Big load and haul operation :)

[Alan]

Got into a big load and haul operation with my 400 and my sons' 318 (both Deere Garden tractors) and dumpcart yesterday. He had a couple yards of material where he didn't need /want it and I was up there with the 400 doing some loader work anyhow.

We've both operated loaders and also been in the truck when a cowboy operator dumped a load hard. He backed in one trip while I was raising the the load to full height. Before I dumped it I idled down so he could hear me and said, "I'm gonna do something I've always wanted to do!". Naturally, he asked, "What's that?". So I brought the revs up and dumped, as fast as the equipment could manage, the whole bucket in one shot,, THUMP!! He cracked up laughing and then screamed at me, "You %*@()#$^$ loader operators are all alike!!"

[crash935]

So I brought the revs up and dumped, as fast as the equipment could manage, the whole bucket in one shot,, THUMP!! He cracked up laughing and then screamed at me, "You %*@()#$^$ loader operators are all alike!!"


Typical loader operator, always abusing the haul equipment. :bouncegri

[Squizzy246B]

Typical loader operator, always abusing the haul equipment. :bouncegri

Typical Truck driver always complainin!:rolleyes: :laugh

[norrodbh]

Don't touch my sideboards :)

[crash935]

Don't touch my sideboards :)

Yeah, what he said,

because i know squizzy sure aint going to fix them after he breaks them! :thumbsup

[Squizzy246B]

because i know squizzy sure aint going to fix them after he breaks them! :thumbsup

Never touched one yet....and all the tyre marks up the side of the truck will wash off easy :rolleyes: :cool:

Damn truck drivers sitting in their A/C cabs, cruise control, auto tailgates, auto tarps.....they got it to easy:wink2 :bouncegri :bouncegri

[crash935]

and all the tyre marks up the side of the truck will wash off easy :rolleyes: :cool:

Damn truck drivers sitting in their A/C cabs, cruise control, auto tailgates, auto tarps.....they got it to easy:wink2 :bouncegri :bouncegri


They got it easy.... yeah right, you just keep playing in your little sandbox world waiting for the next truck to show while were out there dealing with every moron on the road. I think what your real problem is that the boss dont love you enough to buy you something with an AC cab and your jealous. :thumbsup


sorry alan, didnt mean to hijack your post.

[Dozerboy]

They got it easy.... yeah right, you just keep playing in your little sandbox world waiting for the next truck to show while were out there dealing with every moron on the road. I think what your real problem is that the boss dont love you enough to buy you something with an AC cab and your jealous. :thumbsup


sorry alan, didnt mean to hijack your post.


I don't see the problem, all you moron truck drivers should be right at home. I'm curious when you get your Kmart CDL to they tell you that all of our grading stakes are targets or what?:nono :laugh

[tylermckee]

I don't see the problem, all you moron truck drivers should be right at home. I'm curious when you get your Kmart CDL to they tell you that all of our grading stakes are targets or what?:nono :laugh
:laugh :laugh If there is something you dont want a driver to hit, chances are he is gonna hit it. Ive had 8" sewer cleanouts sticking 12 feet out of the ground spraypainted orange with sandbags and cones around them and i watched a driver NOSE right over the damn thing.

[CascadeScaper]

:laugh :laugh If there is something you dont want a driver to hit, chances are he is gonna hit it. Ive had 8" sewer cleanouts sticking 12 feet out of the ground spraypainted orange with sandbags and cones around them and i watched a driver NOSE right over the damn thing.

Amen to that! Had a driver wipe out 2 fenceposts last week, I painted them orange (metal temporary posts) and he still mowed them over. Then the next driver that showed up on the job drove the truck into a long driveway nose first, did a 50 point turn to get turned around, then backed in on the dump spot only to forget to put the truck back in a forward gear so when he jammed the accelerator to jiggle the body he slammed right back into the pile. :Banghead

[Squizzy246B]

I don't see the problem, all you moron truck drivers should be right at home. I'm curious when you get your Kmart CDL to they tell you that all of our grading stakes are targets or what?:nono :laugh

ROFLMAO...Now this thread is happening:bouncegri

[digger242j]

they tell you that all of our grading stakes are targets or what?

My Dad was, among other things, a registered surveyor. He used to get a magazine for surveyors, and they had a joke in there one time:

Q. What should a surveyor do if he's hopelessly lost in the wilderness?

A. Set a stake, mark it real well, and when the dozer operator shows up to run it over, ask him for a ride home.

:bouncegri

[crash935]

when you get your Kmart CDL

I didnt know you could get your CDL at Kmart, stupid me went and spent the extra $10.00 and got mine at Sears :Banghead

I think the kid and i might take a walk over to the new subdevelopment they are building and move a few stakes around :naughty

[Jeff D.]

Typical Truck driver always complainin!:rolleyes: :laugh
......all you moron truck drivers should be right at home. I'm curious when you get your Kmart CDL to they tell you that all of our grading stakes are targets or what?:nono:laugh
:laugh :laugh If there is something you dont want a driver to hit, chances are he is gonna hit it.
Amen to that! Had a driver wipe.........right back into the pile.:Banghead
ROFLMAO...Now this thread is happening:bouncegri

Yeah, I hate them stupid idiot truck drivers too!!:thumbsup

Hey, you know what we should do? Us guys should stick together and instead of letting them pea brains with their K-mart CDL's haul the equipment to the next job site, lets drive the equipment there ourselves down the shoulder of the road.

Even if it's fifty miles. That'll really show em' how dumb they are!!:yup

[tylermckee]

Yeah, I hate them stupid idiot truck drivers too!!:thumbsup

Hey, you know what we should do? Us guys should stick together and instead of letting them pea brains with their K-mart CDL's haul the equipment to the next job site, lets drive the equipment there ourselves down the shoulder of the road.

Even if it's fifty miles. That'll really show em' how dumb they are!!:yup

:nono you are one of those moron truck drivers :laugh

[Jeff D.]

I think the kid and i might take a walk over to the new subdevelopment they are building and move a few stakes around :naughty

Crash935, they think that drivers run over that stuff accidentally.:bouncegri

We (us truck drivers) sit around and laugh about how mad they get when we do that stuff too.:yup

They're doing a remodeling at a store I deliver too, and I can usually run over two or three stakes each day. The hardest part is trying to keep a straight face when they come running up, waving their hands in the air, all bent out of shape.

I practice alot in the mirror my "suprised" and "concerned" faces, but it's so gosh darn hard too not start laughing when they start that spitting and sputtering thing they do.:laugh

[digger242j]

:nono you are one of those moron truck drivers :laugh


No, Tyler. Jeff is not one of them--He is their King. :yup

[Jeff D.]

No, Tyler. Jeff is not one of them--He is their King. :yup

Yeah, that's right!!:yup I'm the "King Crap" in turd town.:bouncegri

I get a this bad feeling this thread could go from "funnin' around" to just being "plain old mean" fast, so I hope people realize it's all just kidding.

[xkvator]

No, Tyler. Jeff is not one of them--He is their King. :yup
you mean Jeff's the one they made the song about..."King of the Road":notworthy

[digger242j]

I get a this bad feeling this thread could go from "funnin' around" to just being "plain old mean" fast, so I hope people realize it's all just kidding.

No, this is all deadly serious. Didn't you get the email that said this was the first thread to be published in "Construction Equipment"? :confused:


:wink2

[tylermckee]

A truck driver ran over my mother, and stole my lunch, those guys are jerks

[Jeff D.]

No, this is all deadly serious. Didn't you get the email that said this was the first thread to be published in "Construction Equipment"? :confused:

:eek: Really?? Oh man!!

That doesn't make no sense though?? I got an e-mail, but it said that the first publication in the magazine from this forum was a Biography titled "Squizzy-T, Limestones and Rhinestones" containing all of his serious business posts like he used to do that one time.:bouncegri

[Jeff D.]

A truck driver ran over my mother, and stole my lunch, those guys are jerks

That was "Bill" the truck driver. I was really disappointed in him over that whole fiasco too. I thought his taking the lunch was alittle over the top, considering to the way the whole "Mom" thing went down.:confused:

There's always one in every bunch though.

Believe me Tyler, if we could bring your lunch back, we would!!:yup

[crash935]

I cant belive tylers crying because a truck driver stole his lunch, it was just a lousy PB&J sandwich with a bag of chips. Bill gave me tylers lunch after he stole it, said he wasnt hungry, but tyler, tell your mom another sandwich and maybe a few cookies would be nice next time, Oh wait, thats right, bill done ran here over with his big truck...

Just remember, that if you eat it, live in it, drive it or just sit there and stare at it, I probably had it on my truck at one time.

[digger242j]

My truck was on the scale at the supply yard one day. While I was inside paying, I left the door open. When I got back in, I found the owner's dog had stolen my lunch. Later that year, one of his own trucks ran over the dog.

(I have no idea what the point of that story was, but each and every part of it seems to be on topic...) :confused:

[tylermckee]

My truck driver has been hauling me pit run the last few days, truck and pup, we are good to 84,000#. somehow he managed to get one load that he weighed 94,000#, he hauled it anyways good thing he didnt get caught. I dont get what he did, he said he had consistently been loading 82-83,000.

How do you accidentally go 10,000# over when you already know how many scoops you need?

i heard someone say scale :beatsme

[Jeff D.]

...........Later that year, one of his own trucks ran over the dog.

I have no idea what the point of that story was........
Well it appears to me the point (whether unconciously or not) is too point out another "story" where the truck driver is the "bad guy"!!:mad:
I'm suprised you didn't have the truck driver stealing the lunch too!!:thumbsupOr maybe the truck driver could've eaten the dog!!

Don't you guys have any stories where a truck driver does something good??
Is that too much too ask?!:bouncegri

[digger242j]

I think you have a persecution complex. :nono I was never compensated for the loss of my lunch. :mad: Maybe I was portraying the truck driver as my avenging hero. :notworthy

(Or, maybe not...) ***

Don't you guys have any stories where a truck driver does something good??

