steve loving
Well-Known Member
grandpa lol you got us all beat
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The calls you'd rather not have gotten.
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Willis Bushogin
Senior Member
even though the other ones are great and funny, I really think this one is more to the point, about they dont call between 8-4 unless they have problems.
I had a driver call me twice in one day, saying I am out of fuel, of course I took him 10 gals the first time, enough to fet him to the fuel shop just down the road. I asked him them why didnt he fuel up in the AM, like I always told him too, he said he thought he had enough fuel (how much did you have?) reply 1/4 tank
(my cam reply, you have been driving this truck for 2 months and you know the guage is stuck at 1/4)
his reply OH'
That was around 9:00
around 2pm the same call, Im out of fuel
My not tooo cam reply, why are you out of fuel, I told you to fill up after this morning crap
His reply, I put $50 in, that was all the tank you let me get, without scanning the card again ($50 divided by $3.90 fuel HUMMM)
My reply after I took him fuel again, TAKE THE TRUCK TO THE SHOP AND GET YOUR SH-T OUT OF IT, he still didnt understand why $50 wasnt enough fuel
That was about 2 years ago and he still is unemployed, wonder why?
I have alot more, but Im taking blood pressure medicine, so I better not go there LOL
I had a driver call me twice in one day, saying I am out of fuel, of course I took him 10 gals the first time, enough to fet him to the fuel shop just down the road. I asked him them why didnt he fuel up in the AM, like I always told him too, he said he thought he had enough fuel (how much did you have?) reply 1/4 tank
(my cam reply, you have been driving this truck for 2 months and you know the guage is stuck at 1/4)
his reply OH'
That was around 9:00
around 2pm the same call, Im out of fuel
My not tooo cam reply, why are you out of fuel, I told you to fill up after this morning crap
His reply, I put $50 in, that was all the tank you let me get, without scanning the card again ($50 divided by $3.90 fuel HUMMM)
My reply after I took him fuel again, TAKE THE TRUCK TO THE SHOP AND GET YOUR SH-T OUT OF IT, he still didnt understand why $50 wasnt enough fuel
That was about 2 years ago and he still is unemployed, wonder why?
I have alot more, but Im taking blood pressure medicine, so I better not go there LOL
Willis Bushogin
Senior Member
driver- you need to come to asphalt plant scale house, I just tore the front hub cap off, the steps on the fuel tank and I almost forgot, the fuel tank has a hole in it. I have no idea how it happened, I think they moved the concrete barriers, closer together
(he has been working on this same job at the same scale house for 2 months straight)
driver-Im sorry
HUMMMMMMMMMMMM (my thoughts, plus a few I cant list)
(he has been working on this same job at the same scale house for 2 months straight)
driver-Im sorry
HUMMMMMMMMMMMM (my thoughts, plus a few I cant list)
koldsteele
Well-Known Member
I got a phone call Saturday afternoon July 23 of this year that I hope I ''ll never ever get again .....
A very dear and near to my heart friend / customer was killed while under a truck ....Please everybody becareful life is precious ....
A very dear and near to my heart friend / customer was killed while under a truck ....Please everybody becareful life is precious ....
mitch504
Senior Member
No, Granpa, I think you're just confused, and maybe constipated; you're not pregnant.
grandpa
Senior Member
I got it all figured out Mitch. My last child support payment will be the month b4 i turn 97... oh what a great party thats gonna be!!!!
INDREM
Member
This was the funniest call I've ever had. It was for a dropbox on a Volvo A40D. I couldn't believe it.
Dealer: The customer is saying that this isn't the same dropbox that they sent you.
Me: It's the same dropbox, what seems to be the issue.
Dealer: They say that it's sitting about 6 inches lower than the other one.
Me: ......................Tell them to turn the mounts around and stick it back in the machine.
Holy Cow!
Dealer: The customer is saying that this isn't the same dropbox that they sent you.
Me: It's the same dropbox, what seems to be the issue.
Dealer: They say that it's sitting about 6 inches lower than the other one.
