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#3949205 - 05/05/14 10:23 AM Any big rig truckers here?  
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#3949207 - 05/05/14 10:45 AM Re: Any big rig truckers here? [Re: KraziKanuK]  
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#3949457 - 05/05/14 08:35 PM Re: Any big rig truckers here? [Re: KraziKanuK]  
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I'm not a full time highway hauler...but I do drive heavy rigs at max weight, for about an hour a day(averaged out...many days I don't drive at all, others I might drive for 3 hours or even 4 full days in a row), on highways, gravel roads, mud pits (chaining up is a regular thing), snow, ice, logging roads in the mountains of Alberta! I also do maintenance on the vehicle and the equipment, and operate the specialized equipment. Its for servicing oil wells.

Yea, so that driver just fired himself! He seems to have had a co-driver or swamper. Either way, they could have, should have just put on their "four ways" blinkers and slowly backed up, lettting traffic by on the left. I can't even really guess how much damage he did to the tractor, but I bet it was at least $10,000. But...that trailer really took a beating too...being hit by the back corner of the cab.

Imagine him trying to lie his way out of it, only to watch in horror as his boss fires up this youtube video on his ipad! Youfail, youfired!


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#3949897 - 05/06/14 06:22 PM Re: Any big rig truckers here? [Re: KraziKanuK]  
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Yeah, that video went viral on The Truckers Report.com, not many kind comments.

It's like watching a slow motion train wreck, hard to take your eyes off it. Everyone has to be a beginner, at one time, but the truth is that probably 50% of all truckers probably have less than one year experience, and that is kind of scary, to me, at least.


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#3950110 - 05/07/14 02:41 AM Re: Any big rig truckers here? [Re: KraziKanuK]  
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I saw this yesterday, right after it was posted. Then, about 4:30 my wife called. On her way home from town she came up on a flat-bed truck stuck crossways in the highway. He tried to do a U-turn and got stuck with his trailer blocking the entire roadway. And this is one of the busiest two-lane highways in the entire state.

I WAS an over-the-road owner-operator at one time. I cringe when I see videos like this. Talk about an idiot.


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#3950509 - 05/07/14 09:17 PM Re: Any big rig truckers here? [Re: KraziKanuK]  
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I actually drove for USA for a short time after graduating from trucker school. The company has a less than desirable reputation most likely because they do hire drivers from schools....and then things like this happen. I would say this is an extreme case though. Like Rick said above, the guy just managed to get himself fired in a big big way. I'd hate to be in his shoes! dizzy


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#3950833 - 05/08/14 03:15 PM Re: Any big rig truckers here? [Re: KraziKanuK]  
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HMMM wtf is he attempting to do? And why does he keep trying to do it?


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