The day my wife hit the deer with her car, an 18 wheeler driver that was behind her stopped to make sure she was ok. Happy now? :)

(Then while she wasn't looking, he stole her lunch...) :eek:

:bouncegri

[Jeff D.]

Here, I know it's not your run of the mill lunch stealing, mom squishing, dog flattening, stake ripper outer, overweight truck driver story that seems so popular:bouncegri


Trucker helps stabilize diabetic grandmother with O.J.
It was a small act, but it made a big difference.

Davis Transport driver Andrew Lee of Silver Springs, Nev., had pulled into a truckstop near Marysville, Wash., to buy lunchand was returning to his rig when he noticed a woman sitting in her SUV with the window down.

The woman, Dr. Ginny Tresvant, explained that she was a diabetic and had pulled into the truckstop because she was feeling dizzy. Upon checking her blood sugar, she discovered it was extremely low, but she did not have enough energy to get herself and her 17-month-old twin grandsons, who were asleep in the back of the vehicle, into the store to purchase what she needed.

Fearing she would lose consciousness, Tresvant asked if Lee could help, and he ran into the store to buy orange juice.

“I knew a diabetic needed orange juice,” Lee says. “It doesn’t take very long to bring the blood sugar level to normal.”

While she drank the juice, Lee also bought her candy bars to further stabilize her blood sugar, and he remained with her until it reached a safe level.

Tresvant wrote a letter to Davis Transport to commend Lee for his “quick thinking and fast actions” in what she called “a crisis situation.”

“It’s just in my nature to help,” Lee says. “I like the feeling I get in helping people.”

The Truckload Carriers Association recognized Lee as a Highway Angel for assisting the diabetic grandmother. Lee received a Highway Angel lapel pin, certificate and patch for his efforts, and Davis Transport received a certificate.
--Brittani Tingle
Somewhere there's a Nana that thinks we're OK!!:thumbsup

[Jeff D.]

The day my wife hit the deer with her car, an 18 wheeler driver that was behind her stopped to make sure she was ok. Happy now? :)

Truth be told, he was more likely trying to "pick up" your wife.:yup:laugh

[littledenny]

Gentlemen: Point of Order.

Would it be proper to add a comment here to initiate a discussion about the cute things scraper operators say to push dozer operators, and vice versa, or should it reside in a new thread?

At the tender age I first tried to survive in this dance, I just thought it was played the same as "Tag".

[Jeff D.]

Would it be proper to add a comment here to initiate a discussion about the cute things scraper operators say to push dozer operators, and vice versa, or should it reside in a new thread?

Would it be proper?!:eek:

Does the Pope crap in the woods?!:rolleyes:

I'm not sure, but do it anyway.:thumbsup

[Jeff D.]

Anything to take the heat off us truckers.:yup

I figured we were going to be blamed for global warming here pretty soon!!:rolleyes:

[Jeff D.]

Truth be told, he was more likely trying to "pick up" your wife.:yup:laugh

Er...umm, after rereading this I see it may have sounded differently than I meant when I typed it.:confused:

I meant "pick up" as in when one trys to get a legitimate date with a single woman, and not implying anything else. It was a poor choice of words.

My respectful apoligies for that Mr. & Mrs. Digger.:yup

[Squizzy246B]

Anything to take the heat off us truckers.:yup



and we haven't even started yet!...wait till we really turn up the heat:yup

...and yes I'm BACK.:D

[digger242j]

Er...umm, after rereading this I see it may have sounded differently than I meant when I typed it.:confused:

I meant "pick up" as in when one trys to get a legitimate date with a single woman, and not implying anything else. It was a poor choice of words.

My respectful apoligies for that Mr. & Mrs. Digger.:yup

That's ok, Jeff. No offense taken. Besides, I know nuthin stirs passion in the heart of a truck drivin man like the sight of fresh road kill... :yup

:bouncegri :bouncegri :bouncegri


Would it be proper to add a comment here to initiate a discussion about the cute things scraper operators say to push dozer operators, and vice versa, or should it reside in a new thread?

Please do! Anything to sidetrack this thread from where it's headed would help. (This is honestly the first one I've ever worried that might need to be locked before it's all said and done...)

[Squizzy246B]

That's ok, Jeff. No offense taken. Besides, I know nuthin stirs passion in the heart of a truck drivin man like the sight of fresh road kill... :yup



Wednesday is garbage day and down the bottom of my street is a new development of units...like condos or whatever you guys call them..anyways, early wednesday morning there is like 60 wheelie bins lined up out on the verge. Now when I come down the street at 5.30 am in the 9 tonner I have this almost overwhelming urge to test the Domino effect:eek: :) . I'm a pretty placid truck driver...except for cyclists who don't obey the road rules...they are definetley on the bull bar menu.


Please do! Anything to sidetrack this thread from where it's headed would help. (This is honestly the first one I've ever worried that might need to be locked before it's all said and done...)

Side track???...just what track is it on anyway???:D :D :drinkup

[Jeff D.]

I'm a pretty placid truck driver...
I think "flacid" is the word you meant!!:rolleyes:

Side track???...just what track is it on anyway???:D :D :drinkup
It must be the that "angle geared for downhill" track you'de mentioned before.:thumbsup

I keep hearing an over-winding airplane engine, like in the WWII documentaries when a plane is crashing, every time I view this thread.:yup

[Squizzy246B]

I think "flacid" is the word you meant!!:rolleyes:


It must be the that "angle geared for downhill" track you'de mentioned before.:thumbsup

I keep hearing an over-winding airplane engine, like in the WWII documentaries when a plane is crashing, every time I view this thread.:yup

Thats "Angel Gear" ..I imagine that in Your truck most of the gears have a few extra "angles" cut on the cogs:bouncegri

I'm moved to burst into verse...Australian nonetheless (as edited)

Well its a lonesome away, from your kindred and all, by the truck stop at night where the wild cyotes call.
But there is nothing so lonesome, morbid or drear, than to stand in the Bar of Jeff's Pub with no Beer

Now Jeff is all anxious for the beer truck to come
and there's a faraway look on the face of the bum
The maids gone all cranky, and the cooks acting queer
What a terrible place is Jeff's Pub with no Beer.

The stockman rides up with his dry, dusty throat
He breasts up to the bar, pulls a wad from his coat
But the smile on his face quickly turns to a sneer
When Jeff just says sadly: "The Pub's got no Beer!"

There's a dog on the verandah, for his master he waits
But Jeff is inside drinking wine with his mates
He hurries for cover and he cringes in fear
It's no place for a dog round Jeff's Pub with no Beer

Then in comes the hobbo, all covered with flies
He throws down his roll, wipes the sweat from his eyes
But when he is told he says, "What's this I hear?
I've trudged fifty flamin' miles to Jeff's Pub with no Beer!"

Now Digger the operator, the first time in his life
Has gone home cold sober to his dear darling wife
He walks in the kitchen; she says: "You're early, my dear"
Then he breaks down and he tells her "Jeff's Pub's got no Beer"

Well its a lonesome away, from your kindred and all, by the truck stop at night where the wild cyotes call.
But there is nothing so lonesome, morbid or drear, than to stand in the Bar of Jeff's Pub with no Beer

[Jeff D.]

That's pretty good!!:thumbsup

You're not getting my title as "poet laureate" though. Not without a fight!!:nono

If I owned a bar, and still drank, that song would be pretty accurate too.
Cuz I'd a drank it all.:yup

[digger242j]

I think I was in that bar once...

My pickup truck broke down on the way to an equipment auction about 30 miles out into the country. It was under warrantee, so I called the dealer for a tow. "Ok, But it'll be a couple of hours". No problem I thought--I'm in front of a bar. :)

There was the only bartender, and these two derelict looking guys, off in the corner, not talking, even to each other. Well, it was not quite no beer, but I had to name about four different brands before they had one I asked for. Then, after about two of those, they ran out of that! I was hungry, and of the dozen or so items on the menu, they had none of them either. It had a very Twilight Zoneish feel to the whole situation. <shiver>

Sidenote: Two girls came in, and ordered beers. One of them commented that she hadn't seen me there before. I said my truck was broke down and I was waiting for a tow. She asked me, "Who do you drive for?" I explained that it was my pickup truck, and that I didn't drive for anybody exactly. Her interest waned pretty quickly after that. I left with the distinct feeling that if I'd been a real truck driver, I could have scored... <sigh>

[tylermckee]

don't you people have some work to do, damn lazy operators. :bash

[Jeff D.]

Two girls came in, and ordered beers. One of them commented that she hadn't seen me there before. I said my truck was broke down and I was waiting for a tow. She asked me, "Who do you drive for?" I explained that it was my pickup truck, and that I didn't drive for anybody exactly. Her interest waned pretty quickly after that. I left with the distinct feeling that if I'd been a real truck driver, I could have scored... <sigh>It's a little known secret that truckers are babe magnets. It's so secret, matter of fact, that even most the babes don't know about it.........yet. Apparently these two ladies musta been clued in already.:naughty
don't you people have some work to do, damn lazy operators.
That's right, testify my brutha!!

We've lured Tyler over too the "dark side".:waving

[tylermckee]

I left with the distinct feeling that if I'd been a real truck driver, I could have scored... <sigh>


Any woman thats looking to score with truck drivers isnt the kind of woman you want to be associated with :nono

[Jeff D.]

Any woman thats looking to score with truck drivers isnt the kind of woman you want to be associated with :nono
Umm.........yes, yes indeed. It's actually best to not even let them stand next to you if you can help it.

"Go away you ladies, you! Why yes, that spot is taken, and no I don't know what time it is! Ok, Bye-bye then!":waving

Very good advice Mr.Tyler.

