Trucker stories

Had a 40000 pound load onboard to. The bridge could only handle 18 tons. Had to wait for traffic than back up the other side of the street till i could get turned round

Had the now wife on the truck. We wanted some time off in vegas but my fleet manager screwed up and we ended up in livermore cali. It was still very nice. I proposed to my wife there. She thought livermore was better than vegas.

Happens often. The gps cords we get are usally confirmed entrances to customers. In this case google maps saved me.

Yeah im a married man and im faithful to my wife who at the time wasnt on the truck (thank God) since she probably would have cussed the driver out. Long story short i declined the offer. I later ran into him the next day and he proceded to tell me his experiance with the ladies of the evening. Mind you he looked like someones grandfather. Im currently in therapy

This seems to happen alot at grocery warehouses. I get there on time and still end up waiting to the point of nearly running out of hours. Worse one was in Colorodo. Got to the guard shack. Told me where to go to get a dock door. Get to recieving office for dock door. Told which door. I bump the dock and proceeded to wait for 10 hours because aparently i was never on the schedule and shouldnt have even been allowed thru the guard shack. So i had to sit because people were in front of me and my seal was broken and it wasnt fun.

Bad ice and snow in Nebraska and i decided it was too dangerous. Got to a nearly full truck stop just as someone in the front row of the parking lot pulls out. I never backed into a spot so quickly

This sucks. Sometimes the last driver will lower the landing gear to far and the trailer will be to high for my 5th wheel to grab the kingpin so instead it slides up and over the 5th wheel and the 5th wheel is designed to be at a angle so once that kingpin drops down the other side. You gotta somehow keep the 5th wheel angled back to jump the kingpin back. Not fun in the rain and time consuming

Ive seen this a few times. Drivers are taught to never do whats called a blind back. Which simply put is where the trailer is angled to the right or passenger side. This makes it nearly imposible to see where the rear of your trailer is at. I saw this driver doing this in a large drop yard where he could have easily turned around to put his parking spot on his side and easily back in. So i stopped and corrected him while other drivers watched

This scared the shit out of me. I-80 passed mile marker 223 in Nebraska during winter. Worse road conditions ive ever seen. The road was a sheet of ice. Had to drive on the shoulder where the gravel was just to get a grip and get me to a safe haven. Me and 4 other drivers doing 15mph down the interstate. Apparently was too slow for this other driver who passed us doing about 25mph. Im in front of the pack and this guy goes to merge back right and nearly loses it right in front of me. He just barely saves it. If he didnt. He qould have taken me and another driver or two with him.