Me: ......................Tell them to turn the mounts around and stick it back in the machine.
Holy Cow!
Jumbo
Senior Member
Happened back in the mid 70’s when Dodge was having difficulties:
On the radio:
Truck shop,
Truck shop, go ahead….
Can you send the transport up here on the 70 line?
Sure, why?
My new Dodge pickup is broke and it needs to get back to the shop.
Sure, it’ll take a couple of hours to get there…
Oh, by the way, send the boom truck also….
Oh? Why?
The front of the truck is about 30 feet away from the back of the truck; the frame broke in half behind the cab….
Logging foremen were hell on pickups, and this one was a real go-getter, had a new Ford the next day.
On the radio:
Truck shop,
Truck shop, go ahead….
Can you send the transport up here on the 70 line?
Sure, why?
My new Dodge pickup is broke and it needs to get back to the shop.
Sure, it’ll take a couple of hours to get there…
Oh, by the way, send the boom truck also….
Oh? Why?
The front of the truck is about 30 feet away from the back of the truck; the frame broke in half behind the cab….
Logging foremen were hell on pickups, and this one was a real go-getter, had a new Ford the next day.
aongheas.macask
Well-Known Member
Got a call from a girl in site office,can you sent a fitter straight away, the shovel is broken down
me, Ok whats the problem
Girl, the driver said it went bang and all the oil came out
Me, ok, is it engine oil,gear oil,transmission oil or hydraulic oil
Girl, dont know
me, ok where about is the oil leaking
Girl, in the quarry
Ok,i'll come and have a look
me, Ok whats the problem
Girl, the driver said it went bang and all the oil came out
Me, ok, is it engine oil,gear oil,transmission oil or hydraulic oil
Girl, dont know
me, ok where about is the oil leaking
Girl, in the quarry
Ok,i'll come and have a look
brushmaster90
Well-Known Member
Ive gotten several calls that hurt my checkbook. For the mostpart nothing to major.
But my first question is always is everyone ok. Thats all that matters, I can replace equitment.
But my first question is always is everyone ok. Thats all that matters, I can replace equitment.
aongheas.macask
Well-Known Member
Had a guy who put a rear diff in upside down on a shovel and insisted that the diff was crap and that the brakes were now locked on!
STRPETE
Member
I've had a lot over the years, but here's a couple that I can think of right off hand.
About 3am," I just hit a cow on I90 just past Adams Road, and it's balled up under the front diff." What a friggen mess, blood guts hide, hair and **** hanging off everything. Had to crawl in there and cage the brakes to move the truck. Turns out it was an 1800 lb breeder bull. Did about 30k worth of damage, totalled the truck.
Another middle of the nighter, " I just tossed a tire chain, and gutted the air plumbing and wiring out of my trailer, now my brakes are locked up and I'm blocking traffic!!"
Or, " I have a Freightliner Century with a Detroit 60 and it has a fuel leak at the back of the engine."
About 3am," I just hit a cow on I90 just past Adams Road, and it's balled up under the front diff." What a friggen mess, blood guts hide, hair and **** hanging off everything. Had to crawl in there and cage the brakes to move the truck. Turns out it was an 1800 lb breeder bull. Did about 30k worth of damage, totalled the truck.
Another middle of the nighter, " I just tossed a tire chain, and gutted the air plumbing and wiring out of my trailer, now my brakes are locked up and I'm blocking traffic!!"
Or, " I have a Freightliner Century with a Detroit 60 and it has a fuel leak at the back of the engine."
2stickbill
Senior Member
How many calls want you to tell them how to fix it over the phone?
ScottAR
Senior Member
Parts counterman here. Dmax, I've got that call more than once.
And gentlemen, don't have your wife call me if she don't know anything... Chances are good all three of us will be pissed off before the call is over.
And gentlemen, don't have your wife call me if she don't know anything... Chances are good all three of us will be pissed off before the call is over.
ktl dig
Member
got call from one of the drivers can't bring the truck home as its got a broken mirror. I asked since when does a broken mirror stop a truck and got politely told the cabs sitting on it.