But, I'm wondering if after being on the road for a month or two, a single guy, by yourself, and by this time you could pry a car door off it's hinges if necessary, without any tools, I wonder if you might make one teency-weency little exception then.:laugh

[MVFD]

Sqizzy you really gotta get a machine with A/C... my excavator has it so I stay nice and clean all day long :bouncegri no dust.. no heat just plain heaven.


I hada driver yesterday that I specifily told not to hit the elevation stake that we needed (only one left from other drivers hitting them... ) so everythings fine he backs right by it... 4 inchs to spare.. Im happy the foreman is happy.. finish loading him not even 3 minutes later and what does he do when he pulls out? well he runs it over with both duals...

I havnt seen my foreman so pissed off...

one of our drivers had a very bad week... this past week..

So on thursday he jumps out of his truck.. Ive got a flat tire so load me and I will go fix it... comes back with a brand new tire.. blew 1000 bucks for the company... then a couple hours later... eric is loading boulders in to his truck... ends up taking the whole side board off.. minus few small pieces... then friday.. he was working upisland.. unloading a barge.. and the operator up there took off his canopy so this week that truck has lost about 2500 bucks... bad day for him...

but yeah truck drivers need to be operators for a few years to realize what we gotta put up with sometimes and with some of the drivers we get...

like wise for operators.. we should be driving truck for a little while.. altho I do know what you gotta put up with on the road..

[Squizzy246B]

The 248 has the cab with bells and whistles...and I got one of those new fangled phones with the radio.....just don't get to spend much time in the skid these days...

Anyway, I'm off start a serious thread.:salute

[Orchard Ex]

But, I'm wondering if after being on the road for a month or two, a single guy, by yourself, and by this time you could pry a car door off it's hinges if necessary, without any tools, I wonder if you might make one teency-weency little exception then.:laugh

Jeff, at that point you can use the "new math" rule: If it's getting late and you can't find a "10", bring home 2 "2's" and a six pack. :drinkup :naughty

[farmerted44]

Sidenote: Two girls came in, and ordered beers. One of them commented that she hadn't seen me there before. I said my truck was broke down and I was waiting for a tow. She asked me, "Who do you drive for?" I explained that it was my pickup truck, and that I didn't drive for anybody exactly. Her interest waned pretty quickly after that. I left with the distinct feeling that if I'd been a real truck driver, I could have scored... <sigh>
believe me if you had a fist full of twenties your 1/2 ton pickup would have turned in to a pete w/ a condo cab and a 600 hp cat...we call em lot lizards here...

[Electra_Glide]

Please do! Anything to sidetrack this thread from where it's headed would help. (This is honestly the first one I've ever worried that might need to be locked before it's all said and done...)

Well, I didn't think it could be done, but we might have finally eclipsed the "Lonely Friday" thread...:thumbsup

It's kinda like wathcing a car wreck...you try not to look, but you just can't help yourself...:bouncegri

Speaking of grade stakes and dumptrucks...The first time I ever worked on a large "commercial" job for a friend of mine, I was running a Volvo articulated dump hauling off topsoil from where the parking lot was being built. The locations for all the stormwater drains were staked with three stakes (about 3' apart) Before we started for the day, I was reminded NOT TO HIT THE GRADE STAKES!!! Well, the first load out, I swung around the stakes, but cut it a little too close. Never touched the stakes. The tractor tires made it around the stakes, but the trailer tires passed right BETWEEN two of them...:eek: Sometimes it's better to be lucky than good, and thank God for ground clearence. Needless to say, after that I made sure I was plenty wide of all the stakes.

No, Tyler. Jeff is not one of them--He is their King. Yeah, that's right!!:yup I'm the "King Crap" in turd town.:bouncegri
Well, since I've got that shiny new CDL in my pocket, I will take this opportunity to pledge my allegience to Jeff, and acknowledge him as my supreme leader...:notworthy

Wow, suddenly, I feel the urge to run out, jump in a big truck, cruise around town, and start runnin' over every grade stake I can find...:bouncegri Yeehawwwww!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :Cowboy

Joe

[crash935]

WOW, i'm speachless, go away for 4 days and one thread about a little operation at the house goes off track, is about to be shut down and Jeff D has been declared a supreme leader, I think i just might have to go get back in my truck and leave again, this time i'm looking for a job site with alot of stakes and a few open lunch boxes.

[tylermckee]

Well, since I've got that shiny new CDL in my pocket, I will take this opportunity to pledge my allegience to Jeff, and acknowledge him as my supreme leader...:notworthy

Wow, suddenly, I feel the urge to run out, jump in a big truck, cruise around town, and start runnin' over every grade stake I can find...:bouncegri Yeehawwwww!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :Cowboy

Joe

All ive got is my CDL instruction permit, can i still join the club, i must say i love to run **** over! :bouncegri

[Electra_Glide]

Now hold on a second there Mr Tyler...

First you posted this:
:nono you are one of those moron truck drivers :laugh
And now you posted this:
All ive got is my CDL instruction permit, can i still join the club, i must say i love to run **** over! :bouncegri
Excellent!!! I see our evil master plan of taking over the world one operator at a time is starting to work. I'm sure our fearless leader Jeff will be most pleased, once he gets in from hitting curbs, grade stakes, lunchboxes, and little old ladies...

Now, to answer your question, yes you can join the club, but as your state CDL manual clearly points out, you must have a properly licensed moron in the right-hand seat until such time that you can prove you are proficient enough to do it all by yourself. After all, if we sent you out there alone, with just your permit, and you happened to MISS one of those stakes, can you image the harm that would do to our reputation?

Come over to the dark side...

Joe

[Jeff D.]

Arlo Guthrie: "I don't want a pickle, I just wanna ride my motor-sickle."

Jeff D. : I don't wanna be a leader, I just wanna drive my elevation stake eater.":yup

That guy running Iran is called "Supreme Leader" already, so there can't be two.
How about we just continue going by our CB handles as our titles?

"Super Grover" said that!! I'm quiet, on the side.:cool:

[Jeff D.]

Excellent!!! I see our evil master plan of taking over the world one operator at a time is starting to work.
Joe, I tried to find a picture of Mr. Burns from the Simpsons for this quote, but couldn't. That sure sounds like something he'd say though.:yup

[Orchard Ex]

That guy running Iran is called "Supreme Leader" already, so there can't be two.

How about we just call you "The Grand Poobah"?! :cool: :cool: :cool:

[crash935]

Hey Joe, I'm coming your way and was wondedring if i could get the address to your job site, looking for a few good stakes to run over.

[Jeff D.]

Crash935, I see over at "LTS" you have a Freightliner Classic XL for an Avatar, is that your set of wheels?

I had one also, and wish I did again, they're a beautiful truck. Only thing I didn't like was the fuel mileage.(about 5mpg ave.)

[crash935]

Jeff,

Thats dads truck, for some reason i havent bothered to switch the avatars to my truck yet. I've got a 01 Freightliner FLD120 w/ 70" condo. Like the ride of the XL but the darn thing turns worse than a school bus.

I'm still sitting here at home because a production machine went down last night and they havent decide if they are going to release me with half a load, fill it with something else or empty it out yet.

[Jeff D.]

I've got a 01 Freightliner FLD120 w/ 70" condo.
:thumbsup When I had my Classic XL I'd a 500hp Detroit in it, a buddy had a FLD 120 Condo w/435hp 3406E Cat. Both were 1650 ftlbs torque, and 13 speeds.

On occasion we'de run out west together, usually to Bismark or Minot ND, and even when we were loaded the same, fighting a head wind he could easily outpull me. My low sleeper didn't help any. He consistantly got 1+ mpg better too.:Banghead

The FLD doesn't look all that aerodynamic, but it cuts through the air better than alot of other trucks out there.
Like the ride of the XL but the darn thing turns worse than a school bus.
Yup, mine turned like an aircraft carrier too, with a 265" wheelbase. Not a good city truck.:spaz

It was a nice truck too drive though, when you needed to put away some milesticks. Held the road well, even when slippery.

[gordyo]

So I brought the revs up and dumped, as fast as the equipment could manage, the whole bucket in one shot,, THUMP!! He cracked up laughing and then screamed at me, "You %*@()#$^$ loader operators are all alike!!"

Ahhhh this explains why you didn't hear your cell phone when I called you from the Ferry in Grande Isle last week!:bouncegri

[crash935]

Jeff,

Yeah, those XL's arent the greatest on milage. Dads has the 500 Detroit with the super 10 and i've got the Detroit 430/470 with the Merritor 10, We just put my truck on the road last week and i just got back from running around the east coast with it. Had from 10,000 to 42,000 lbs on it and averages 6.9 mpg and i have a habit of sticking my foot in it. I'm just waiting for a chance to run with dad so i can walk on by him. He swears his truck will do 80 but my brother and i cant get it to do it but i know mine does 84. Ive got one of those on-board trip computers that tells you all kinds of stuff and lets you erase it :rolleyes: .

Are you doing the O/O thing or driving for someone else?

[digger242j]

Are you doing the O/O thing or driving for someone else?

Jeff does the "Oh oh" thing--"Oh oh, I just ran over a stake." or "Oh oh, I just ruined a trailer tire on the curb. Ahh the heck with it, it's a company trailer..."

:bouncegri

(Sorry, It's just part of my job to keep threads on topic...) :yup

[Jeff D.]

Are you doing the O/O thing or driving for someone else?O/O. I've a dedicated run, hauling for Target corp.

Oh oh, I just ruined a trailer tire on the curb.
There's been much worse than that happen too, but I try and keep the bad stuff under my hat.:yup :bouncegri

[crash935]

"(Sorry, It's just part of my job to keep threads on topic...)"

Sorry digger, but this thread went way off topic a long time ago.

"There's been much worse than that happen too, but I try and keep the bad stuff under my hat."

Isnt the rule that as long as its a company trailer and it still has its roof and 8 tires it didnt happen?

