June 5, 2007: Dumb truck - Page 2

Snapple · 06-05-2007, 02:49 PM

C'mon. Four years. Spotless driving record til this. Suspend him or something for a week but let the guy keep his job. Accidents happen. And no, I'm not related.

glatt · 06-05-2007, 02:57 PM

I can understand hitting the entrance of the tunnel. But he continued to drive through. It's not a short tunnel.

Elysande · 06-05-2007, 04:42 PM

i love how they include the welcome to manhattan sign

LennyNero · 06-05-2007, 05:30 PM

As long as you aren't a Feather Pluckin' Chicken Trucker...

milkfish · 06-05-2007, 06:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Undertoad

But he somehow managed to ignore lights and a set of cops with bullhorns, and not only drove into the tunnel but all the way through it, destroying his own truck and ripping off decorative ceiling tiles.

Doesn't seem as if he really did that much damage to the truck itself, just the containerload of bathtubs and toilets that bore the brunt.

I think he might have been driving at the early hour with the radio turned way up and failed to notice the can opener action. Speed metal, perhaps.

Happy Monkey · 06-05-2007, 06:55 PM

Maybe his last load was six inches heavier, and he forgot that he had a lighter load.

It doesn't explain ignoring the stoplights and cops, though.

xoxoxoBruce · 06-05-2007, 08:00 PM

The red lights came on and the cop on the bullhorn said, "You can't go through the tunnel".
The trucker replied, "Cantu".

Welcome to the Cellar, Elysande and LennyNero.

busterb · 06-06-2007, 11:07 AM

I knew a guy that ripped the top from a load of lettuce. Seems they put down a few inches of overlay since last time he'd been under bridge and didn't change the signs.

BrianR · 06-06-2007, 11:21 AM

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Originally Posted by fargon

While I have never dunit I know people who have. Most companies, topping out a load, or trailer is grounds for termination.

My company is the same. Wreck something expensive and you're gone!

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Originally Posted by fargon

I pulled flatbeds most of my time trucking.

Sorry.

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Originally Posted by fargon

That driver was distracted by directions, or 4 wheelers in his way.

No excuse. There are signs banning trucks in the tunnels all the way out to I-287! If he can't get the "big picture", he doesn't belong in a truck.

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Originally Posted by fargon

I can't tell the company from that angle, but it is an over the road truck. That looks like a Peterbilt sleeper.

It's USA Carriers.

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Originally Posted by fargon

If words like Hunts Point Market makes you all giddy, You might be a CHIKEN HAULER!!!

Say what?

TexJeff87 · 06-06-2007, 03:44 PM

Once many years ago when I was on tour, we were coming out of Manhattan on our way to Atlantic City...the bus driver had never driven in the city before, and decided to take whatever tunnel it was going that way. We got down into the entrance before he realized we were too tall. He let all the air out of the suspension and went for it. He drove the whole way with the tour manager yelling in his ear about what an idiot he was while the rest of us sat in the rear lounge and stared at the ceiling of the bus, listening to the antennas on the roof going "whack-whack-whack"...it was right out of a WWII submarine movie, ya know, when they are being depth charged and they are all looking at the ceiling waiting for something to happen.

fargon · 06-06-2007, 06:06 PM

Brian, Real men pull flat beds.
If you talk on a road king, listen on a audio king, and sleep with a Thermo-king. You might be a chiken hauler

LennyNero · 06-06-2007, 06:43 PM

Thanks for the welcome...I'm a long time lurker. Dunno why it says just one post, I'm positive I've posted before...

But, just to add to this even more, I work at a truck & bus repair company in Brooklyn, and one of the largest heavy duty tow outfits in NYC is just down the block from me (Mike's Heavy Duty Towing) and I see at least two peeled back van trailers and straight trucks a week come back to their yard every single week. Most of the time it is inattentive out of town drivers, but I've heard several stories of roads in NYC where clearances are totally different from the signs posted, and in those cases, the city foots the insane bill that usually accompanies a peelback job (typically around 20-30 THOUSAND dollars for the recovery, unload, transfer, reload onto a new trailer, and the tow.) Strangely enough, one location has had many accidents, many city payouts, and yet they still havent changed the clearance sign...

-Dan

xoxoxoBruce · 06-06-2007, 08:39 PM

Somebody's getting kickbacks.

busterb · 06-06-2007, 08:50 PM

I guess back in early 70s I hauled as many chickens out and garbage back as anyone. No money, but we eat well. If ya like chicken.

