]

Tom,

But doesn't it make you feel special to be pulled by a Mack instead of the others?

mike

[other dog]

Tom,

But doesn't it make you feel special to be pulled by a Mack instead of the others?

mike

The Superliner wrecker had to pull a Western Express Freightliner out of the ditch. He tried to make a u-turn and ran out of room. The dozer that pulled me up the hill was a...I don't remember what it was...not a Cat though. I should have taken a picture, but sometimes ya' gotta constipate on the task at hand. I had gotten unloaded and was headed to Lexington when I came upon the wrecker. I still wonder how the other 4 trucks (all different companies) made out at the job site. The Western Express had a 53' trailer, but had the 48' axle setting, and it was a Columbia Freightliner. I'm sure I had the longest truck, and it was TIGHT!.. very TIGHT!