I'm off to Targets Harrisburg DC on monday, if i can find my trailer! Havent seen it have you, its white, 53' long, rectangle shaped with 8 tires on the back? Someone else used it last week and i have no idea where they left it!!!

[Alan]

Don't you guys have any stories where a truck driver does something good??

Well,,,, ummmm,,,,, maybe nobody is that much of a liar?

[murray83]

now now truckers have many uses.

-decent entertainment on boring days

-they provide runs to the coffee & doughnut shop

-they provide extra work to the starving surveying industry

-always dumping that load where you didn't want it for "future" use

all joking aside truckers are not all that bad and without them the job wouldn't get done.

[Jeff D.]

all joking aside truckers are not all that bad and without them the job wouldn't get done.

Yeah Alan, what murray said!!:yup

We're not that bad and..........and (something something mumble) ...........and other good stuff about truckers too!

So there!:cool:

:bouncegri

[murray83]

now if you guys would finally dump where i tell you to dump and actualy show up on time...........:rolleyes:

[Jeff D.]

now if you guys would finally dump where i tell you to dump and actualy show up on time...........:rolleyes: You can't first give us a compliment, and then put stipulations on it!!:nono

No, we'll just be happy knowing that we've secretly gotton a big "thumbs up" from you, and leave it at that.:yup

I'm off to Targets Harrisburg DC on monday, if i can find my trailer! Havent seen it have you, its white, 53' long, rectangle shaped with 8 tires on the back? Someone else used it last week and i have no idea where they left it!!!Do you mean the Galesburg DC in Michigan?

I've some bad news about your trailer too. I didn't want to tell you, but.....

[Jeff D.]

"..it'll buff out. " I stole this from the "Favorite construction sayings" thread, cuz I thought it fit so well.:yup

Maybe alittle Armorall on the tires too.:bouncegri

[digger242j]

I'm off to Targets Harrisburg DC on monday,

Well, (assuming you mean PA.), wave as you pass Pittsburgh. :waving

[Jeff D.]

I had quite an afternoon with a "contractor". I don't get mad very often, but sometimes I just pop. Today was probobly the closest I've been to a fight in years.

I get to my store, am switching trailers, and a car pulls up near my truck and stops. I have to back around the car to get under my trailer. I won't be able to pull it out till this guy moves, so I sit there staring at him. He takes his time finishing his cigarette, grabs his lunch pale, gets out, and starts to walk into the store. He's park out in the dock area, not even close to the edge, theres "No Parking" signs everywhere, but there's a five acre parking lot on the other side of the building.

I jump out, hotter than hell, and say "Hey, you can't park your car here!!" This clown get's an attitude, and says "What, I work the overnight shift?!?!" as if that means I'll magically be able to get around him now?:Banghead

I then ask him "Are you for F'n real?!", and it all goes south from there.

He moved his car, but not without telling me I'm an a-hole, I'm too stress, and I need to learn to ask people nicer, out his car window as he's driving away.:mad:

I think he was an electrical contractor, but still can't understand how some of these people get through life being as ignorrant as they are.:spaz

I had alittle talk with the general contractor on the site, who said he's specifically already told all sub-contractors to park in the "parking lot", and that he'd make sure this wouldn't happen again.

So, next time you mad at a truck driver, remember we get to deal with some winners too, sometimes.

[digger242j]

You should carry a grade stake with you for cases like that. Drive it into his hood, and then run it over... :thumbsup

[Jeff D.]

You should carry a grade stake with you for cases like that. Drive it into his hood, and then run it over... :thumbsup

Yeah, it sure sounds fun too do.:yup I'm glad nothing happened. I'd have lost that run if it had gotton physical, and police were invovled.

It just reminds me of that young guy in Bob Horrells post. Some people just don't care about their job, or anyone else around them. If it saved him 1/2 block of walking by parking in the dock area, that's all he cared.

It seems like the stress of work can build up too, without even being able to notice it, until something like this happens. Then you go on auto-pilot and wonder why it got so out of hand, after. Atleast the GC seemed ligitimately concerned about what I said, I was impressed by that.

I really fealt like finding something too drink when I got home, though.(but didn't):nono

[Squizzy246B]

I am again reminded of that scene form some movie.."Smokey and the Bandit" maybe...anyways the bikers in a bar rough up a truck driver (our hero), pour beer over his head etc....the truckie leaves and the biker comments to the barkeep "Not much of a man ay!" to which the barkeep replies "No, not much of a driver either" as our hero gets in his big rig outside and runs over about 20 Harleys.:rolleyes:

Every Dog has his day...Woof!:cool:

[MVFD]

I use to deal with that while working in subdivisions.. I would have 5 or 6 tandem dumptrucks hauling all day... I figure that all the trades have one chance in the morning to park in the way of the access for the lot.. that the trucks are using... and usualy let it go and ask them to move nicely

but I had a few that were persistant to park there when they came back from coffee, lunch and there second coffee. so everytime I asked them to move it got a little more frustrating. not only that but it was costing the company money to have trucks sitting and waiting. I had one of the guys tell to F*** off and he wasnt going to move his truck

so I then told him if that was how it was going to be, I had trucks to load and keep moving so I would be moving the truck myself with the machine. (keep in mind that our insurence will not cover damage to vehicles in sudivisions that are still in construction.) he didnt believe I would so left back to my machine, got in the machine, got off the pile and started walking over to his truck, it was about when I had the bucket a foot away from truck he came running over " I'LL MOVE IT, STOP, I'LL MOVE IT RIGHT NOW!!!"

I really wished i did get to move it... but probly a good thing it ended that way. and he never parked where I working again either!!... but Im glad to be out of the busy subdivisions. working in the bush is so much nicer!!

[Squizzy246B]

We had that at a new building site. The dumb developer started putting up the houses before the retaining walls were in but we just got on with it. A hook lift truck turns up with some scaffolding and starts dumping all the gear in the middle of the access road to 6 houses. I walk over and tell him that he's going to block access for about a dozen tradies and not to mention the loader driver who was working out the back doing more house pads. He tells me to go and have sex and travel so I leave him to it.

I call the builder and he just can't believe it, tells me he's had a gutfull of the scaffold mob and says to get the stuff moved. In the mean time a plumber drives over the top of it in his F250. I don't have time to shift the stuff so I get on the 2 way and tell the Loader driver to "come shift some crap dumped in the access road". He comes around in the 950, drops the bucket and sweeps all the scaffolding down the road and into the bush. Its just a heap of twisted metal on the side of the access road. I can't believe this is happening:eek:

Hooklift truck comes back an hour later and trys to rescue some of the fittings...he doesn't say a word. Builder says he sent them bill for "rubbish removal" but never heard anymore from them.

[MVFD]

Other peoples Ignorance sure makes fun times for some of us....

I dont really know why people have to be so stuck up, and not care about what they are doing.. does anyone take pride in their job.. or do they all hate the world that much?

I always leave the keys in my truck because 9/10 out of ten some one is going to need to move your truck no matter where you are.

[Jeff D.]

so I then told him if that was how it was going to be, I had trucks to load and keep moving so I would be moving the truck myself with the machine. (keep in mind that our insurence will not cover damage to vehicles in sudivisions that are still in construction.) he didnt believe I would so left back to my machine, got in the machine, got off the pile and started walking over to his truck, it was about when I had the bucket a foot away from truck he came running over " I'LL MOVE IT, STOP, I'LL MOVE IT RIGHT NOW!!!" He comes around in the 950, drops the bucket and sweeps all the scaffolding down the road and into the bush. Its just a heap of twisted metal on the side of the access road. I can't believe this is happening:eek:
See, those are the kinds of stories that make me feel better.:thumbsup

[tylermckee]

Today i had 3 trucks hauling out material as i was stripping top soil for a new road. I'm amazed to say ALL grade stakes are still standing! but it figures one of the drivers backed over my grade rod, missed the laser reciever by about 2 inches though. I was amazed that was the only thing hit, each truck got ~20 loads out, and one was even running a pup for half the day.:bash

[Orchard Ex]

grabs his lunch pale, gets out, and starts to walk into the store. Missed your chance! He was ripe for that classic trucker move - Run him over and steal his lunch pail!!


remember we get to deal with some winners too.
I think you meant "Wieners"

[crash935]

Hey jeff, Nope thats not my trailer, that one was a reefer. And it was the Harrisburg PA DC center for target, big freaking place and i was the only one there and it still took them forever to get me unloaded.

I sat at a dock for a food warehouse this morning and they had cones all over the parking lot and i just sat there and laughed. I would have wiped them out but they were marking the really deep holes they had dug into the parking lot in an attempt to patch the darn thing. The guy leaning on the shovel gave me a funny look as i went by laughing outloud to my self. If he only knew that i had it all planned out to get every cone, if it werent for the deep holes.


And for those of you who dont think a truck driver can do a good thing, think about this, If a truck driver didnt bring it, you would be standing in the middle of your little job site NAKED. now think about some of the guys you work with :eek: and then tell me your not glad that some driver drove all the way across the country so that "good ole BOB" had a pair of pants and a shirt to put on this morning so you didnt have to look at him NAKED. :yup

[MVFD]

Today i had 3 trucks hauling out material as i was stripping top soil for a new road. I'm amazed to say ALL grade stakes are still standing! but it figures one of the drivers backed over my grade rod, missed the laser reciever by about 2 inches though. I was amazed that was the only thing hit, each truck got ~20 loads out, and one was even running a pup for half the day.:bash



Those stakes must have been offsets!!!! lol

Must have been a fast turn around time for 20 loads each ... 10 - 15 mins a trip?

