Suicide By Truck?

[Ralph Klein]

quote:Originally posted by eyeball

Wow and i thought the site was down all morning

Wasn't down for me eye.

[eyeball]

Ace did that Semi incident have anything to do with you? my son in law is a line hauler doing the van, kelowna, oliver loop dailey I worry about him all the time last night he was rearended by a byers semi in NW, he is okay but the trailer and the byers truck is toasted

[NSgirl]

my brother use to drive semis for a living,before taking a desk job, and he saw many a brutal accident on the roads,one he has never forgotten was decapitation![xx(] he also has had many a driver friend killed while working! it's a tough job!
one must have respect for semi's on the road, as they do not stop quite as easily as a car! I am always amazed at how people will cut in front of a semi. All the times driving with my brother,and seeing how other drivers are,f*** some people are so stupid,it is amazing more are not crushed to death![!]

[Ace]

quote:Originally posted by eyeball

Ace did that Semi incident have anything to do with you? my son in law is a line hauler doing the van, kelowna, oliver loop dailey I worry about him all the time last night he was rearended by a byers semi in NW, he is okay but the trailer and the byers truck is toasted

Nothing to do with me...  I have worked at a couple of trucking outfits in the past though...

I think the rig in the pic is a Kindersley truck, if I'm not mistaken...
I've dealt with Kindersley in the past though...  Byers also...  We'd use a few different outfits to haul sh- up north, as I was local only at the time...

I did the long haul thing a few years ago too...  After about a year and a half I'd gotten sick of being away from home all the time, and I quit.  I personally was never involved in a fatal collision, but I've seen close calls...  I would mainly run to the South Western States and back...  The odd time it was to Alberta & back.  I can tell you this much... they certainly weren't paying me enough to run steady Alberta and back, especially in the winter.  The highways can get brutal, and when I calculated my time involved, I wasn't making enough money, as I was paid by the mile...

I will not drive ever again over the mountain highways here in the winter unless I am paid by the hour!

[Ralph Klein]

I like getting paid by the load better.

[Ace]

quote:Originally posted by Ralph Klein

I like getting paid by the load better.

I worked for an outfit once that paid my by the load...  I can only remember one haul that paid me quite well...  A load of over width trusses...  Needed a pilot car and all...

[Ralph Klein]

quote:Originally posted by Ace

quote:Originally posted by Ralph Klein

I like getting paid by the load better.

I worked for an outfit once that paid my by the load...  I can only remember one haul that paid me quite well...  A load of over width trusses...  Needed a pilot car and all...

One truck I have hauls sand and gravel in the summer and snow in the winter.Being paid by the load is a hell of alot better.[]