STRPETE
Member
Most of them.
Here's another. "My engine's making a rattling noise, do you think it'll make it to Seattle?"
2010 - construction site outside uk.
Foreman "Boss come quick!!!!"
me "wtf happened now?"
Foreman in a shaky voice "operator went over the slope"
me "yeah and???"
Foreman "It rolled over many times and is upside down"
me after a brief pause "who died?"
Foreman "no one, he got out unharmed"
I put the phone down and drove to the site. The operator did not turn the machine off when he crawled his ass out. My right boot connected automatically to Foreman's ass while I shouted ENGINE YOU WANKER! and he promptly ran over to switch it off.
Operator had no excuse for attempting to go down that gradient as he was told already it's too sleep. Strange things happen when you're in a different state...breaker bar was too close to me which I picked up and wanted to crack the operator's skull open. My brother knew it would not end well and had to restrain me from doing the unthinkable.
The repair bill was very bitter.
Foreman "Boss come quick!!!!"
me "wtf happened now?"
Foreman in a shaky voice "operator went over the slope"
me "yeah and???"
Foreman "It rolled over many times and is upside down"
me after a brief pause "who died?"
Foreman "no one, he got out unharmed"
I put the phone down and drove to the site. The operator did not turn the machine off when he crawled his ass out. My right boot connected automatically to Foreman's ass while I shouted ENGINE YOU WANKER! and he promptly ran over to switch it off.
Operator had no excuse for attempting to go down that gradient as he was told already it's too sleep. Strange things happen when you're in a different state...breaker bar was too close to me which I picked up and wanted to crack the operator's skull open. My brother knew it would not end well and had to restrain me from doing the unthinkable.
The repair bill was very bitter.
2stickbill
Senior Member
One of my best ones.Boss said check D6 it is locking up.Well I checked it 4 rollers broke thier mount bolts and idler was broke loose then Boss asked if it would run till we got parts.I told him yea if I was told about this four days ago..
We were working late in the shop one night....as usual. Phone rings, it's the operator of one of the graders we have plowing snow for the city.
Op: Umm, how fast can you get here? The blade fell off.
Mech: What do you mean the blade fell off?
Op: Well, I was just plowing down the street, and the blade fell off.
Mech yells across the shop: Hey, sounds like the edges came loose on G2. The pinhead says the blade fell off.
Me: Aw crap, that thing just got new edges today, they must not have torqued up the nuts.
Mech: Ok, we'll be there as soon as we can.
Op: Can you hurry? I'm in kind of a bad spot.
So we throw a set of edges, nuts and bolts onto a service truck and head for town.
When we get there, we find the grader....a 16G......sitting in the middle of a major intersection, with oil all over the ground, and the moldboard under the rear wheels. Seems hitting a raised manhole, wide open in 5th gear when it's -40 will break the circle knees, and he managed to stop the grader before he made it all the way over the wreckage. Back to the shop to grab a boom truck, hydraulic oil and some sorball, as well as another grader so he could keep plowing.
Fun night.
Op: Umm, how fast can you get here? The blade fell off.
Mech: What do you mean the blade fell off?
Op: Well, I was just plowing down the street, and the blade fell off.
Mech yells across the shop: Hey, sounds like the edges came loose on G2. The pinhead says the blade fell off.
Me: Aw crap, that thing just got new edges today, they must not have torqued up the nuts.
Mech: Ok, we'll be there as soon as we can.
Op: Can you hurry? I'm in kind of a bad spot.
So we throw a set of edges, nuts and bolts onto a service truck and head for town.
When we get there, we find the grader....a 16G......sitting in the middle of a major intersection, with oil all over the ground, and the moldboard under the rear wheels. Seems hitting a raised manhole, wide open in 5th gear when it's -40 will break the circle knees, and he managed to stop the grader before he made it all the way over the wreckage. Back to the shop to grab a boom truck, hydraulic oil and some sorball, as well as another grader so he could keep plowing.
Fun night.