[tylermckee]

Those stakes must have been offsets!!!! lol

Centerline of the road, what saved them is that i cut around them and left them upon a 3' high mound

[MVFD]

Centerline of the road, what saved them is that i cut around them and left them upon a 3' high mound



haha who would have been laughing then if the drivers hit them!!! :bouncegri

All our stakes for the road have been switched to offsets... our drivers hit them no matter whats around them!!...

we had the one stake we needed, and I placed some 2 ft rocks around it thinking that no driver would surly hit those.. and then sprayed high vis orange paint on them to further increase the visibility... well one driver.. is trying to back up (still havnt figure out why) as he pulls forward he plows right in to the boulders pushing them forward with bumper.. wiping out the stake... did a good job to.. he moved it about 3 feet and with the rocks they made a big trench where the stake was.. so its gone and now we have to get it re shot!!

[tylermckee]

I get pretty pissed when people take out my stakes, as we are lucky if we can even get our engineer to come and put them there in the first place, let alone a second time. And even when he does get out on the job he only gives us about half of what we need and gives us the old "well you can probably just scale the rest off the prints, you guys are good."

[MVFD]

sounds like my job..

they charge us a 1000 bucks every time they come out!!!

and last 3 times have been to fix their F*** ups... but they dont absorb the cost of their mistake.. they just give us the bill... and the excuse well thats the cost of business...

so its been 3000 dollars to fix their mistakes.. which is completely ridiculous!!


they were told to put the corner of the foundations in for the building... well they put in the roof corners!!! Which messes us right up!!

[CascadeScaper]

Our engineer cost us days plus a couple grand on our last job. Not much we can do, we're at the mercy of them.

[dayexco]

video camera, digital camera, daily logs=documentation=engineer's can't cost you time/money on jobs. we video every job including grade stakes prior to starting and take digital pics as necessary as the job progresses. we make the engineer/architects acknowledge any discrepencies we find. that gives them the opportunity to correct the error, or we have documentation that they told us to proceed as designed/staked.

[murray83]

went to work this morning at the port and met up with a couple truckers waiting to unload their containers.its about 7am a little nippy out i think it was around 4 degrees anywho,one gets outta his truck in nothing but his boxers and bare feet to check if he's been unloaded,seen that he wasn't and went back to open his door....he locked himself out:rolleyes: .i started laughing as he was yelling in half french half english.poor guy,took about 30 minutes to get it unlocked i hope he learned his lesson as to buy his boxers with pockets :yup

[MVFD]

well our engineers fully admit to their messes... but they wont fix them inless we pay... :Banghead

and the next group is worse then these guys so.. when there only two outfits here.. its hard to say we arnt going to use you!! kinda caught under a rock.. and all the other companies are booked for a few years :eek:

[dayexco]

big difference, is if they are a P.E. (professional engineer), they have the capability of desigining and putting their stamp on a design. along with that capability comes the responsibility of insuring the owner of the project and the contractor performing the work, that they have taken everything into consideration, and this is a workable plan. if it isn't...that's why they carry, i think forced to carry...."errors and ommisions" insurance. i'll help an engineer anyway i can, but never to the point where it will cost me money. if they make an error, they foot the bill, not me.

[tylermckee]

Our engineer will fix his mistakes when we point them out, its just a matter of how long it takes as after a big change we have to re submit it to the city for their approval. Just today we were starting the sewer on a small shortplat, only 7 lots, but the sewer is going to continue on up the hill to service another 50 lots we will be putting in. we started digging get our trench box in the hole then he comes up and tells us he had to change the grade! If he would have been there the previous day to stake the sewer we would have already had ~50 feet of pipe in and backfilled!

[Truckie]

It took a while to read this as I had to stop quit a few times to :lmao :lmao and catch my breath.
lol Way to funny.:yup :bouncegri :usa
Thanks.

[Jeff D.]

You can see now, why truck drivers need to keep a sense of humor around this group.:yup

Laughing helps make all the "hurt" go away.:crying


:bouncegri

[Countryboy]

If I'm not mistaken, this is the birth place of the "Original Gradestake Joke" (http://www.heavyequipmentforums.com/Forum/showpost.php?p=13692&postcount=8) or as some would call it.......Reality. :bouncegri

[Truckie]

OK I have to ask. I know this will really throw a wrench in to the works so here it goes.
Beings I drive and operate where dose that put me?:eek:

[murray83]

No mans land lol.

[Truckie]

That figures. No one ever really listens to me any ways.
Every one always did say I march to the beat of a different drum.:yup :bouncegri

[Jeff D.]

OK I have to ask. I know this will really throw a wrench in to the works so here it goes.
Beings I drive and operate where dose that put me?:eek:Well, unfortunately you'll eventually have to pick a group and then stick with them too the bitter end.:confused:

Choose wisely!!

I'm not going too try and persaude you in either direction, but just so you know, one of those two groups includes all of the "puppy kickers", "Nana haters", & "generally unsavory" characters.:yup

I won't say which side that is, but it's not the "truck driver" side.:nono :cool:

(Oh, and just one of the perks of being in the "TD" group is being classified as the "Underdog")

[Countryboy]

BUMP

So everybody doesn't have to search for it...... :D

[wrenchbender]

BUMP

So everybody doesn't have to search for it...... :D

Was that a GRADE STAKE? naw it wouldn't go bump it'd be more like ssshhhhhhhh flop flop Oh you ain't no Driver are ya?

Very good read been having a ball BTW you're all nuts!

[nedly05]

I'm gonna attemp to change this up a tad...WILL YOU DANG OPERATORS QUIT SMASHING MY SIDEBOARDS AND BUMPING MY TAILGATE...ok I feel a lil' better now:p ;)

[Truckie]

I'm gonna attemp to change this up a tad...WILL YOU DANG OPERATORS QUIT SMASHING MY SIDEBOARDS AND BUMPING MY TAILGATE...ok I feel a lil' better now:p ;)

Sorry, I didn't mean to do that. :D

[nedly05]

COME ON, I stencilled "DO NOT BUMP" all over it in red paint.:eek:

and for the record, since I'm one a them there truck driver/operators and there is no category for them, I'm gonna be on the truck drivers side!

[Truckie]

COME ON, I stencilled "DO NOT BUMP" all over it in red paint.:eek:

and for the record, since I'm one a them there truck driver/operators and there is no category for them, I'm gonna be on the truck drivers side!

Same here.:beatsme
I went from full time truck driving to full time equipment operator,:D so I guess I’m going to have to go with the operators.:usa :drinkup I only have to fill in once in a while.

[nedly05]

It makes us better employees. You could say we're "well rounded" Not just 1 talent employees like some of em :rolleyes:

[Truckie]

It makes us better employees. You could say we're "well rounded" Not just 1 talent employees like some of em :rolleyes:

Thats right.:notworthy :notworthy

[Countryboy]

It makes us better employees. You could say we're "well rounded" Not just 1 talent employees like some of em :rolleyes:

I have to agree that most truck drivers are "rounded" but how well, I don't know. :lmao

[Jeff D.]

I have to agree that most truck drivers are "rounded" but how well, I don't know. :lmaoHey!!:guns :D

The best part about being a trucker is we're all hung like Einstein, and smart as a horse................er somthing!!

[Countryboy]

Hey!!:guns :D

The best part about being a trucker is we're all hung like Einstein, and smart as a horse................er somthing!!

No Jeff, you definately got it right........:laugh :D

[nedly05]

All of the operators I know are tri-athletes too...................................***

[Squizzy246B]

It makes us better employees. You could say we're "well rounded" Not just 1 talent employees like some of em :rolleyes:


So not only do you know how to nail a grade stake but you also know what they are for.:cool: :rolleyes:

This forum requires that you wait 120 seconds between posts. Please try again in 1 seconds.

1 second:beatsme :( :D

[nedly05]

I always get 9 seconds...:beatsme

[nedly05]

Look Out!!!

[Harvuskong]

Well, since part of the subject here concerns truck drivers running over stuff, I got a true story here.

I have kinfolks in West Texas with ranches. Several section ranches too. One of them was having problems with the oil transport truckers tearing up cattle guards side wings. Now if they were just staying on main part of the cattle guard, that was no problem.

Side wings may not be the correct term. Been too long since I have had anything to do with cattle guards.

But they were not staying there on the main part when they were entering or leaving the cattle onto another road, they were driving up on the side wings of the cattle guard. That was really breaking the side wings. 2 3/8 pipe can handle only so much.

So, one of the kinfolks had the welder to make a bunch of sharp pointed spikes out of 1 inch sucker rod. They were welded sticking up at the base of the side wings.

The only way that you would have made contact with one was to be driving over on top of the base of the side wings.

It took less than a week for the word to get out to all the transport operaters and drivers operating in that county about those spikes.

The guys selling tires had a very good week that year.

And that was over 10 years ago. Last word that I had, since that first week, there has not been any problems since then.

[Deas Plant]

Hi, Folks.
My first time here - it's a public holiday and I actually have a little spare time on my hands.

Firstly, I acknowledge that truckies do move just about EVERYTHING that moves anywhere and that many of the highway runners and long-haul boys are good eggs - around 10% in the mix to give them all a bad name.

However, put those same truckies within a 1/2 mile of a construction site and there seems to be a MAJOR character change, to the extent that of all the different classifications of workers on construction it seems to me that truckers are the least capable of doing their job without damaging something or otherwise getting into trouble.

I have done the trick of putting spikes in the ground to catch truckies running over my pegs. I have also barred truckies from a site where I was working because they couldn't/wouldn't follow directions after being given DETAILED instructions about where to dump.

One of the barred ones was full of bluster about how I couldn't do that, me being a 'lowly' spread dozer operator on that job, so I sent him to see the foreman about whether he was barred or not. As he was walking over to see the foreman, I caught the foreman's eye and made a slitting movement across my throat. The truckie came back, much quieter, got in his truck and drove off and I never saw him again.

I was told about 5 minutes later by one of the other truckies that that particular truckie was a foreman for his company. I think that says something about that company's personnel standards.

One thing that has puzzled me for quite a while is the fact that you can have a reasonably intelligent conversation with most of these blokes away from a work site. Put 'em in a truck with a dump box on the back and they revert to the mental level of a three-toed sloth and about the same (lack of) pace too.