TheMercenary · 06-08-2007, 11:35 AM

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Originally Posted by fargon

While I have never dunit I know people who have. Most companies, topping out a load, or trailer is grounds for termination. I pulled flatbeds most of my time trucking.
That driver was distracted by directions, or 4 wheelers in his way.
I can't tell the company from that angle, but it is an over the road truck. That looks like a Peterbilt sleeper.

If words like Hunts Point Market makes you all giddy, You might be a CHIKEN HAULER!!!

So do you think he lost his job? And who is going to pay for all of those lights he ripped off the ceiling?

06-05-2007, 06:55 PM	#21
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	Maybe his last load was six inches heavier, and he forgot that he had a lighter load. It doesn't explain ignoring the stoplights and cops, though. __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

06-05-2007, 08:00 PM	#22
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	The red lights came on and the cop on the bullhorn said, "You can't go through the tunnel". The trucker replied, "Cantu". Welcome to the Cellar, Elysande and LennyNero. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

06-06-2007, 11:07 AM	#23
busterb NSABFD Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: MS. usa Posts: 3,908	I knew a guy that ripped the top from a load of lettuce. Seems they put down a few inches of overlay since last time he'd been under bridge and didn't change the signs. __________________ I've haven't left very deep footprints in the sands of time. But, boy I've left a bunch.

06-06-2007, 06:06 PM	#26
fargon Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: La Crosse, WI Posts: 8,924	Brian, Real men pull flat beds. If you talk on a road king, listen on a audio king, and sleep with a Thermo-king. You might be a chiken hauler __________________ Annoy the ones that ignore you!!! I live a blessed life I Love my Country, I Fear the Government!!! Heavily medicated for the good of mankind.

06-06-2007, 08:39 PM	#28
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Somebody's getting kickbacks. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

06-05-2007, 02:49 PM	#16
Snapple Sibling of the Commonweal Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: in the t dot oh dot Posts: 16	C'mon. Four years. Spotless driving record til this. Suspend him or something for a week but let the guy keep his job. Accidents happen. And no, I'm not related.

06-05-2007, 02:57 PM	#17
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	I can understand hitting the entrance of the tunnel. But he continued to drive through. It's not a short tunnel.

06-05-2007, 04:42 PM	#18
Elysande Just browsing Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: MA, US Posts: 1	i love how they include the welcome to manhattan sign

06-05-2007, 05:30 PM	#19
LennyNero Dweller in the cellar Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: NYC Posts: 3	As long as you aren't a Feather Pluckin' Chicken Trucker...

06-06-2007, 03:44 PM	#25
TexJeff87 Recruit or Something Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 4	Once many years ago when I was on tour, we were coming out of Manhattan on our way to Atlantic City...the bus driver had never driven in the city before, and decided to take whatever tunnel it was going that way. We got down into the entrance before he realized we were too tall. He let all the air out of the suspension and went for it. He drove the whole way with the tour manager yelling in his ear about what an idiot he was while the rest of us sat in the rear lounge and stared at the ceiling of the bus, listening to the antennas on the roof going "whack-whack-whack"...it was right out of a WWII submarine movie, ya know, when they are being depth charged and they are all looking at the ceiling waiting for something to happen.

06-06-2007, 06:43 PM	#27
LennyNero Dweller in the cellar Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: NYC Posts: 3	Thanks for the welcome...I'm a long time lurker. Dunno why it says just one post, I'm positive I've posted before... But, just to add to this even more, I work at a truck & bus repair company in Brooklyn, and one of the largest heavy duty tow outfits in NYC is just down the block from me (Mike's Heavy Duty Towing) and I see at least two peeled back van trailers and straight trucks a week come back to their yard every single week. Most of the time it is inattentive out of town drivers, but I've heard several stories of roads in NYC where clearances are totally different from the signs posted, and in those cases, the city foots the insane bill that usually accompanies a peelback job (typically around 20-30 THOUSAND dollars for the recovery, unload, transfer, reload onto a new trailer, and the tow.) Strangely enough, one location has had many accidents, many city payouts, and yet they still havent changed the clearance sign... -Dan

06-06-2007, 08:50 PM	#29
busterb NSABFD Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: MS. usa Posts: 3,908	I guess back in early 70s I hauled as many chickens out and garbage back as anyone. No money, but we eat well. If ya like chicken. __________________ I've haven't left very deep footprints in the sands of time. But, boy I've left a bunch.

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