I am not going to post a picture of her.How cute?
I am not going to post a picture of her.How cute?
Not planning on it.She may be cute -- but please don't mix sex and work...never a positive event.
It rarely ever is... LOL!Not planning on it.
Smells like re-election time for somebody.So one of the things I've since become aware of since I've come to drive a commercial vehicle is the amount of absolute bull truck drivers have to put up with. I'm diligent with my logs, physical, annual DOT inspection, general upkeep on the truck and what-not. Rule of thumb is to never leave your house scared.
But apparently DOT is blitzing right now.
Had a long one today. Drove to Norcross for tanks, then to Chattanooga and Cleveland, Tennessee for 3 service calls, then back home to Birmingham. 3 weigh stations, in other words. Knew today was going to be trouble when I passed the weigh station going the opposite direction in Heflin (entering Alabama on I20 from Atlanta) and saw that the inspection lot was almost full with more trucks being redirected into it, and they had chase cars, plural, ready to go.
Hit the station in Lithia Springs, Georgia and they pulled me out of line to pull to the lot for inspection. Me, in my little 14500 GVWR box truck. I was surprised, to say the least. I get a level 1 inspection. 30 minutes of me, my paperwork, my load and my truck in general being examined by the DOT officer and I was sent on my merry way. Passed with flying colors, of course.
The truck driver behind me had decided not to enter. Oops. I passed him a mile up the road where a DOT/state trooper chaser had run him down. Glad I'm not that guy.
Get to Norcross and get things sorted there then tear up I75 to Chattanooga. There's a station at about Chickamauga just south of the border. They direct me into the lot again. Head hits steering wheel. No way. Surely they know, and I'm way underweight so there's no way I could have possibly tripped the weigh in motion scales for a close call on either axle. DOT officer comes to my window. I point out the sticker and calmly explain that this is the second time I've been pulled today. He's an understanding dude and we both have a good laugh out of it before he tells me to have a good one and sends me off.
Oh, and in the southbound lanes, some other poor fool attempted to skip the scale and got run down. LOL. Glad I'm not that guy.
Get my two calls done in Chattanooga, one a valve replacement (15 minutes), the other a minor bit of pvc plumbing (bit of PVC welding involved, but an hour of work at most) then head east to Cleveland, Tennessee for the last call. There's a DOT weight station, but it's mercifully closed and coned off, and it's been that way for a while. Hammer down.
Finish my work and hop back on the interstate heading home.
Hit a weigh station.
The arrow flips to the right.
I am now cussing up a storm. DOT officer comes to the window and I explain that this makes 3 today. He asks me to show him my logs, takes my word for it and again sends me off.
Jeez that made for a fun day lol. Got home an hour ago.
IDK what the tractor-trailer drivers are thinking, when they decide to skip in a 18-wheeler. I've seen a couple run down and I wouldn't want to be on the receiving end...So one of the things I've since become aware of since I've come to drive a commercial vehicle is the amount of absolute bull truck drivers have to put up with. I'm diligent with my logs, physical, annual DOT inspection, general upkeep on the truck and what-not. Rule of thumb is to never leave your house scared.
But apparently DOT is blitzing right now.
Had a long one today. Drove to Norcross for tanks, then to Chattanooga and Cleveland, Tennessee for 3 service calls, then back home to Birmingham. 3 weigh stations, in other words. Knew today was going to be trouble when I passed the weigh station going the opposite direction in Heflin (entering Alabama on I20 from Atlanta) and saw that the inspection lot was almost full with more trucks being redirected into it, and they had chase cars, plural, ready to go.
Hit the station in Lithia Springs, Georgia and they pulled me out of line to pull to the lot for inspection. Me, in my little 14500 GVWR box truck. I was surprised, to say the least. I get a level 1 inspection. 30 minutes of me, my paperwork, my load and my truck in general being examined by the DOT officer and I was sent on my merry way. Passed with flying colors, of course.
The truck driver behind me had decided not to enter. Oops. I passed him a mile up the road where a DOT/state trooper chaser had run him down. Glad I'm not that guy.
Get to Norcross and get things sorted there then tear up I75 to Chattanooga. There's a station at about Chickamauga just south of the border. They direct me into the lot again. Head hits steering wheel. No way. Surely they know, and I'm way underweight so there's no way I could have possibly tripped the weigh in motion scales for a close call on either axle. DOT officer comes to my window. I point out the sticker and calmly explain that this is the second time I've been pulled today. He's an understanding dude and we both have a good laugh out of it before he tells me to have a good one and sends me off.
Oh, and in the southbound lanes, some other poor fool attempted to skip the scale and got run down. LOL. Glad I'm not that guy.
Get my two calls done in Chattanooga, one a valve replacement (15 minutes), the other a minor bit of pvc plumbing (bit of PVC welding involved, but an hour of work at most) then head east to Cleveland, Tennessee for the last call. There's a DOT weight station, but it's mercifully closed and coned off, and it's been that way for a while. Hammer down.
Finish my work and hop back on the interstate heading home.
Hit a weigh station.
The arrow flips to the right.
I am now cussing up a storm. DOT officer comes to the window and I explain that this makes 3 today. He asks me to show him my logs, takes my word for it and again sends me off.
Jeez that made for a fun day lol. Got home an hour ago.
They do these blitzes periodically. They call it a "blitz week" but it's really only 72 hours. I just chose the wrong day to travel out of state, I guess. Just gobsmacked I got pulled 3 times. Not my day lol.Smells like re-election time for somebody.
Doing 3 level 1 inspections on the same truck on the same day is simply a waste of citizens' time and DOT's officials' as well.
The reason I'm so diligent with it is because of my predecessor. He was extremely diligent because it got him burned one time. He got nailed just after he started out of ignorance. Blew a station, cc ran him down. If they have to come after you, they are NOT going to be happy. "What the HELL do you think you're doing!"IDK what the tractor-trailer drivers are thinking, when they decide to skip in a 18-wheeler. I've seen a couple run down and I wouldn't want to be on the receiving end...
You mean they made him walk off and leave his truck?The reason I'm so diligent with it is because of my predecessor. He was extremely diligent because it got him burned one time. He got nailed just after he started out of ignorance. Blew a station, cc ran him down. If they have to come after you, they are NOT going to be happy. "What the HELL do you think you're doing!"
He had zero paperwork and they shut his ass down. He never made that mistake again.
He was on his way to assist on an install in Tennessee when he got shut down. They shut him down for 10 hours. The co-worker he was going to assist, Mark, who is still with us and covers Tennessee and surrounding areas to this day, came and retrieved him, took him to do the job, and they returned and retrieved the truck the next day.You mean they made him walk off and leave his truck?