Mind you, having said all of the above about the 'knights of the road', I also have to admit that there is an increasing number of what would in days gone by have passed for truckies (based on mental ability) now finding their ways into the seats of machines. It's a worriesome thought.

Let the debate rage.

[OKYLE]

Hi, Folks.
My first time here - it's a public holiday and I actually have a little spare time on my hands.

Firstly, I acknowledge that truckies do move just about EVERYTHING that moves anywhere and that many of the highway runners and long-haul boys are good eggs - around 10% in the mix to give them all a bad name.


Oh really?

Seems just about every Long Haul truck driver I have known has had Hooker torso's in there freezers!

Them long haul truckers are bad ju ju man. Not to mention all those bombs they leave on the side of the road in 1 gallon milk jugs. :eek:

Better not have any poor kids on the side of the road being thirsty, and think they just found a nice big warm jug of lemonade...:drinkup :eek:

***

[Alan]

Well, since part of the subject here concerns truck drivers running over stuff,,,,,,,,,,,

Actually, the subject of this thread was meant to be a joke/spoof on the digging/hauling trades. I think it's kinda funnny that it has (A) gone on for so long, and (B) has gone so far out in left field. Must be there is a grade stake in left field and it needs to get wiped out.

To do my own off topic post, around here the average dump truck driver is just about one step removed from the Neanderthals. If they can't drive OTR and are too lazy to do real work they will hire on with one of low wage dump fleets and prove, once again that humans are losing the race.

[Jeff D.]

To do my own off topic post, around here the average dump truck driver is just about one step removed from the Neanderthals. If they can't drive OTR and are too lazy to do real work they will hire on with one of low wage dump fleets and prove, once again that humans are losing the race.Alan, you remind me of the kind of guy who sneaks up and cops a feel of a woman's behind, and when she turns around hot as hell you point at the other guy behind her who didn't see any of it happen, thus starting a brawl.(which you sit back and watch, giggling the whole time):cool2

I'm pretty close, aren't I?:D

[Jeff D.]

FWIW, I just went back and confirmed my suspiscions. Tell me the man in this photo, and the one in my link don't appear to be the same person, with just a slight alteration to the hat and maybe some chin scruff!:yup

http://www.heavyequipmentforums.com/Forum/showpost.php?p=13624&postcount=1

[wrenchbender]

All I can say bout that is I hear that stupid music as the Benny Hill show is going off when I look at the pic.:stirthepot :stirthepot :wierdt

[Jeff D.]

All I can say bout that is I hear that stupid music as the Benny Hill show is going off when I look at the pic.I remember that music too...................and usually someone was being chased all around with the film just slightly speeded up.;)

:stirthepot :stirthepot :wierdtYeah, I wanted to turn it back around to Alan, since he was ->:stirthepot but figured I'd be commiting suicide if I tried slamming "operators" on this forum. What else can a guy do?:beatsme :D

[Countryboy]

but figured I'd be commiting suicide if I tried slamming "operators" on this forum. What else can a guy do?:beatsme :D

We could always rough up the mechanics a little......:D

[Deas Plant]

Hi, JeffD.
Gee, it's nice to see your survival instinct finally kicking in. LOL.

[wrenchbender]

We could always rough up the mechanics a little......:D

Not the way to go I hear them canics get nasty and fight dirty.***

[Countryboy]

Not the way to go I hear them canics get nasty and fight dirty.***

I hear they get nasty but can't fight....:beatsme :D

[Deas Plant]

Hi, Countryboy.
I suggest that you go back and RE-READ Wrenchbender's post on this suggestion where he said that mechanics get nasty AND FIGHT DIRTY.

Have you ever received a dozer fresh out the workshop after a track restoration and found that it handled like a real dog - - - - 'cos the idlers were put in the high position instead of the low - dozing - position? Fitters/mechanics/'wrenchbenders' have been known to do things like that deliberately, although not so far - touch wood - to me.

Maybe it's time that your 'survival instinct' kicked in too.

Just a thought.

[Alan]

Somehow I think I have been shot at and missed, chit at and hit.

[Deas Plant]

Hi, Alan.
Shame on you for your belittling remarks, insinuating that anybody here would take a shot at you - or anybody for that matter - let alone that they would miss. LOL.

[wrenchbender]

I hear they get nasty but can't fight....:beatsme :D

:guns :guns Some fight with words some with fist & feet and some with thier heads. Our mate from down under Mister Deas Plant must have witnessed some of the ones that fight with thier heads. I've never had to use a machine to get my point across yet :rolleyes: although I once saw an operator bonce around on an old dozer like he was on a bucking bronc. He did this for two whole days before getting the nerve/good sence to ask nicely if maybe I could check his dozer. He seamed to think it was always climbing over something:beatsme Any way it cured it's self I guess it was an act of God.

[Jeff D.]

Hi, Alan.
Shame on you for your belittling remarks, insinuating that anybody here would take a shot at you - or anybody for that matter - let alone that they would miss. LOL.Actually Deas he's correct.:o

I did kinda take a shot there with my comparison between Benny Hill and Alan, and I meant it in good fun, not really thinking it would be taken seriously.

Well, I arrived home tonight and found a strongly worded E-mail in my inbox, from some of his family members, and they were quite upset with the comparison, and understandibly so.:(

So, I'll take this time to publicly apoligize, and say that I was wrong in doing that comparison. I just hope Benny Hills family will find it in their hearts too forgive me.
















:waving

[Deas Plant]

Hi, JeffD.
Well, I think I'd be a little insulted too if somebody likened me to Benny Hill. He may have gotten rich from his sleazy style of humour but that didn't make it any less sleazy. But that's just my 0.02.

[Jeff D.]

Hi, JeffD.
Well, I think I'd be a little insulted too if somebody likened me to Benny Hill. He may have gotten rich from his sleazy style of humour but that didn't make it any less sleazy. But that's just my 0.02.:( I'm glad I didn't make that comparison between you two then.

I disagree about you feelings on his(Hill's) humor, but respect your thoughts, and it does cause me to step back and think.

I will say though, in a thread which almost from the start has been a "Driver Bashing" free-for-all, with comparisons too Neanderthals, hooker murders, and much else, I'm not going to feel I need to be too sensitive to anyones feelings when they join in for another "whack at em' ".

If I have to put on my "thick skin" to join in on a thread, I expect the other poster's might know they'll need their's also if they're going to "go down that road".

Take care Deas, and I do appreciate your thoughts!:)

respectfully,
Jeff

[Deas Plant]

Hi, JeffD.
I'm pretty darned hard to insult these days. I've been insulted by experts in the past. Most people are just wasting their time and mine these days.

We have a few so-called comedians DownUnder whom I'd rate somewhere right DOWN there with BH - and I don't listen to them either.

I try - although not to point of diluting the truth - to not put holes in anybody's skin, however thick or thin. However, if the truth upsets somebody, I'm not likely to make much of an apology for it.

[Jeff D.]

Deas, I've combined your quotes here from this and other threads, so as to not ruin those other threads with a new offtopic discussion, and so we could still discuss what we'de left off with here a few days ago. What I would like to say is that I agree wholeheartedly with those who come here in a spirit of kindredship, either to share knowledge or to gather it, or both. Recriminations, bitterness, judgementalism, etc., will achieve nothing except to create more bad feeling.

One of the principles by which I have lived my life for a long time now is KISS - Keep It Simple, Simon - and Yes, I do know that it was originally, 'Keep It Simple, Stupid', but, since I am not into denigration or belittlement, I'll stick with 'Simon'.

Peace on Earth. Goodwill to all men............This sounds very much like I'd like to be. I'm not there yet, but it surely is an admirable goal for any of us............on the current site last Tuesday midday 'cos the idiot truck drivers bringing the fill...........Somebody care to tell me again how much brainpower it takes to be a truckie? :Banghead :Pointhead :ban :beatsme
there is an increasing number of what would in days gone by have passed for truckies (based on mental ability) now finding their ways into the seats of machines. It's a worriesome thought. Put 'em in a truck with a dump box on the back and they revert to the mental level of a three-toed sloth and about the same (lack of) pace too.These don't seem to fit in with your first quote. I was just wondering why? There is alot of "truckie's" on this site, in addition to myself. These types of statements I pick up right away. I know for a fact that I'm not alone in that, although I may be the only one who'll point them out. They are offensive, and they're not helpful to the forum. The don't further any discussion in a "peaceful manner". Rather they do the opposite.

I can't sit here and say I've not said anything offensive to others in this forum. I'd be lying. I've worried I have many times. If I think I've made a mistake or offended someone by using poor judgement I've apoligized for it. A couple I may have offended but will never apoligize too.

If someone gives me advice I listen to it and try to learn if I think it's helpful, as I mentioned to you two post's ago I do to what you said. I have thought about what you said in your last post. I honestly can't figure out what you were getting at, other than you might've "thought" I was trying to offend you?:beatsme

But what should I learn from the second thru the fifth quotes? The wording and the judgements of whatever they may say or think can give a pretty good insight into what sort of person they are, whether they are charitable, judgemental, hyper-critical, hypocritical, generous, or whatever.I think this is very true, and matter of fact I sent you a PM saying this when you originally posted it. I thought it was a bit of wisdom I'd keep. Should I also keep your thoughts that "truckies" don't have much intelligence? That's obviously an angry statement, judgemental, and just plain not true, no matter what experiences you've had. A rational person wouldn't group a whole profession of people together and brand them this way, especially someone who's "above all that stuff".
I sincerely hope that such behaviour will not become the norm here.I've mentioned to you before I thought you had alot of wisom to share, and I was polite to you when you gave me your thoughts two posts ago.

Why should I continue to be respectful or polite to you? Do you think I should feel you've earned my respect? The second and third quotes above were just posted tonight!

As for my "Benny Hill" comments directed at Alan, those were done because I felt he was stirring the pot up. I wanted to point that out while trying to keep it humorous. If he was only kidding, so was I. If he meant what he'd said, so did I. I knew it had the possiblity to be taken offensively. I knew it had the possiblity of only being a joke. I can take joking around, as was done for most of this thread. I can put on my thick skin too if I have too. I can't take a lecture from someone who's speaks about doing things in a nice way, and then basically says the people in my profession are idiots.

I have learned alot from your post. Alot of valuable information, and you certainly have alot of experience to share. Why add prejudice to that? That is what it is, without question!! I'd think you of all people would realize that.

I'm also perfectly willing to treat others as they treat me. Respectfully, jokingly, or disrespectfully. It's not quite as good as "Do unto others as you'de have done to you." but it's as close as I can get at this point.

And FWIW, don't make the mistake and think I'm an idiot, or that I'll go away that quickly. I'm perfectly happy to do this "nicely" and in an intelligent way, but I'll push this issue until it's resolved or until I get banned.

Jeff D.

[nedly05]

Well said Jeff!!!:notworthy

[Deas Plant]

Hi, JeffD.
You are right. Some clarification would be in order here.

Quotes:
Quote:
Originally Posted by Deas Plant 6/8/07
...........on the current site last Tuesday midday 'cos the idiot truck drivers bringing the fill...........

Quote:
Originally Posted by Deas Plant 6/8/07
Somebody care to tell me again how much brainpower it takes to be a truckie?

Quote:
Originally Posted by Deas Plant 5/6/07
there is an increasing number of what would in days gone by have passed for truckies (based on mental ability) now finding their ways into the seats of machines. It's a worriesome thought.

Quote:
Originally Posted by Deas Plant 5/6/07
Put 'em in a truck with a dump box on the back and they revert to the mental level of a three-toed sloth and about the same (lack of) pace too.

Unquote.

Firstly Jeff, my remarks are not intended to only apply to road truck drivers. They also include haul unit operators on site, operators of rear dumps, ADT's, scrapers, belly dumps, etc..

Now, what would be your assessment of a collective group of 22 truck drivers, mostly owner-drivers, who cost themselves and a group of other people half a day's paid work simply because they could/would NOT follow instructions and come in the RIGHT gate? Personally, I would not rate them right up there with Einstein and Steven Hawking.

Now I know I wrote about non-judgement, etc., but another thing that I stand by is my tendency to call a spade a spade (or sometimes a strange kind of shovel with reproductive powers). I have a way with words - or so I've been told - and in this case, I choose to be blunt. These men, although probably not idiots, certainly managed to behave in a very idiotic manner.

Stupidity is usually its own reward. The trouble is that, very often, one person's stupidity can affect many other people who are simply innocent bystanders.

Please don't think that I regard ALL truck drivers as idiots but I would ask you to consider for yourself just how much brainpower it does take to drive a truck. Note that I have not asked about driving a truck well, or staying out of trouble, or doing the job well, only about how much brainpower it takes to actually drive a truck. Why I ask you to do this is that it would appear that this group of people had enough brainpower to drive a truck but not enough to follow the instructions that they had been given, not once, but FOUR times. I don't for a moment believe that it takes more brainpower to turn through the gate you have been told to turn through than it does to perform the complex set of actions involved in getting a loaded truck from A to B through heavy traffic. So where did it all go pear-shaped in this case? I contend that this group of truckies chose to not use their brainpower for this particular part of their journey, a choice that cost THEM AND OTHERS money.

Now I'll ask you what you would say that makes them?

And I will also re-iterate a statement that I have made previously on this forum:
"Of all the different clasifications of workers around construction, it seems to me that truck drivers are the least capable of doing their jobs without getting into trouble."

I have seen a lot of truckies do a lot of great work away from construction sites. I have seen them get sick rigs long distances back to care and repair. I have seen them get into and out of places that were, to say the least, a challenge, to bring much needed supplies to remote outposts. I have seen them pull over and help stranded colleagues and ordinary motorists at the expense of their own timetables or load tallies. I have seen them take time out from their work to raise money for handicapped children. I have seen them form a convoy to take terminally ill children for rides in their trucks. I have seen them donate the use of their trucks to haul hay and grass clippings hundreds of miles to help drought-ravaged farmers. And the list goes on. So, I'll happily acknowledge that there is a LOT of good in the transport industry. Which brings me back to the last quotation above:

"Put 'em in a truck with a dump box on the back and they revert to the mental level of a three-toed sloth and about the same (lack of) pace too."

WHY?????? And I'm not the only one who has noticed this. Suppose you had told the driver of the only side-dump semi-tipper hauling to your job that you wanted him to dump along the toe of an existing batter, working his way, load by load, from the near end of the batter to the far end. And suppose he dumped his very next load 40 yards behind the face where you were dumping the other trucks and 60 yards from where you had told him you wanted him to dump, leaving you to push it that extra distance to get it to where you could use it. What would YOU think of that driver?

On another job where I work from time to time, we have 6 Volvo 6x6 ADT's hauling material around the site. There is only ONE grader on site and sometimes the haul roads get a little ordinary. Do the ADT drivers slow down? No way, Jose. They just complain about being bounced around. Well, who's in charge of how much they get bounced around in that situation?????????? Sometimes, lack of pace is not the problem. Sometimes, it's just plain common sense, whether it be missing or just not used

I have seen 4 dump trucks, 3 semi-tippers, one rigid tipper, 2 ADT's and 2 scrapers rolled on site during my working life, a total of 12 units. I have seen ONE dozer and ONE front end loader rolled. I have seen way more collisions between dump trucks/on-site haul units or road-going tipper trucks and other units/vehicles than I have between dozers, graders, excavators, rollers or loaders and other units/vehicles. I also think I've probably seen more pegs taken out by trucks and other haul units than I have by all other types of machine combined. And yes, I do know that a semi-tipper is not the easiest gadget in the world for the driver to see what is all around it, especially when turning. Have you ever tried working around pegs with a Cat D11 with a U-blade and a single point ripper on it?

I will also freely admit that some truckies are more responsible for more of the 'dramas' than others. The same applies to most other trades and professions, including operators. However, the responsible percentage seems to be a bit higher among the transport fraternity than amongst some other classifications of workers. Truck drivers who seem to never have a problem out on the open road still seem to clean up pegs, get bogged, or dump in places other than where they have been told on site.

Jeff, there are exceptions to every rule. If you want to include yourself in the level of trucking talent that I am talking about above, feel free, BUT from what I have seen of your writings on this site and in your PM, you are a cut or two above that. I also suspect that there might be one or two other truckies here who don't qualify for incluson in that group. Yes, I know that I have made some generalisations in what I have posted and that generalisations sometimes upset some people who might feel they are included in them. May I suggest that you stop and think about what sort of driver, worker and person you are. If you don't feel that you fit these generalisations, may I suggest that you don't include yourself in them.

I will also freely admit that there are some slightly less than brilliant people among the operating fraternity. No industry is exempt from having some percentage of less competent people in it. And I have had some slightly caustic comments to pass on some of them in the past. I will continue to be honest and up-front about my observations of things I see around me. May I suggest that you take a look at what I, and others, post and ask yourself if it also applies to you. If you feel that it does not, simply ignore it.

If I have ruffled your feathers with any of my comments, I apologise for that. However, the comments still stand with regard to the percentage of drivers whom they DO fit. If you feel the generalisations are a little broad, I also apologise for that but, from where I stand, they do seem to apply to a lot of truck drivers/haul unit operators, by no means all, but still a lot.

I hope that this puts this matter to rest. I would not like to see either of us banned from this site.

[Jeff D.]

I hope that this puts this matter to rest.We're still quite a ways apart on our thinking on the subject, but I'm also willing to let it rest. I would not like to see either of us banned from this site.I agree 100%

Jeff

[Deas Plant]

Hi, JeffD.
I don't drink alcohol but I suspect that, if we were to meet someday, I'd happily buy you a drink. You have had enough courage about your convictions to put them into words for all to see, to air your objections and asked that they be addressed.

Good on you.

Or put it another way and borrow an expression from another well-known member of this forum,


YEEE-HAAAWWWWWW!!!!!!!!!!!

[Grader4me]

My hat is off to both of you:notworthy :drinkup

[Deas Plant]

Hi, Grader4me.
Thank you. Sir. Now try not get your pointy, little head sunburned. LOL.

[wrenchbender]

My hat is off to both of you:notworthy :drinkup

As is mine these are two Standup guys:cool:

[digger242j]

When I read Jeff's post #137 this morning, I was afraid somebody might have to step in, moderator-wise. But then when I thought about the two individuals, I realized that wouldn't be necessary.

[Squizzy246B]

When I read Jeff's post #137 this morning, I was afraid somebody might have to step in, moderator-wise. But then when I thought about the two individuals, I realized that wouldn't be necessary.

I thought..."How could we shut down the funniest forum thread on the internet?"...but my fears were totally unjustified:notworthy

[Deas Plant]

Hi, Folks.
Here is a story involving a truckie. I just happened to see this incident 'cos I was stockpiling gravel for these trucks to haul away. This and the following story are taken from a book that I am - slowly - writing.

Quote:
"At one stage of the construction, a large front end loader was loading gravel onto trucks to be hauled down to the dam wall for a particular part of its construction. One day while being loaded, one of the truck drivers was out of his vehicle and was taking a drink of icy-cold water from a container that he carried with him in the truck. He drank most of the cupful that he had poured himself and then threw the remainder at the bare back of the loader operator. The loader operator arched his back in shock when the cold water hit, but carried on loading without so much as a backward glance to see where the water had come from. However, as he was pouring the last bucketful of gravel into the back of the truck, he left a couple of barrow-fulls of the gravel hanging on the teeth at the front of the bucket. He then reversed his machine away from the truck and moved it forward again so that the bucket with its left-over gravel was lined up with the open passenger’s door window of the truck and was about six feet away from the window. He then ‘flicked’ the remaining gravel through the open window into the driver’s cabin. The driver, he who had thrown the cold water, was not favourably impressed, but had no one to blame but himself for starting it."

Unquote.
And another story from the same job with not a truckie in sight.

Quote:
" One of the scraper operators on this job was a rather small man whom we’ll call ‘George’, a very good operator and a thoroughly nice bloke, but nevertheless a small man. Some years later, after I transferred over to Sydney with Leighton Contractors, I heard a story about a night on the town in which he played a leading part. Back in the early Sixties, a dam was built at Logue’s Brook near Harvey in the South-west of Western Australia and one Saturday night a group of the workers on this job went into Harvey for a night of drinking and relaxation. As they were walking from the pub back to their car, they had to pass the local Post Office. Some-one happened to notice the old-fashioned parcel post chute that some Post Offices used to have and got the idea of ‘posting’ George. As small as he was, there was not an awful lot that George could do about it with three other men trying to stuff him down the chute and he was there in the Post Office until the postal staff came in and opened up on Monday morning.

The man who told me this story was known far and wide as ‘Wombat’."

Unquote.

And thanks for the votes of confidence, Digger and Squizzy.

Wrenchbender, thanks and read the message I posted for Grader4me.
Till next time.

[MKTEF]

Hey deas, are you so old that you were working on the big dams?

A lot of years ago, i beliewe in the 60's, they were building the big dams down there.
A lot of Norwegians went down under and worked on them.
They had a celebration some years ago and all who were alive was invited.
I know a guy who was there on the celebration. You where too?

And then the story: (you started with the stories)

This happened on a tunneling site some years ago.
After shift on saturday the workers had a party, a lot of homeburnt were consumed.
The site was far away from people, so this wasn't a problem. Rather normal on saturday and sunday evenings.:drinkup
This was in the winter, dam cold outside, minus 30-35 degres celcius.
Late in the evening one of the guys found out he was gone take a drive to the nearest town. Drunk as few.
The other guys knew his Ford Granada wouldn't start in that cold, so they let him go out.
He got in the car, cranked it for a lot of minutes, a lot of dirty words where heard.
The Granada wouldn't start, OK, that was ekspected thought the guy's.

Problem was; the tunneling loader started imediately.(was used earlyer that day)
Broommm, broomm.
Cat 980, with a sidetipping bucket, slammed the bucket into the Granada, multiple times. Drove over that xxxxing car.
Before the guy's got their ass out to stop him, the car was flat as a pancake.
He was taken out of the loader, loader was parked, key's were locked inside.
Guy put in his bunk, to sleep for the night. No more driving!

The guy didn't remember anything the next morning.
Bad hangover, realy bad, this one.***

[Deas Plant]

HI, MKTEF.
No, I didn't work on the Snowy Mountains Hydro-Electric scheme, which is where those Norwegians would have been. I started operating full-time in February, 1965, by which time most of the Snowy scheme had been completed. Blowering dam was still under construction then but I was working on the iron ore railways in the Pilbara area of North-west Western Australia back then.

The dam that I mentioned was the South Dandalup dam about 60 miles South of Perth in Western Australia, where I worked in 1972. (see the photo, fresh from Google Earth, captured by Snag-It) The town of Dwellingup, South of the dam, was totally burnt out by a bushfire in about 1966/7. It has been rebuilt since. There is a silvery-white ball just North of the dam in that photo. That is the village of Banksiadale, with a population of about 30 people. Perth, the state capital is around 60 miles - 90 Klms - North-north-west of the dam. Just as a matter of interest, they tell me that Perth is the most remote capital city in the world, in terms of the distance to the nearest other capital city.

Story:
"One day, two of the scrapers came back together after a short hold-up down on the dam wall and had to wait a couple of minutes while I pushed out some rocks that were in the way. While they were waiting, they parked side-by-side in the area where we were loading from to have a chat. When I had finished with the rocks, I came in behind them with the ‘dozer to start push-loading them. I then noticed that they were parked close enough together for me to be able to make contact with their scraper push-blocks, one on either side of the ‘dozer blade, allowing me to push-load both together. It took several loads for them to get the idea that they had control the depth of their cut fairly carefully when
loading together because, if one dug more deeply than the other, it would be harder to push and the ‘dozer would slew that way.

Once they got that sorted out, the next question came from the spotters on the dam wall whose job it was to show the scrapers where to dump. They wanted to know why those two scrapers were always coming in nose to tail, sometimes one in front and sometimes the other, instead of having around a minute gap between them. I didn’t tell them and I don’t think either of those scraper operators did either, but somebody must have because they found out eventually. The thing that surprised me though was that, while it normally took about 45 seconds to load one scraper and then I had to travel back to pick up the next one, it only took an average 80 seconds to load the two together, saving ten seconds on the loading time and eliminating the travel back between those two scrapers. In short, in terms of time taken to get loads out, it was more efficient to load the two together than one at a time. And this was using a Cat D8 ‘dozer, not a D9 which was more commonly used for pushing these particular scrapers."

End of story. (I cheat a bit, MKTEF. I already have a lot of these stories written up and simply have to copy and paste them.)

[Tegian]

Problem was; the tunneling loader started imediately.(was used earlyer that day)
Broommm, broomm.
Cat 980, with a sidetipping bucket, slammed the bucket into the Granada, multiple times. Drove over that xxxxing car.
Before the guy's got their ass out to stop him, the car was flat as a pancake.
He was taken out of the loader, loader was parked, key's were locked inside.
Guy put in his bunk, to sleep for the night. No more driving!

Had a similar thing happen in my rural town here in Sweden. This man , quite well known in my town, a more then decent hockey player and heavy machinery operator with a taste for beer. After yet another wet night out he wants to take a taxi home. The cab driver informs him that he owes money for earlier trips though so he wont get a ride home. He is mightly offended by being told that he owes money. He always pays any debts! So our "hero" walks home to his house where he have his wheelloader parked (an old Michigan or something like that I dont remember exactly).

He gets the keys starts the machine up and wheels down to the taxigarage. Parks the loader with the bucket hanging over one of the taxis and goes into the office tells the man sitting there that he have been denied service by the taxi company because they claim he owes them money, he informs them that he doesn't owe any money and asks them to take that claim back. He gets told that he indeed does have debt for previous taxitrips. He asks them if they are sure to which the answer is yes. Our drunk and angry operator goes back out to his wheelloader and slams the bucket into the taxi .....

I never found out if he did owe money (Before slamdunking that car!) or not! He still to this day claims they were wrong :Banghead

[LowBoy]

Not the way to go I hear them canics get nasty and fight dirty.***

I'm appologizing ahead of time, given the sense of turbulance in this thread, but here it goes...

Them 'canics ain't gotta knowed how ta fight, all's they gotta do is take an' spit a big 'ol wad 'o "backer juice" in their eye, and their opponent won't be able ta do nothin'...D :bouncegri :laugh :falldownlaugh :pointlaugh :stirthepot

I don't care who ya are...that's pretty derned funny right there...(quote from "Larry")

Forgive me for that, Lord...I did not mean to say that...:falldownlaugh

YEEEHAWWWW....

[wrenchbender]

I'm appologizing ahead of time, given the sense of turbulance in this thread, but here it goes...

Them 'canics ain't gotta knowed how ta fight, all's they gotta do is take an' spit a big 'ol wad 'o "backer juice" in their eye, and their opponent won't be able ta do nothin'...D :bouncegri :laugh :falldownlaugh :pointlaugh :stirthepot

I don't care who ya are...that's pretty derned funny right there...(quote from "Larry")

Forgive me for that, Lord...I did not mean to say that...:falldownlaugh

YEEEHAWWWW....

Ya ain't right Lowboy ya just ain't right............ :lmao :falldownlaugh

[LowBoy]

That there's a compliment comin' from one 'canic/dum truckie/grease monkey/dirt pushin'/hole digger to anuddin...:wink2

[digger242j]

Had a similar thing happen in my rural town here in Sweden. This man , quite well known in my town, a more then decent hockey player and heavy machinery operator...

Is this a story about Nick Drew? :D

;)

[Tegian]

Is this a story about Nick Drew? :D

;)

No offence to Nick but England have never produced a hockey player that I would call more then decent ***

[Lashlander]

I thought about this thread today at work. I was cutting a road down with our 10N and look what rolled off the cornor bit.:Banghead Says right on it SAVE!!!!!.....So I put it in the back of my pickup:D

[digger242j]

I thought about this thread today at work. I was cutting a road down with our 10N and look what rolled off the cornor bit.:Banghead Says right on it SAVE!!!!!.....So I put it in the back of my pickup:D

We all knew we could count on you to do the right thing. :yup

[wrenchbender]

I thought about this thread today at work. I was cutting a road down with our 10N and look what rolled off the cornor bit.:Banghead Says right on it SAVE!!!!!.....So I put it in the back of my pickup:D

I really don't think that is an offical grade stake it don't have any tire marks on it. Is that the reason for putting in the pickup?

[LowBoy]

I hope the surveyors don't see what you've just done....:cussing :naughty :laugh

[nedly05]

atta boy, Lash atta boy :D

[Dualie]

I know the Forman for a local paving contractor pretty well and haul equipment for him on my lowbed every now and again.

we were shooting the "stuff" one day and talking about the dump drivers that at least on one a day would take out a grade steak, get hung up on a wind row, knock a K rail down, or tear up a silt fence.

I told him that being on both sides of the fence of the grade steak debate I never snapped a grade stake that I didn't put back. I always got back outta the truck and hammered them back into the ground with a post it near the base.


every time I haul into his jobs now I call him up on the cell and let him know a "driver" is coming in and to hide all the grade steaks. I try and serpentine the grade steaks on my way in. I try and see if I can park the trailer with one tire pushing out on a the grade stake just a bit.


All his guys get a kick outta this.